Update:
I did purchase an OBI 200, still waiting for it to arrive.
After having the Obi 100 on the shelf for about a week unplugged (Capacitor discharge issue?), I tried to hook it back up again last night.
When first powering on, the lights did stay green and not flashing red/green and i thought hey this might work again. When entering the 192.168.1.8, I was able to finally get into the Obi portal, I went to system management and then firmware update, (by the way I was able to reset the obi to factory default with the pin, something it wouldn't allow me last week), I updated the firmware successfully, at least that is what the portal stated), then proceeded with the echo test, that also worked?
The next step was to add the device, it stated to call **5 5847, as soon as I dialed I received no response on the phone and he OBI went back to flashing red/green.
(I also cannot reset the the OBI with the pin once again)
In summary, keeping the OBI on the shelf obviously affected it but the end result was still the same.
Waiting on my OBI 200 to arrive
Thanks to all who have responded and tried to help.