Re: [LUG] Raspberry Pi's on eBay ..

[Gordon Henderson <gordon+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 17 Apr 2012, Julian Hall wrote:

> On 17/04/2012 10:51, Gordon Henderson wrote:
> > On Tue, 17 Apr 2012, paul sutton wrote:
> >
> > > On 17/04/12 10:46, Julian Hall wrote:
> > > >  On 17/04/2012 10:23, tom wrote:
> > > > > On 17/04/12 09:04, Gordon Henderson wrote:
> > > > > > .. if you really really want one, then they're there...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Gordon
> > > > > If you really want one remember if you buy these from 'touts' on
> > > > > e-bay the next nice toy you want will be sold to you at a premium in
> > > > > the same way.
> > > > > Tom te tom te tom
> > > > Bought my current computer on eBay.. from a business seller who is
> > > > also reviewed regularly by Computer Shopper.  There are sellers to be
> > > > wary of, but I think with common sense they can be avoided :)
> > > Julian
> > >
> > > I agree,   i think tom may have been referring to people selling a
> > > raspPI for over £100, in fact one has buy it now for £220,  not bad
> > > markup for a £16 computer
> >
> > The Buy it now is dropping already - the lastest one is "only" £130..
> >
> > Now if one were to come up for under £100 in Devon I really would be 
> > tempted... Sure, someone is going to make a nice little profit, but it's a 
> > free market... My oder didn't get through until 12 hours after the gates 
> > openend - I'm not going to see mine for 4-6 weeks at the very soonest, so 
> > would I pay £100 more for something I could have today? Absolutely.
> >
> > Gordon
> I will admit I got slightly burnt on one occasion.. bought a laptop (same 
> model as a friend had so I knew the spec).  The seller removed the internal 
> WiFi card and Bluetooth module before sending it and threw in a PCMCIA WiFi 
> card, so *technically* he told the truth saying it was WiFi capable.  My 
> fault also for not noticing he didn't say it had Bluetooth (as it should 
> have).
>
> Caveat Emptor as usual.

Oh absolutely! My wife got stung a while back on ebay buying what turned 
out to be counterfeit hair straighterners - the mains lead popped out 
leaving what looked like a phono plug with exposed 230volts on it!!!

However we've both had good bargians off ebay - you just have to be 
carefull and all the high-value stuff I've bought, I've collected in 
person, making sure it works before parting with cash!

Gordon

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