partzman2 said:
Since I've been rooting and using custom ROMS, this is the 3rd great dev I've seen that has needed a new device to continue his/her fine work. x0xhellx0x with the LG G2x, dropped his phone and we the community rallied and bought him another phone to continue developing his HellFire series. Civato's Acer A500 died on him and the community again rallied to replace his A500, to continue his development.
I'm new to the A700, love what I see in this ROM and would like to see development continue. Let's all get together and see if we can help keep Vorbeth continue developing for our device.
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I posted that last month and after getting Vorbeth permission, we are finally here. Now to get to the meat of the matter. It's gonna take around $600 to get this done (A700, shipping, taxes, and paypal fees). We need to know if there is enough monetary commitment here. So let's see those first, then I'll post a donate link. I don't want to get through the hassle of returning money to someone who didn't read this. :drool
I'm in for $10 now, more to come.
[UPDATE] We have reached our goal of $300. I will be purchasing a used a700 from amazon.co.uk for $£190 and getting it shipped to Vorbeth
A701
and $10 from me.
$50 From the Antinerd, to pick up the pace a little ... not that much considering what I paid for this tablet!
Thanks bud.
Would you believe it costs the same to buy in U.S. and ship to U.K. as it is to buy in U.K.
50$ from me
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So far the running total is: $120
I think an UK a700 is cheaper than a US one + taxes.
Is there a british hère to confirm ?
I'm good for $25.
$10.00 from me too!
15€ from me
kiteman44 said:
I think an UK a700 is cheaper than a US one + taxes.
Is there a british hère to confirm ?
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It is a little cheaper to buy one off of amazon.co.UK, difference is about $4 cheaper. The goal of $600 has wiggle room to cover PayPal fees and any last minute costs.
$25 from me.
€10 (If it's still a valid currency) that equals $13.
Here in the Netherlands this tab costs around €400 -> $520 (maybe usefull for the comparison it's an awfull lot more expensive then in the us)
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It is a little cheaper to buy one off of amazon.co.UK, difference is about $4 cheaper. The goal of $600 has wiggle room to cover PayPal fees and any last minute costs.
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http://www.waeplus.co.uk/item/205051/ICONIA-Tab-A700---Tablet---silver---32-G?ref=gooshop => 300 £ with free delivery => 450$
When we get enough commitments, say $400, then we'll open donations. If you want to find the best price, start then. Could use the help. I'm just organizing because I want more developers for our tablet.
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What about getting a second hand A700? It is about a year old there so easy to find...
Sent from my A700 using xda premium
Is it enough to buy Vorbeth a Tablet?
Does he needs also a LAPTOP or PC for cr-development?
Personally, I want Vorbeth to have something reliable to develop for. Don't want him to get a tab that's been messed with by someone who doesn't know what they are doing.That's why I prefer to get him, but I'm just someone who wants to get a dev back developing.
Running total: approx. $210
Where are all the people who use Vorbeth's rom and kernel? Lets give him a hand!
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Hi! it is a long time since I last flashed pcarvalho's ROMs but I think he is very much responsible for many of us being able to flash and cook 6.5 roms on our beloved but rather old polaris.
I propose a quick poll just to gather 250€ so he can continue with his production (or do what he wants). As soon as we have 250 voters we close the thread and send the euro via paypal. It is fair?
Already donated (since pcar' polaris dead):
15 € x 1 = 15: whitealien
10 € x 5 = 50: Kulen, Tamirl, vld75, fldin, masterplan_79
5 € x 1 = 5: nemiers
Willing to donate
10 €: jopost
5 users (no amount specified): cruiserrr, skumara, redirecttonothing, nemiers, squeeza
12 more not identified (please leave a message since I thougth I could get the names from the poll)
Offering 2nd hand polaris deal:
Ronok (Belgium): 150 transportation and insurance included.
Vestlink (somewhere in Europe): willing to donate his device to a polaris developer
DaRacerz, willing to sell it as well since he changes to a new phone
good idea!!
it would be a good idea to post a link to this on pcharvalo's ROM thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=506043&page=733
It's been here a few days already and I just noticed it.
I believe most people, like me, only read threads they follow, and just sometimes check for new threads.
and from the name of the thread is not too understandable what it is about, so many people probably just skip it.
If somebody want to donate more please write in thread here so we can see how much we can gather. or even better just pay to pcharvalo via paypal and write that you did.
And perhaps even less than 250 € can be enough if he wants to buy a new (used) one instead of repairing his:
and he certainly does deserve a new one for all he did in Polaris development.
he lost his device trying to make ours better :-(
ready to donate
I sent 10 EUR. via PayPal
I'v used his geat ROM long time. I'v never sent money, but it is right time to make donate.
Thank you Mr. pcarvalho.
I'm honored to donate 10€ to Mr. Pcarvalho, for his fantastic's ROM's.
Thank you!!!
ready to donate
p.s. have you got positive answer from Pcarvalho, that if phone is bought that he continues development?
Well, I personally give my opinion in the subject: it is one € (or more) back for the hours he has devoted to the polaris community, not in exchange for what he may want to do in the future.
That's your option, nobody is here to judge anybody, pleope willing to give some money for the job done so far can already donate the money. If you want to donate only if he continues the development, then wait...
Polaris donation for Mr. Pcarvalho
I already sent the 10€ to Mr. Pcarvalho ( paypal ), for his fantastic's ROM's and his support to the old !!! polaris.
Thank you!!!
John
Hi all,
first of thanks for all this, i'm truly amazed at you all, i wasn't going to get a polaris cause, lets face it, its 2,5 years old and newer devices with similar price tags are available, getting one is not a very good deal (unless you have very basic nokia models, then i fully recommend it ).
but as always this community changed my way of thinking. even though my polaris died you all are working to help me get another one. so...
i'm now currently trying to find a way to fix mine (or get one that's working and in mint condition) and so all current donations will be used to get it working.
once i do get it, rom development will obviously continue. i have some kind of customization disease. all my phones are always "make it mine"...
so, thanks for those that are helping, my only regret is COM5 Branch (235XX) is currently paralyzed (more or less since my device died), that means lots of time was wasted that could have meant lots of fixes...hope i can fix that soon...
cheers
I have already donated 10€. Thanks pcarvalho.
I just ordered a new phone (the "desire" was too great ). I was going to sell my touch cruise on ebay, until I saw this topic. I can sell my device to you... I haven't figured out how much I want for it though. I think the used ones go for 100-150 nowadays.
I think it's better to send my device to somebody who knows the device and is going to develop it further, rather than some random guy. Although I know I will probably get a smaller share.
What do you think?
in appreciation of the few POLARIS chefs
Hi cruiserr!
thanks for starting this poll. I donated to pcar before, since I have been using his ROMs for quite somewhile now and they really added value to my otherwise lame phone. Unfortunately there are too many leechers out there that can not appreciate hard coding/ porting work. Still, I voted to donate again for a replacement phone for pcarvalho. However, I think sending his one to repair is not the cheapest way here - besides the ideological value. We could watch the bay for getting them around 150 maybe.
Regards
sqeeza
Ronok said:
I just ordered a new phone (the "desire" was too great ). I was going to sell my touch cruise on ebay, until I saw this topic. I can sell my device to you... I haven't figured out how much I want for it though. I think the used ones go for 100-150 nowadays.
I think it's better to send my device to somebody who knows the device and is going to develop it further, rather than some random guy. Although I know I will probably get a smaller share.
What do you think?
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Please, Ronok: send details on total cost (price + transportation + insurance if appliable) and delivery time.
Pcarvalho, can you please, inform us your preferred option? ebay, xda users 2nd hand device, local shop in Portugal, refurbishment?
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Please, Ronok: send details on total cost (price + transportation + insurance if appliable) and delivery time.
Pcarvalho, can you please, inform us your preferred option? ebay, xda users 2nd hand device, local shop in Portugal, refurbishment?
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thanks, im currently bidding on a few ones on ebay...hope to get one for less then 150 would be great at 100+transportation...im also in contact with a xda member that got an iphone and is dropping his htc...lets see how these attempts on getting a device go...
Hi all,
I'm using last-but-one ROM from April and I really enjoyed it. Next week will flash the last ROM.
I've just donated 10€ for supporting Pcarvalho and thanking him for the great effort.
Hope this will help.
Ciao
Masterplan
D-pad on 23557(fix) ROM
Hi
I want to flash the 23557(fix) rom. but is it true that the D-pad wheel is not working?
tamirl, your fist post was on the right thread, be patient ! this thread is not intended for ROM discussion, regards
cruiserrr said:
tamirl, your fist post was on the right thread, be patient ! this thread is not intended for ROM discussion, regards
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You have a point there, sorry
cruiserrr said:
Please, Ronok: send details on total cost (price + transportation + insurance if appliable) and delivery time.
Pcarvalho, can you please, inform us your preferred option? ebay, xda users 2nd hand device, local shop in Portugal, refurbishment?
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Shipping and handling costs to Portugal are about 30 € with insurance and tracking information. Without insurance and tracking it's 10 euro. Delivery time should be between 3 and 10 days.
I'd be happy with 150 € all-in (120 for the device). I can't take pictures now, because I don't have an other camera than the one on the polaris. I'll send them asap.
BTW i'm from Belgium, not Germany
UPDATE: An anonymous contributor is going to help me get the phone for $150. I am going to need enuff for $150 plus tax plus shipping (overnight preferrably so he can get started asap). So with that being said if you use the donate to me button on my profile or send the payment to paypal email jjhudson1 at gmail.com we can get this ship sailing. For the sake of transparency I plan on only using enough money to cover costs and any other money that comes in I will find a fair way to take care of either by giving money back or donating to another dev or even start funding for another dev like EvilD to get a phone. I AM NOT TRYING TO MAKE A PROFIT, and I will even show receipts upon request if anyone asks me to. Also if you don't feel like getting charged the paypal commision fee and want 100% of your donation to go towards the phone, select the payment as personal -> gift to avoid the paypal transaction fee.
Ok people, Zinx was the clear winner of our dev wishlist poll, so now it's time to step up and show your contributions to our community. Kmobs recommended Zinx to take over the MT4G CM6 port, and Zinx has agreed to start working on it. Now we just need to step up and help him get this phone.
A little info on Zinx for those who might be unfamiliar:
- Core contributor to the G2 CM6 port
- Ported CM kernel to the MT3G 3.5mm
- Contributed work on battery issues on Dream/Sapphire
- TeamDouche member recommended by Kmobs to help us with our CM6 port.
That being said, just to make sure everyone's clear by accepting the phone Zinx is committing to giving his full effort into getting the port working completely as soon as possible. But there is no guarantee the video issues effecting the camera will be worked out. The camera issues are indeed one hairy beast, but kmobs seemed confident Zinx is our best shot at getting this thing figured out.
I'll start things off by contributing $20 for now. Please show your support and help us get this thing done. Also if you have an upgrade that you would be willing to share to help us get Zinx a MT4G, they would expedite the process greatly.
Goal for Zinx Achieved: Waiting for paypal to give me the damn moniez so we can get the phone
itmustbejj - $20
plugged_in_now - $20 - paid
Jeffmeister - $20
eleeo037037 - $5 - paid
borodin1 - $20 - first to send!! WOOT!
2Noob4U - $20 - paid
smirkis - $10
lghorn - $20
Mmarzex - $20 - paid
daewond3r - $15 - paid in eVil D donation thread
epsix - $20 - paid
mfouco - $20 - paid
inkling - $10 - paid 5 more than he said he would
nccu_eagles - $20 - paid
whosdaman - $10 - paid and doesn't even have a MT4G
tw39515 - $20 paid
So are we just posting what we'll donate here? Or is there a link?
I'll donate $20
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So are we just posting what we'll donate here? Or is there a link?
I'll donate $20
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I'm gunna keep track in here til we reach our goal. Then I will be hitting everyone up with a donate link. No need to actually send the money til we have it all accounted for.
Count me in for $20
Glad to help. Enough *****ing about nothing being done around here. (Apparently people can't be patient)
Time to put your money where your mouth is!
Count me in for $20.
PM me when you need the $.
Tentative in for $20. I might still return the phone, haven't decided yet.
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Tentative in for $20. I might still return the phone, haven't decided yet.
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I believe the expression is **** or get off the pot - JK
Ok I'm marking you on the list for now at least.
i need cm6 on this phone, count me in for a 10 and i'll toss more as i see progress
Count me in for $20.
Presume we're targeting the $399 no-contract price unless someone comes through with an upgrade?
Seems many are loving the Iced Glacier ROM, but I just can't stand mySense. Used CM6.1 alpha for a few weeks till I had to do an exchange due to creaking Menu button and an off-center FFC. I'm waiting for a beta release to go back since I need camera & video working to make it a daily ROM.
Come on peeps! $5, $10, $20+ is a small investment to get some official CM lovin' on this phone. Let's get Zinx a MT4G so we can get a quality ROM!
lghorn said:
Count me in for $20.
Presume we're targeting the $399 no-contract price unless someone comes through with an upgrade?
Seems many are loving the Iced Glacier ROM, but I just can't stand mySense. Used CM6.1 alpha for a few weeks till I had to do an exchange due to creaking Menu button and an off-center FFC. I'm waiting for a beta release to go back since I need camera & video working to make it a daily ROM.
Come on peeps! $5, $10, $20+ is a small investment to get some official CM lovin' on this phone. Let's get Zinx a MT4G so we can get a quality ROM!
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Yeah that is the plan. There are some other options I'm exploring but that's the plan for now.
lghorn said:
Count me in for $20.
Presume we're targeting the $399 no-contract price unless someone comes through with an upgrade?
Seems many are loving the Iced Glacier ROM, but I just can't stand mySense. Used CM6.1 alpha for a few weeks till I had to do an exchange due to creaking Menu button and an off-center FFC. I'm waiting for a beta release to go back since I need camera & video working to make it a daily ROM.
Come on peeps! $5, $10, $20+ is a small investment to get some official CM lovin' on this phone. Let's get Zinx a MT4G so we can get a quality ROM!
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Wait, wait, wait, where did you see the $399 price? at Tmobile they're $449.
itmustbejj said:
I believe the expression is **** or get off the pot - JK
Ok I'm marking you on the list for now at least.
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lol. My remorse period ends Sunday Dec. 6th so if I still have the phone on the 7th, I'm in.
plugged_in_now said:
Wait, wait, wait, where did you see the $399 price? at Tmobile they're $449.
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Call customer retention.
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lol. My remorse period ends Sunday Dec. 6th so if I still have the phone on the 7th, I'm in.
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there's always the "price" and the price
Oh what the hell, bump me up to $20! It seems like once CM is out -everyone starts building off their source so this is a small investment compared to what's going to come out of it.
Sent from MT4G.
Count me in for $20.
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there's always the "price" and the price
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Well I paid $200 + MIR which I haven't yet sent in, but now Costco is selling the thing for $50, right? Totally worth $100 to remorse and rebuy if I need to.
I'll put $15 on it.
I will contribute 20 dollar
I'm about to leave from will send the money once I get home
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA App
Count me in for 20.00. Small contribution to have CM on the mytouch 4g. Good luck!
After PMing to get one G-tablet, i think i will try it own threads ... looking for a used one for $350 (or less) shipped to Montreal/Canada ... do you thing you have one for me?
Thanks
Yes I Have one for that price is one month old in the original package but you have to paid for the shiping costs
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Thanks Burgos0426, but since you don't have a paypal account it will be hard for both of us to complet the transaction without involving lots of extra fees. ....
Why don't you just buy one from TigerDirect.ca ?
It's $399 but is the extra $50 really that big a barrier for you?
[Update]
I posted the link in another thread, but in case it can't be found...
Here's a Link: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7212231&Sku=V18-0020
I got one for sale
Thanks but with all the Canadian Taxes and shipping that tiger charge to ship to montreal ... it's a lot more than the extra $50 ... thanks anyway for the link ..,
TeutonicWolf said:
Why don't you just buy one from TigerDirect.ca ?
It's $399 but is the extra $50 really that big a barrier for you?
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Got one from : xRepinsSporx
thanks everyone ... hope he will ship it fast ...
This just died
Hi how about a android build on the touchpad. I will be receiving mine in the next few weeks, I won mine from tigerdirect and any assistance you need i will give you in compleating this, unfortunatly i dont know much about webso but should be able to pull off a android 3.0-3.1 build that will work.
Android for palm pre 2
dual boot please (as we spoke in my thread) thank you and if you will... count me as a tester
I can't be sure of this becase I haven't work on the Touchpad yet because I don't have one, I'm trying to save money to buy one the next month. And if I get my Touchpad i'll try to do my best to port it to the Touchpad *ONLY IF THERE IS A SOURCE FOR IT*.
So I can try on the Pre 2 too.
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Whole post updated and corrected.
Awesome!
glad to see devs for the platform.
I would love and pay for voice dial and speech to text app!
I'm sure many others would too!
Need this bad!
Well I don't know if I can help you with this because we will spend most of our time with official @Games from Trakyng Games and just a little of Homebrew, but I think there's already a App that make Speech to Text.
updates and date release made
i can sell someone a touch pad 32 gb wifi for what i paid for it 320 tax in with the hp case pm me for details not trying to scam anyone
remote44 said:
i can sell someone a touch pad 32 gb wifi for what i paid for it 320 tax in with the hp case pm me for details not trying to scam anyone
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Well here is not the right section, you should to MarketPlace subforum.
i would rather offer the savings to someone who actually plans to develop for it . i can just as easily make a profit on it considering retail the package would cost you $640
perhaps you are right about posting in the market but honestly the offer was to you Travis
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updates made!
Good news, only $70 more and you'll be at your goal to having enough cash to get one! See main page at slickdeals forum. Fire sale $99.00 for 16g and $149 for 32g.
medmike said:
Good news, only $70 more and you'll be at your goal to having enough cash to get one! See main page at slickdeals forum. Fire sale $99.00 for 16g and $149 for 32g.
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yep. Thank
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is this too good to be true?, there is a wholesaler at aliexpress website selling a 1000 piece lot of the onda v972 (9.7" 2048x1536 display, quad-core, 2gb ram, 4.1 jelly bean, microsd, hdmi out) for under $8 a piece! that is ridiculous.. i could sell this tablet in the states for around $60 in the USA and it would sell like hot cakes and still make a boat load.. that means i would sell 1000 tablets X $60 = $60k and i only had to invest around $8k usd! by the way, these tablets don't sell any lower than $240 anywhere! so is this for real or a scam? i had bought a tablet from that website before so i know some of the sellers are legit. here is the link aliexpress.com/item/NEW-Model-Onda-V972-Quad-core-Tablet-PC-9-7-IPS-Allwinner-A31-Quad-core-CPU/806314099.html
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is this too good to be true?, there is a wholesaler at aliexpress website selling a 1000 piece lot of the onda v972 (9.7" 2048x1536 display, quad-core, 2gb ram, 4.1 jelly bean, microsd, hdmi out) for under $8 a piece! that is ridiculous.. i could sell this tablet in the states for around $60 in the USA and it would sell like hot cakes and still make a boat load.. that means i would sell 1000 tablets X $60 = $60k and i only had to invest around $8k usd! by the way, these tablets don't sell any lower than $240 anywhere! so is this for real or a scam? i had bought a tablet from that website before so i know some of the sellers are legit. here is the link aliexpress.com/item/NEW-Model-Onda-V972-Quad-core-Tablet-PC-9-7-IPS-Allwinner-A31-Quad-core-CPU/806314099.html
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I don't know about that man, seems to good to be true.
Anyone can tell that $8 isn't going to remotely cover the hardware costs.
Ask yourself, unless they get sexual pleasure on hemorrhaging over $200 per unit, why would they sell for that price ? It makes no sense. Even when you buy in bulk you need to cover your costs of production and this just seems ridiculous.
Why are they such humanitarians that they want to run a business at an astounding loss ? Are they just that nice that their only desire is to let other people make money while they go into the red ?
They claim they are sending you a 44lb package that is roughly 13x13x5. Do you really think that 1000 tablets are going to fit in that ? Just do some basic math.
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is this too good to be true?
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God knows how that tablets will be working... May be they will die on the next day, and you will end up with a bunch of angry customers
thanks for the input guys, but after having a long chat with the seller i discovered he is most likely a scam, because he insisted on only accepting western union and paypal (in which i would not have buyer protection with either method since i was transacting outside of a website ie. ebay etc.) although he emailed me invoices trying to prove me wrong, i still doubted him.. I then told him, "what if i go to china and buy these 1000 tablets from you in person?" and his reply was "yes, please you are very welcome to come to china and do business" hahaha i left it at that.
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Hmm.. Pick one and try urself. 8 $ wont make anyone sad eventhough u end up with a plastic toy... But man if it was good tell me.. I want to steal ur idea. I want money I am on my way to marry soon hhh
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Try it. It's only $8000. /s
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yamen-1991 said:
Hmm.. Pick one and try urself. 8 $ wont make anyone sad eventhough u end up with a plastic toy... But man if it was good tell me.. I want to steal ur idea. I want money I am on my way to marry soon hhh
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This is the most sensible option. If it arrives and is even halfway decent, everybody is happy.
Then you just need 8K to drop on a container load of em.
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amadorl608 said:
thanks for the input guys, but after having a long chat with the seller i discovered he is most likely a scam, because he insisted on only accepting western union and paypal (in which i would not have buyer protection with either method since i was transacting outside of a website ie. ebay etc.) although he emailed me invoices trying to prove me wrong, i still doubted him.. I then told him, "what if i go to china and buy these 1000 tablets from you in person?" and his reply was "yes, please you are very welcome to come to china and do business" hahaha i left it at that.
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Yep.. Its fake.
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This is the most sensible option. If it arrives and is even halfway decent, everybody is happy.
Then you just need 8K to drop on a container load of em.
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The seller could always be clever and send you a $50 tablet (so you think, "hey this isn't that great but I could at least make a profit") to get you interested and then have you spend $8000 on a box of paper or dog droppings or something.
Nice!
100% scam . He is reported in the scam international site which the people there trying to locate them .AVOID anything
A tablet with these specs shoud bearound usd200-240