Laptop Shopping

[Tbone]

Damn, it sold for over $3000. You might as well buy it from Dell if you pay that much. lol. It makes me feel like buying 10 of em for $900 and selling them on eBay for $3000. Heh.

[Pirus]

well tbone last night i saw a m1710 brand new go for $1700 the only difference between the one you were looking at and this one was that it had no warranty other than a 30 day one and didn't have all the software.  Same video card 2gig of mem and same processor though.

[Tbone]

It must have been one of the ones that was a scam, because I've been watching it pretty closely, and the only ones I saw for that cheap were like in China and you had to send money orders. lol

[Pirus]

lol could have been i just glanced at it .... would have looked at it more closely if you were on ... but I actually thought about bidding on it for you but then again wasn't sure if you would have wanted it without the warranties

[Tbone]

Yeah, there are a LOT of scams out there, like this guy: http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Dell-XPS-M1710-2-16-GHz-Dual-Core-100G-Hard-Drive_W0QQitemZ160038712537QQihZ006QQcategoryZ140080QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Notice he refuses to accept PayPal. Why? So he can rip you off.

[Pirus]

yeah the paypal would worry me too but also look at the feedback of the people youre dealing with thats a good hint as to whats going on.

[Tbone]

What do you guys think of this one: http://cgi.ebay.com/Dell-XPS-M1710-Excellent-Condition_W0QQitemZ250036260510QQihZ015QQcategoryZ140080QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Scammer or just newb seller?

[Anonymous]

First item they are selling...and most everything they've bought has been used clothes.  I'd ask why they are selling it 'cause I wouldn't rule out the idea that it was stolen or something lol

[Tbone]

Yeah, but I was thinking if I wanted to sell my computer on eBay, it'd be the first thing I'd sell and I bet I'd look like a newb too. This is top of the line, though, so why sell so soon? No pictures, either...

[Lithium]

Or you could exploit me and use my account with 107.

[Jeyk]

I've got 296 positive feedback

[Tbone]

Well, I found one whose Buy It Now was $1900 and bought it before anyone else could get to it:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Dell-XPS-M1710-T2500-Core-Duo-Media-Center-Notebook-PC_W0QQitemZ300037756123QQihZ020QQcategoryZ140080QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Only catch is that it only comes with 1 gig of RAM, but it has everything else I wanted. Think I made a good choice? Anyway, now I'm gonna purchase 2 gig RAM sticks on newegg. Which one should I get?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Page=1&Nty=1&N=0&Submit=ENE&Description=PC2%2D5300%2F667+200%2Dpin&Ntk=all

[Pirus]

well kingston and crucial are very well known brands I would stick with one of those. but mushkin isn't too bad either

[Tbone]

Turns out the actual system specs are the correct specs and it reads the memory as "2048MB"! Bonus!!

Now I'm repaying for it cuz I screwed up my shipping address on PayPal. Doh! I don't want my ex-roommate to get his hands on my computer!! lol

[Jeyk]

Nice laptop!  You selling your old system part by part?  If part by part, let me know!