19 responses

• Shimon Mar 19, 2008
   

  Can't I fly to Uruguay and beat up a kid and take his XO for less than that?

   
• jessica Mar 19, 2008
   

  Knowing someone is already selling the machines on eBay for a huge profit makes me sad. It just seems wrong to me. I'm curious about what the winning bid will be, though.

   
• Chuck Mar 19, 2008
   

  Shimon: Yeah, but it wouldn't be in an unopened box

   
• Chuck Mar 19, 2008
   

  I think that one has a buy it now link only (no bidding) as far as I can tell. Looking at ebay, looks like olpcs are going for about $250.

   
• Shimon Mar 19, 2008
   

  jessica: they're advertising at a price that would make them a huge product; they may or may not actually sell at that price. My guess is they won't actually realize that profit.

   
• jessica Mar 19, 2008
   

  Never underestimate the foolishness of people who buy things off eBay.

   
• AntonOlsen Mar 19, 2008
   

  Completed auctions are going for between $300 and 400. One went for over $1k though. Crazy, silly, and IMO, pretty stupid.

   
• jhota Mar 19, 2008
   

  hey, i'm checking out their other items... voodoo dolls, ritual oils and candle spells... i love eBay.

   
• todd Mar 20, 2008
   

  ebay is great.... for sellers.

   
• jessica Mar 20, 2008
   

  Gee, no one has purchased these computers yet ...

   
• colby Mar 20, 2008
   

  What is the retail on them $200?

   
• todd Mar 20, 2008
   

  colby: not really. it's $200 + a $200 donation (buy one give one). and even then, they're not really for sale right now. you can only buy one when they're available. hence the jacked up auction prices.

   
• colby Mar 20, 2008
   

  That's right, thanks todd. It is like the PLaysttion 3 and Nintendo wii craze

   
• mksmith Mar 21, 2008
   

  The beauty of bidding fever. It's no wonder "buyer's remorse" is in the common lexicon. Maybe "I just pulled an Ebay" to indicate I did/bought/said something in the heat of the moment.

   
• todd Mar 21, 2008
   

  heh. i like it. i'm going to try to start using it and see how it feels and whether i can make it catch on.

   
• jessica Apr 09, 2008
   

  Someone's selling an XO for $360 via Craig's List.

   
• todd Apr 09, 2008
   

  dammit. the front page of babbledog cut that off at "$36" for me and i thought i found a good deal

   
• jessica Apr 09, 2008
   

  lol How disappointing! Bad dog!

   
• Chuck Apr 09, 2008
   

  In other news, the original two XOs are still available