Buying a second hand T40, wondering how i can check if stole

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Toine · #1 Post by **Toine** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 7:00 pm

I was wondering if there is a fast way of checking if the laptop is stolen.
If you look up the IBM warranty, will that say anything about stolen laptops or not?

#2 Post by **Kyocera** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 7:18 pm

I think if the original owner reported it as stolen to ibm it will.

Toine · #3 Post by **Toine** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 7:21 pm

Okay, cool.
I'm going to get a very nice T40 for a steal! I'm so excited.
What would you pay for a 1.5 40gb 512mb T40 with a year of warranty left?

#4 Post by **Kyocera** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 7:22 pm

Depends on what color, orange or lime!!

Toine · #5 Post by **Toine** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 7:38 pm

No just a plain normal one

JHEM · #6 Post by **JHEM** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 9:51 pm

Toine wrote:Okay, cool.
I'm going to get a very nice T40 for a steal! I'm so excited.
What would you pay for a 1.5 40gb 512mb T40 with a year of warranty left?

~US$500, or ~EUR420.

Regards,

James

simms · #7 Post by **simms** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 9:51 pm

Under 650. I got mine for $650 shipped with 80GB and 1GB memory.

I would say $575 is fair considering there are no other upgrades.

Speaking of which, I need another one. Mind telling us where you're getting it?

muffd · #8 Post by **muffd** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 10:10 pm

I'm thinking he's probably getting it from Ebay. I've managed to get some great deals locally through craigslist. I bought my T40P 2373-92U for under $700 back then and just bought a T43 with a 15" display (battery had shown zero in the cycles thingy) for $800.00.

#9 Post by **KristianJ** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 2:47 am

Toine wrote:Okay, cool.
I'm going to get a very nice T40 for a steal! I'm so excited.
What would you pay for a 1.5 40gb 512mb T40 with a year of warranty left?

I paid $1049 Australian for my T40 + accessories on Friday - could have gotten cheaper on eBay but in the end I decided that I wanted to find a reputable dealer with one, see it and test it out to make sure I wasn't getting a dud. I'm pleased so far

So that makes it about $700ish US, I think.

JHEM · #10 Post by **JHEM** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 6:58 am

KristianJ wrote:I paid $1049 Australian for my T40 + accessories on Friday

A good buy Kristian.

Welcome to the Forum.

Regards,

James

Toine · #11 Post by **Toine** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 7:33 am

Just bought the laptop for 460 euro's. Witch is a bargain here in Holland.

JHEM · #12 Post by **JHEM** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 8:26 am

Toine wrote:Just bought the laptop for 460 euro's. Witch is a bargain here in Holland.

Sure is!

Good luck with it.

Oh, and leave this one Black, if only for the contrast!

Regards,

James

lithium726 · #13 Post by **lithium726** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 11:50 am

i bought mine for $725 from IBM in January

I wouldnt pay any more than that, I just didnt want to do ebay again since the one i bought for my GF was a little more screwed up than "perfect!" like hte seller claimed (screen wasin poor condition, it had been dropped a few times, palm rest was cracked..). fortunatly, this particular machine was under the TPP and everything was replaced under warranty... but i didnt want to take that chance again.

Buying a second hand T40, wondering how i can check if stole

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