HI
I have sold quite a few of these units but not on ebay. I bought a batch from a guy who got them from an auction (real live auction, not ebay!), possibly in Scotland. A couple of other people also bought batches and are selling them off on Ebay. I dont know how many units became available in total.This is very much a "one off" as someone sold off a batch of old stock.
Personally I suspect they may have come from the old HP South Queensferry division in Scotland, maybe they were sitting in a basement there for 15 years??
Most of my units have already been sold, mostly to actual users rather than collectors, with a very high number of surveyors and engineers buying them to replace old failing 41CX units. many users were very happy to be able to replace a unit that was maybe 20 years old with something that has never been used.
Most of the pictures you see on EBAY are pictures I took of one of my units, but i did give permission to one other seller to use these images, One or two others are using these images without permission (but I dont think Ill bother to do anything about it)!
What amazes me is that I could have sold these units 2 or 3 times over based on my feedback, They seem to attract a very loyal and committed following.
I still have some left but Im holding on to them for a while in case any of the units I sold develop a fault and I need to send a replacement (30 day warranty!) If all goes well I will sell the remainder in a few weeks.
I will be at the HPCC meeting in London if anyone wants to discuss this face to face.
Laurence Carr