skype phone

paula


Joined: 07/11/2008
Posts: 54

Message Posted:
03/12/2008 00:03

I have a skype phone that I bought for 30 pds in UK. After I opened it out of the packaging I realised that I did not need it as my computer had speakers. It was never used. I would like to sell it for 20 pds.

Navek



Joined: 01/06/2008
Posts: 2656

Message Posted:
03/12/2008 00:10

Hi Paula,

Do you know if it's cordless,

or connected to PC via USB cable?

If not can you post model & No

Thanks'

Navek

Val44


Joined: 14/11/2008
Posts: 210

Message Posted:
03/12/2008 00:23

I think they are illegal here. Had one sent to me and it was seized.



Val xx

AlsancakJack



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Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
03/12/2008 00:27

Val44

What are you on about?

Navek



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Posts: 2656

Message Posted:
03/12/2008 00:28

Val44

What are you talking about, are you on the right thread?

Navek



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Posts: 2656

Message Posted:
03/12/2008 00:30

Thanks AJ

paula


Joined: 07/11/2008
Posts: 54

Message Posted:
03/12/2008 22:19

it is USB phone

Becks


Joined: 17/11/2008
Posts: 130

Message Posted:
03/12/2008 22:27

methinks val44 is a wum

AlsancakJack



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Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
03/12/2008 22:29

Methinks Val44 has lost the plot.

Becks


Joined: 17/11/2008
Posts: 130

Message Posted:
03/12/2008 22:30

methinks val is male

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
04/12/2008 00:59

think she he has been sused

ronaldo


Joined: 14/11/2007
Posts: 372

Message Posted:
04/12/2008 01:08

Becks whats a wum ?

AllyTT


Joined: 13/09/2008
Posts: 188

Message Posted:
04/12/2008 01:57

Actually importing any telephone requires written permission from the telco and it's not the first I've heard of VoIP phones being seized if they come in the post. I think Val is just giving you fair warning not to try and have one sent over in the post..

stewy


Joined: 18/10/2008
Posts: 279

Message Posted:
04/12/2008 02:50

wum means either wind up merchant I think. It also has some discusting definitions according to the urban dictionary.

Val is correct.

You cannot import these telehones without permission. They will not let them in if discovered. Something to do with the military here.

paula


Joined: 07/11/2008
Posts: 54

Message Posted:
04/12/2008 13:24

We seem to have gone off the subject a bit! I have a new one for sale if anybody wants to buy it??

stewy


Joined: 18/10/2008
Posts: 279

Message Posted:
04/12/2008 19:00

seeing as you bought it for 30 plus transport. Plus illegally smuggling it in. I will offer 50 pence.

Teresa


Joined: 21/11/2007
Posts: 1018

Message Posted:
04/12/2008 20:05

Paula please can you tell me what kind of phone this is and whether it is cordless. Might save me having to smuggle one in

paula


Joined: 07/11/2008
Posts: 54

Message Posted:
05/12/2008 20:15

Teresa, It is not cordless, it plugs into the computer. You can have a look at it if you like, before next Friday. I did not know this was an offence when I brought it in, how could it be, when I brought it over with my laptop for skype? Then I discovered that I could use the speakers on laptop so did not need it. Is it only the phone that is illegal, not the laptop? Sounds a bit strange to me.

Whistler


Joined: 28/07/2008
Posts: 1332

Message Posted:
05/12/2008 20:31

We bought one here about 2 months ago from a legitimate computer shop.

AlsancakJack



Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
05/12/2008 21:27

VOIP telephones do not need permission from the Telephone Company. They are not being hooked up to the TelCo's system. If you have a land line and you want to connect an imported phone then yes it needs to be approved by the TelCo.

VOIP phones and headsets are freely available in the TRNC from many outlets.

I brought my Skype phone from the UK and my suitcase was subjected to a rather thorough search by customs at Ercan Airport and they were not interested in the phone only the telescope that I had decided to bring with me. I told them that the telescope was used and they were more interest In what I could see in the night sky with it and after giving the guy a brief explanation about astronomy I walked out without paying a Lira in import duty.

AJ

AlsancakJack



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Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
05/12/2008 21:31

"seeing as you bought it for 30 plus transport. Plus illegally smuggling it in. I will offer 50 pence."

stewy, you drive a hard bargain. Make it 30 pence and it's yours. Doh

stewy


Joined: 18/10/2008
Posts: 279

Message Posted:
06/12/2008 00:05

It,s the only offer on the table.

Take it or leave it? Doh

Navek



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Posts: 2656

Message Posted:
06/12/2008 00:18

I would like to know what A.J. uses the telescope for during the day!!!

stewy


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Posts: 279

Message Posted:
06/12/2008 00:22

Are you insinuating he is a Peeping Tom? Or are you saying he inserts it somewhere?

AlsancakJack



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Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
06/12/2008 00:37

stewy

It is too big to insert anywhere but if you want to try it sometime then I can lend it to you but only as long as you clean it up afterwards.



Navek.

In the daytime it is purely a point of conversation with our guests and it is surprising how many people take an interest in it and unfortunately it means that most of our guests decide to stay late into the night to view the moon and the stars. You should try it sometime.

AJ

Navek



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Posts: 2656

Message Posted:
06/12/2008 00:45

If it's too big, why don't you get a smaller one then

decanddyl


Joined: 17/01/2009
Posts: 792

Message Posted:
17/02/2009 17:37

Being a recent arrival in TRNC could somebody please confirm if you can use skype here and if so where you can purchase a handset from, many thank

Mrwilson



Joined: 31/10/2008
Posts: 470

Message Posted:
17/02/2009 18:22

What is Skype and waht are you on about.

smithy


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 5301

Message Posted:
17/02/2009 18:28

It might be illegal, but when I shipped my home over,

I have 4 Disney Character phones to plug into a telephone connection, I never thought in a million years that I would never have a land line. These were bought from America in Disney Land, but what do you do with them now? Store them in a cupboard in hope. Plus a set of boxed hands free phones. Hope one day that they will be of use.

decanddyl


Joined: 17/01/2009
Posts: 792

Message Posted:
17/02/2009 21:46

For Whistler you posted a thread in Dec 08, before our arrival, stating you bought a skype phone locally. Could you please let us know which store you obtained it from and the cost.



For Mrwilson waht I am on about is a method of communication basically through the internet! Please use you spell checker!

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
17/02/2009 22:07

smithy,like you i also have.two skype phones,a Tesco landline,and i dont have landline,the laptop also has speekers,and am doing ok without them too,every so often i listern to them all one by one..!!!! you never know i may have a missed call one day,have even called 142.dileback no,just incase...no one has called as yet,try it.you might have missed a call when out,at times i need to know the time too.and we cant get the talking clock over here unless i keep trying the wrong no...thank god i get me emails from home now,they often wonder how i am...whats a fone for if not to use.....!!!

Whistler


Joined: 28/07/2008
Posts: 1332

Message Posted:
17/02/2009 22:08

decanddyl



Bought it from Bortec opposite Lemar Karaoglanoglu. I think it was around 40gbp

scoobydoo


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 2434

Message Posted:
18/02/2009 07:56

bought ours from Laconic

Hippo


Joined: 02/02/2007
Posts: 2070

Message Posted:
18/02/2009 08:26

The matter of AJ's telescope will be a matter of much discussion the Hippo predicts.

So he is going to start a new thread

'The Sky at night' or Alsancak by day?

smithy


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 5301

Message Posted:
18/02/2009 09:06

Spider

Have never plugged them in as yet, they are still boxed up.

Plus the Disney Character phones were so expensive and now they are stuck in a cupboard, maybe I will have to sell them when I go back to the UK

Smithy

britvic



Joined: 05/09/2008
Posts: 3039

Message Posted:
18/02/2009 11:44

Message 30 "For Mrwilson waht I am on about is a method of communication basically through the internet! Please use you spell checker!"



Please use YOUR spell checker!



The only thing with using skype through the computer Via microphone, if you sit too close to the mike, it's like having a conversation with a Dalek!

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
18/02/2009 11:51

smithy.why not plug them in,i did,and they didnt blow up,like i said you might have a missed call.thie No.is 471.i think.and get me the right time please,i miss that old talking clock.

smithy


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 5301

Message Posted:
18/02/2009 11:58

Tried that Spider, didn't blow up or speak to me, what a shame

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
18/02/2009 14:56

no,you have to talk.silly.thats what phones are for.have you dilled the right No.1471,callback.if you were out.or just call a friend see if they are home,might be out too,keep it out the box when doing it,as it might not work right.good luck.

smithy


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 5301

Message Posted:
18/02/2009 15:11

spider

my connection on the phones are not the same as the one in the wall, as they are UK phone lines god knows how I tried it before, unless my son did it somehow

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
18/02/2009 15:54

have you tried to get an adaaaapter.should help,you can get them for most things these days.hunt around.put it in the wall then in the phone,,

smithy


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 5301

Message Posted:
18/02/2009 16:07

sorry spider I know I must be thick, but how do you get a adapter for the little white connection of a BT line, its the ones we used to put in the phone connection in the uk

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
18/02/2009 16:52

hold on i will try get you someone who can help,hold the line please.!!

decanddyl


Joined: 17/01/2009
Posts: 792

Message Posted:
18/02/2009 21:53

Back again ref skype, can someone enlighten us if we can use skype on pay as you go with a 3G modem on a laptop. REPLIES ON A POSTCARD1

AlsancakJack



Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
18/02/2009 22:14

Hipps



The matter of AJ's telescope will be a matter of much discussion the Hippo predicts.



So he is going to start a new thread



'The Sky at night' or Alsancak by day?



Unfortunately as much as I would like to use it in the daytime I would be risking my eyesight and the simple fact is that I could not even focus on the mountains in Turkey let alone somebody's back yard. It is a Newtonian telescope of massive magnification and also everything viewed in the sky is inverted. If you would like to look at the Moon and stars one clear evening then you are more than welcome to join a few select friends at our place. It makes for a good evening, drinks, snacks and a chance to see the sky like you have never seen it before.

AJ

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
18/02/2009 22:39

Paula,did you sell that phone yet..and Smithy did you get an answere.is it working yet.!!!

decanddyl


Joined: 17/01/2009
Posts: 792

Message Posted:
19/02/2009 20:53

Reference skype we purchased a handset in Girnie today for £30.00 set it up on the laptop this evening and phoned UK, thanks for the assistance in overcoming a communication problem.

Navek



Joined: 01/06/2008
Posts: 2656

Message Posted:
19/02/2009 23:36

Not sure what the big deal is with "Skype" phones.



I bought a web-cam with built in mike for app £15.00 last year, in Girne.

Plugged it in, with speakers on,

you can sit back and have a conversation via Skype/Messenger etc,

without having to hold a phone to your ear for over 1 hour.



Got Skype & Windows Live Messenger,

Also got a UK phone number direct to my PC.

My mother in-law can phone my wife free every day!!!!



Also you can buy Skype credit and phone anywhere,

landlines/mobiles at very cheap rates.



http://www.skype.com



Worth a look.

Navek