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On 17/04/2012 10:51, Gordon Henderson wrote:
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).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... GordonIf 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 tomBought 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 computerThe 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
Caveat Emptor as usual. Julian -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq