Subj : Pay Pal / Ebay
To   : HusTler
From : Arelor
Date : Thu Oct 22 2020 03:50:07

  Re: Pay Pal / Ebay
  By: HusTler to Arelor on Wed Oct 21 2020 11:52 pm

 >   Re: Pay Pal / Ebay
 >   By: Arelor to HusTler on Wed Oct 21 2020 05:44 pm
 > 
 >  > I buy my used hardware from professional dealers nowadays. They have warrant periods and such which is quite convenient, 
 >  > if need be, you can show up  their shop and yell at them. Most of the time, there are no problems, though Last time they
 >  > sold me a server that didn't work, they replaced it for me, n questions asked.
 > 
 >  I enjoy putting together old machines. I can't justify dealer prices. I'd probably screw up a new machine. Can't teach an o
 > dog new tricks. I've heard it's a bitch to hack operating systems on new machines. Windows builds their licences into the
 > hardware? What's a UEIU or whatever? No more BIOS anymore?
 > 
 > ... I either want less corruption, or more chance to participate in it.
 > 

Oh, I mean dealers of USED hardware.

Mostly, they buy computers and gear from bankrupt firms at a tiny fraction of their worth. Then they sell them to you at a tiny
x 2 fraction of the cost. End result is you end up buying capable machines for dirty cheap - we are talking less than 100 usd.

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