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#181 Post by TPFanatic » Sun Sep 24, 2017 4:10 pm

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-Thinkpad ... fresh=true

I'm not buying this the price is too high but if anyone is interested it's a 4:3 R61.

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Re: Official eBay Bidding and Buying Thread

#182 Post by Thinkpad4by3 » Mon Sep 25, 2017 5:01 pm

I thought the 4:3 models were only Euro models. That one is coming from Texas!
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Re: Official eBay Bidding and Buying Thread

#183 Post by dr_st » Tue Sep 26, 2017 3:38 am

Thinkpad4by3 wrote:
Mon Sep 25, 2017 5:01 pm
I thought the 4:3 models were only Euro models. That one is coming from Texas!
It is a custom model based on a European model.

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Re: Official eBay Bidding and Buying Thread

#184 Post by Thinkpad4by3 » Tue Sep 26, 2017 6:17 am

DOS Licence? Ahaha... Wow! Now I know what the 4:3 screen was used for now.
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Re: Official eBay Bidding and Buying Thread

#185 Post by RealBlackStuff » Tue Sep 26, 2017 8:23 am

R61 15" 4:3 were also sold in S.E. Asia.
I got one once that was sold in South-Korea.

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Re: Official eBay Bidding and Buying Thread

#186 Post by RealBlackStuff » Mon May 07, 2018 11:55 am

It's likely, BUT...
- the screen looks rather dark
- the laptop was made in 08/04 (2008/April), when they still had bad GPUs on the nVidia mobo
- BIOS cannot tell you the LCD's resolution
- if a previous owner swapped the LCD for XGA, you are "schtuffed"
- there is no chance to return it for "not as described"
- proceed at your own risk

EDIT: the post this refers to was deleted, no idea what this was all about...

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Re: Official eBay Bidding and Buying Thread

#187 Post by TPFanatic » Thu Aug 09, 2018 10:14 pm

How do you fake a CPU??

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Re: Official eBay Bidding and Buying Thread

#188 Post by cadillacmike68 » Mon May 25, 2020 10:02 pm

TPFanatic wrote:
Thu Aug 09, 2018 10:14 pm
How do you fake a CPU??
Factory rejects, out & out counterfeits, mislabeled, etc.
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Re: Official eBay Bidding and Buying Thread

#189 Post by Droider » Thu May 28, 2020 4:00 pm

Hey all,

Need to hear about your experiences with http://www.komputerbay.com, please ? I want to buy 2 pieces of 512mb pc133 sdram for my legendary T23 and komputerbay.com website seems to be the only website that i can order using credit card. They don'T have SSL for their website, http instead of https.

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Re: Official eBay Bidding and Buying Thread

#190 Post by atagunov » Thu May 28, 2020 5:00 pm

Droider wrote:
Thu May 28, 2020 4:00 pm
komputerbay.com ... don't have SSL for their website, http instead of https.
https://www.komputerbay.com/ works fine for me; Firefox is happy with the certificate; otherwise no idea about them. I'd at least use a credit not debit card.. or best paypal if they take it..

How expensive can that RAM be? If they are the only place to offer it then why not take a punt? There are other places though - say facebook marketplace is full of weird low-spec RAM nobody wants for a couple $$. It is possible to register on TaoBao (weirdly you can't search on TaoBao w/o registering); one got to install TaoBao app to chat with sellers though; they got a bad habit of advertising goods that are not in stock.. and all communication is via translate.google.com; (if you do find something and seller confirms they have it in stock then it's some agent like superbuy.com to actually place the order via; in my experience you loose around 15% on exchange rates but c'est la vie + you pay shipping; you declare customs price yourself and it's independent of insurance which superbuy offers regardless); aliexpress obviously for searching/talking in English (then also a month for delivery) ..
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Re: Official eBay Bidding and Buying Thread

#191 Post by Droider » Fri May 29, 2020 11:11 am

İt is only 10$ for brand new 512mb pc133 ram over there and they ship internationally for free. Why hassle in facebooks, taobaos. if anyone here with good experience of komputerbay.com, i will buy from them.

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Re: Official eBay Bidding and Buying Thread

#192 Post by Droider » Mon Jun 01, 2020 2:25 pm

Droider wrote:
Fri May 29, 2020 11:11 am
İt is only 10$ for brand new 512mb pc133 ram over there and they ship internationally for free. Why hassle in facebooks, taobaos. if anyone here with good experience of komputerbay.com, i will buy from them.
Well, i "bought" the rams according to my credit card. However their website occured AVS error and i couldn't place the order eventhough my cc has been charged. It had been 4 days and i emailed them like 5 times, didn't get a reply back. Asked a friend of mine in usa to give them a call, they don't answer. I believe, i have been scammed. Asked my bank to cancel the payment and refund... what a waste of time.

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Re: Official eBay Bidding and Buying Thread

#193 Post by atagunov » Sat Aug 08, 2020 7:10 am

18 Stück X230t in various stages of decay
with BIOS passwords, without RAM/HDD/etc
auction runs out on Monday, delivery to EU
link on ebay.de

I'd actually want just one, just the bottom half and I'm not 100% confident I can nuke the BIOS password
My ideal outcome is somebody buys the lot and re-sells one to me possibly without screen/keyboard/palmrest :)

P.S. okay, I could buy a 2nd one if cheap.. but I certainly don't have time to be re-selling the whole batch..
P.P.S. if you do go for it perhaps post a note here.. I do feel some temptation to go for it myself unless somebody else here does
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Re: Official eBay Bidding and Buying Thread

#194 Post by RealBlackStuff » Sun Aug 09, 2020 3:29 am

Looks like they snuck in a few X220t as well (or KB-modded machines).
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Re: Official eBay Bidding and Buying Thread

#195 Post by betonhaus » Sat May 15, 2021 3:28 pm

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/402752554116
Is this a good deal? It looks like it's seller refurbished due to cosmetic damage, but that looks like a burn on the back and I'm worried the damage may be more significant

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Re: Official eBay Bidding and Buying Thread

#196 Post by RealBlackStuff » Sun May 16, 2021 1:01 am

You mean the "scorpion" on the lid?
That's more likely some (Stop Theft?) sticker residue.
It will require a new lid if you don't like it.
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