At 05:55 AM 5/21/2002 +0800, Bjorn Vang Jensen wrote:
>One of the problems with getting them at E-Bay is that, as exressly stated
>in the manual, the warranty is only valid for the original purchaser.


Also, when buying [anything] from mail or Internet-order sellers (Suunto
forbids this, BTW, of their US dealers) one must also be cautious about the
warranty received.  Often in the "fine print" is a notation that only an
"International" warranty is available on deeply discounted products versus
the more generous US warranty.

My admittedly limited experience with "new" electronic items sold on e-bay
is that they tend to sell for a price higher than one can find just
shopping around.  Palm M515's new and in the box on e-bay were selling for
10 to 20% higher than a price I found direct from Dell.com, where I enjoyed
all of the consumer protections of a reputable on-line retailer.

/Don