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    buying a dreambox 500c

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    I have been playing with dboxes for a while now thought I would give dreamboxes a go. I seen a site 'dvbmonkey' selling dreambox 500c for under ?60. Can anyone give me any feedback on this seller? Anyone bought from this seller? It does mention that they are shipped from China so guess they are clones but they should still work with the latest images right? Any info much appreciated. Thanks in advance

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    I bought from them early December. First time so was bit apprehensive. Item took quite a while to arrive due to the owner being in jail for not declaring correct value on packaging. He was very apologetic and item arrived shortly after his release. I would buy again at the price, communication was good, and yes, they are clones as no genuine dm500's are being made and have not been for quite a while. So it is likely all sellers are now selling clones. No problem with image loading.

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    Re: buying a dreambox 500c

    Hidden Content Originally Posted by s0000 Hidden Content
    Hi
    I have been playing with dboxes for a while now thought I would give dreamboxes a go. I seen a site 'dvbmonkey' selling dreambox 500c for under ?60. Can anyone give me any feedback on this seller? Anyone bought from this seller? It does mention that they are shipped from China so guess they are clones but they should still work with the latest images right? Any info much appreciated. Thanks in advance
    I've heard dvbseller is reliable. One thing though, I've that its best to use ems shipping to avoid customs charges. I know if you use DHL shipping you will receive a customs invoice.
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    Re: buying a dreambox 500c

    Hidden Content Originally Posted by plymbrew Hidden Content
    I bought from them early December. First time so was bit apprehensive. Item took quite a while to arrive due to the owner being in jail for not declaring correct value on packaging. He was very apologetic and item arrived shortly after his release. I would buy again at the price, communication was good, and yes, they are clones as no genuine dm500's are being made and have not been for quite a while. So it is likely all sellers are now selling clones. No problem with image loading.

    dvbmonkey and dvbseller both look the same company. Anyways thanks for this info, just wanted to ask how much shipping charge was? dvbseller EMS shipping is ?30+ just wanted to do a comparison with it but need to sign up. Thanks

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    Re: buying a dreambox 500c

    Hidden Content Originally Posted by s0000 Hidden Content
    dvbmonkey and dvbseller both look the same company. Anyways thanks for this info, just wanted to ask how much shipping charge was? dvbseller EMS shipping is ?30+ just wanted to do a comparison with it but need to sign up. Thanks
    They are two different companies.
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    Re: buying a dreambox 500c

    I went with the DHL delivery at about ?15, did not get any further charges.

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    Re: buying a dreambox 500c

    Hidden Content Originally Posted by plymbrew Hidden Content
    I went with the DHL delivery at about ?15, did not get any further charges.
    Well you must have been lucky Hidden Content

    I purchased two 500S boxes, couple of weeks later got a 16 quid customs charge. Loads of peeps have reported this.

    You pays your money & takes your chances Hidden Content
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    Re: buying a dreambox 500c

    Sicilian, how much did you pay for shipping before the customs charge?

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    Re: buying a dreambox 500c

    Hidden Content Originally Posted by s0000 Hidden Content
    Sicilian, how much did you pay for shipping before the customs charge?
    Cant remember tbh, but its all on the site.

    You could win a Openmedia 500CS for just a ?2.00 stake here Hidden Content and its for a good cuase.
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    Talking Re: buying a dreambox 500c

    just got one of these what do you guys thing is the best image for this box


    thanks

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    Re: buying a dreambox 500c

    Hidden Content Originally Posted by mcsuk Hidden Content
    just got one of these what do you guys thing is the best image for this box
    thanks
    Theres no best image. There lots of images about, try them & make your own mind up. Some have more features than others.

    PLi images are a good simple, stable and clean image to start with.
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    Re: buying a dreambox 500c

    To add to the last post please leave feedback to help the image creators good or bad Hidden Content
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    Re: buying a dreambox 500c

    Any of the images available on our favourite toolbar work well. Remember to apply any fix that is required and use the correct area channel search.

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    Re: buying a dreambox 500c

    This thread has been going for 6 months now!!!! Is there any mileage left in it? All info is available elsewhere so should we close it?

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