Best ebay deals you have bought? (fun thread)

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james23

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This thread is really just for fun, so show off / list some of the best deals you have bought on eBay (or other) over the years.
Do you have a tracking eBay tracking tool that you use?

I'll get the thread started, here are some good deals I found over the past two or so years.

Btw- If i'm looking for something specific (usually need a specific model number), and i have time to wait, ill use the iOS app BayWatch (and pay the 15$ or so a year for it). It can alert you as soon as something comes up on ebay (but it does take some tweaking to get it to be accurate, it does work once you have it set right though).

Some deals i've gotten , not via that ios app btw, just searching/looking. (shipped price)-
+ supermicro 2u - 8 bay server
X10 SRL-F / 1 x E5 2620 V3 CPU / 4 x 16 GB GB ddr4 ECC mem (64g!) / ( w 2 power supplies) - $310 (1 mo. ago)

+ 3x Axis p3225-lve mkii (ip camera) ~$50 each (49$ ea from 1 seller, then a mo. later 65$ from another seller) - both sellers must have thought these were analog dome cams, as these sell all day on ebay for 300-400$ used. (about 12 mo ago)

+ 6x 200gb HGST sas3 SSDs , $150 ( about 3 months ago)

+ (ok deal) - 3u 16bay SM / x9dre-ln4f+ / 2x 2640 v2 cpus / 16g ecc ram / sas2 el1 backplane ($290 - about 5 mo ago)
 

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I once got a 800GB P3700 NVME 2.5" for $800, what a smoking deal....
Not so smoking currently :p lol
 

james23

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I once got a 800GB P3700 NVME 2.5" for $800, what a smoking deal....
Not so smoking currently :p lol
ha! im sure it was at the time!... not a crazy deal, but a few mo ago i got a 1.6tb p3700 u.2 for 410$
 

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Couple of years ago I got a P4216IP4 barebones NIB from Kalleyomalley. It was my best deal so far on the enterprise gear off eBay. Almost free after selling off 1600W PS and the the mezzanine HW RAID card.
 
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bought a supermicro dual xeon e5 system with 128gb ram.... for $117 to my door!!!!!

took cpu's and memory, swapped them with my other machine and put the supermicro on Craigslist..

sold it for $350... LOL...
 
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james23

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Couple of years ago I got a P4216IP4 barebones NIB from Kalleyomalley..
nth, im guessing that is a server, but what kind? i tired google P4216IP4, and got russian sites lol. just curious
edit; ah, never mind, found it, intel server, NIB is the best! but hard to find deal on:
Intel P4216IP4LHJC Server Barebone

bought a supermicro dual xeon e5 system with 128gb ram.... for $117 to my door!!!!!
took cpu's and memory, swapped them with my other machine and put the supermicro on Craigslist..
thats the best. its always a great sign when you find a deal, and start researching the ebay SOLD prices for the components/parts, and find out that 1 or 2x of the parts ALONE is worth more than the entire listing price!

i think one of the most pathetic things/feelings, is when you see a amazing deal SOLD (or snatched from you as you are looking at it), and YOU THEN click the sellers "other items for sale".. lol ie hoping that the same seller has other similar stuff at great or incorrect prices. its a crappy feeling when you click that "other items for sale" link, but i always do it.... and not ONCE have i ended up finding a 2nd deal or buying anything via this...ha!
 
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