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Old 10-17-2003, 10:09 PM
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Default What is it with Ebay lately?

I have been bidding on Ipaqs lately and every so often I get emails from people trying to sell me Ipaq 5555 for rock bottom prices. The latest offer is $230. Definately a fraud concern since the user claims it is new in box!
 
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Old 10-17-2003, 10:44 PM
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the same thing happened to me, too. the seller said he'd ship the 5555 to me, and then i would pay. it never went through, but now it's kind-of weird to see it's a regular occurance. what kind of scam could they be after?
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Old 10-18-2003, 01:47 AM
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An old wise man once said, "If it's too good to be true, it probably isn't".

Funny, that comes to mind when hearing of a $230 Ipaq 5555 that only has to be paid for after it has shipped.
 
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Old 10-18-2003, 04:38 AM
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maybe htey are hot and they are trying to get rid of them. or something internal and after you pay they explode :roll:
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Old 10-29-2003, 07:54 PM
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Default Cheap H3800 series!

I couldn't help noticing that the H3835 I paid about $600 for is on ultra clearance at WALMART. It seems that there are a fe here and there. The asking price ranges between $199 and $150.

I told some friends and one of them asked for a price break and walked out with a $100 iPAQ WOW!

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Old 10-29-2003, 07:56 PM
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Default ebay iPAQs

I've been selling on ebay for a few yaers now. What I've observed is that many of the 5500s are "factory sealed" refurbished units. 8O
 
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Old 10-29-2003, 08:21 PM
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Perk: Please edit your sig! If you absolutely must have all that in there, please put it on single lines separated by commas or something. A seventeen line (including spaces) sig is beyond absurd.

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Old 10-29-2003, 09:59 PM
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Perk: Please edit your sig! If you absolutely must have all that in there, please put it on single lines separated by commas or something. A seventeen line (including spaces) sig is beyond absurd.

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Probably best said in a Private Message...

Back to the Subject at Hand....

Also, these units may be stolen and they dont want payment for them, they need to get rid of them because of a Police Bust soon to occur. Maybe thats a little to absurb, but you never do know. I often would wonder why someone would buy a 1000 ipaq and then sell it on ebay, makes you wonder cause the sellers must know that the ipaq will sell for less, its a guarantee, this is ebay, not the bay.

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Old 10-29-2003, 11:51 PM
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I ended up buying a refurb 5455 from HP for $359+$10 shipping. I upgraded it to WM2003 yesterday. Not very found of the new wireless LAN settings. :<
 
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Old 10-29-2003, 11:53 PM
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Do you really want to go there? I disagree... I think the PPCT community needs to realize that long sigs are annoying, especially when they are six or seven times longer than the user's average post. However, since off-topic posts are also annoying, this will be my last one on this subject.

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