From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Sun Oct 29 2000 - 23:37:56 EST
The thing about e-bay is:
know your seller,
DON'T, don't. NEVER send cash,
there is no free lunch..
there are many reasons a person would sell a newer thinkpad..
he got an even newer one..
or any other reason..
Kho Kwang Khoon wrote:
> I have never use Ebay before and would like to know from experienced
> EBayers whether it is safe to purchase a used or refurbished notebook
> through an EBay auction. Will buying direct from companies dealing with
> such products such as egghead.com be a better alternative?
>
> I saw quite a number of Thinkpad 600X Pentium III 500MHz being auctioned on
> Ebay even though it is a fairly new model. Does this imply that the owners
> are not happy with their machines and are willing to part with them for
> only a fraction of their original cost? On the other hand I could not find
> any Thinkpad 390 being auction. I wonder why?
>
> Advice/input will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Kho
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