Refurbished means broke then fixed. So old but unbroken counts as unrefurbished in my book. If its a reseller, and it doesnt say new, it might be used.
But honestly, email them with that sort of question not us ;) On Jun 26, 6:07 pm, Anil <[email protected]> wrote: > Have a pressing question... can you tell if the phones sold on ebay > are new or refurbished? > I have been bidding on the 'htc mytouch slide' which is selling in > the $350 range. > One seller proudly advertised that his phones are not refurbished. > That got me thinking. where do sellers get these latest model phones > from, to sell on ebay? Are they new/refurbished? > > On Jun 15, 8:08 pm, Matt Kanninen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Oh yeah I hate the whole bidding system concept. I almost always > > instead use the "Buy it now" mechanism which is just a set price. But > > honestly if they were schills then the price you saw before that you > > liked was never real. In terms of ebay strategy I recommend never > > bidding twice on anything, just bid once and set a realistic max bid. > > If you try to game the system by instead trying to be the last bidder > > your more likely to hurt yourself. > > > Computers aren't something I'd recommend you buy on ebay, because its > > a complicated thing with interchangable parts. But cell phones are > > pretty standard. There is the issue of possible damage to the > > device, but again I'd rather buy a lemon on ebay, which is setup to > > handle that case, then buy a lemon from another developer I don't > > know, over a google group. > > > If you don't like ebay there must be lots of places that sell used > > cell phones professionally. I wonder if any of them have anything > > like a Toyota certified used cell phone :) > > > On Jun 15, 7:47 am, Anil <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Some years ago, I wanted to buy a used computer to donate to Lydia > > > Press (lydiapress.com) > > > I went to ebay and saw a low priced computer. Suddenly before the > > > auction closed, I started getting a flurry of emails from ebay, "only > > > 2 hours left, if you can raise your bid by $XX you can win!". You can > > > guess the rest - I bid and bid and won. A few days later, it dawned on > > > me that I had done a stupid thing - the other bidders were likely (and > > > I have ebay to thank for learning this new term), "schills". > > > > Anil > > > > On Jun 14, 3:42 pm, Matt Kanninen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Honestly I'd recommend eBay. Both for buying and selling. I don't > > > > think anything much is gained by trying to look elsewhere. I haven't > > > > found developers to be on average any more trustworthy or reliable > > > > then any other eBay seller, and I really like working with people who > > > > know how shipping works, or whose previous transactions and reputation > > > > is being publicly tracked. > > > > > On Jun 14, 12:54 pm, Jeffrey Kesselman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > They were also given away to full pass holders and speakers at the > > > > > last Game > > > > > Developer's Conference. I dunno how yould find those people though... > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Disconnect <[email protected]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > Try exchange.andblogs.net - seems like all the "community > > > > > > participation" > > > > > > people were given a droid. (So.. not so "random", just an > > > > > > invitation to > > > > > > switch to verizon.) > > > > > > > I'd suspect there are still people there willing to sell theirs. > > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 1:33 PM, Anil <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > >> If anyone has an extra new phone that they got free from Google, I > > > > > >> would be willing to buy if the price is reasonable. > > > > > >> I am in Kansas. > > > > > >> - > > > > > >> Anil > > > > > > >> -- > > > > > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > >> Groups > > > > > >> "Android Discuss" group. > > > > > >> To post to this group, send email to > > > > > >> [email protected]. > > > > > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > > >> [email protected]<android-discuss%2Bunsubscribe@ > > > > > >> googlegroups.com> > > > > > >> . > > > > > >> For more options, visit this group at > > > > > >>http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > > Groups > > > > > > "Android Discuss" group. > > > > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > > > > [email protected]. > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > > > [email protected]<android-discuss%2Bunsubscribe@ > > > > > > googlegroups.com> > > > > > > . > > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > > > > > > -- > > > > > It's always darkest just before you are eaten by a grue.- Hide quoted > > > > > text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. 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