Got a 2nd Obihai...advice needed
Tobor:
Quote from: SteveInWA on September 22, 2017, 05:36:06 pm
Why would you feel bad? Even if it was an impulse buy, you should feel good that you snagged a $75 OBi 202 for an insanely low price. Was this at a thrift store or similar place where people donate unwanted stuff and then it gets sold for pennies on the dollar or ? I'm assuming it was used, right?
I got it at a store called Bargain Hunt that specializes in buy-outs from places like Costco, Target, as well as a LOT of stuff from Amazon. They basically price stuff ~ half-off whatever Amazon lists them and then reduce the price by 10% every week...the 202 I bought was priced at $39 back on 6/1/17 and it was 90% off that price today. I also snagged an HTC Vive recently for $285...you can get some killer deals.
I'm pretty confident the device is new...it is still boxed and the cords haven't been undone. Question: if I add the 202 to my account (which I haven't done yet) does that lock it forever? I don't have anybody I'd gift my 200 or 202 to at the moment, but that might be an option at some point--I never even considered that there would be a problem registering a "used" device to a new account.
SteveInWA:
That sounds like a fun place to snag good deals. It's interesting that they can survive and open brick and mortar stores, in the age of online shopping deal sites.
It's unfortunate that Obihai doesn't stick tamper-evident seals on its boxes, but it yah, it sounds like you bought a new one, or at least one that was returned by a customer, unused.
Yes, you can safely add the OBi to your OBiTALK account. If you want to give it away later, all you need to do is to delete it from your account first.
Tobor:
Thanks for all the info everybody! I decided to just go ahead and connect the new device and add it to my account just to check that it was actually operational. Everything set up easily so at this point I'm just going to keep it plugged in and keep my old 200 as my backup. I still have both devices registered to my account so hopefully that's not a problem.
Again, thanks for all the advice & feedback!
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