17bII+ available for $72.99

[Jeff O.]

In case there is any interest, my daily e-mail from Buy.com had the 17bII+ for $72.99 with free shipping. Not sure how long it will be available. I have no connection to the seller, just passing along information.

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[Jim Yohe]

Though you take your chances making a purchase from many of those unknown dealers you could always place an order on Walmart's site and get it for $80.56 plus $3.97 shipping. Just a thought and have no affiliation with the retail mega-giant.

[Gene Wright]

buy.com has been around for 5+ years and has good ratings at resellerratings.com

No association with them myself either and I have no plans to buy the 17b2+ from them, but buy.com is a fairly well known e-tailer.

[Jim Yohe]

buy.com may be well know of recent years and I've heard of them before but they funnel sales, it appears, to other e-retailers who make the sale. Are return policies and the quality of merchandise guarenteed by buy.com or the e-retailer you're purchasing from?

[Don Shepherd]

The 17bii+ is going for a whole lot less than $70 or $80 on EBay; typical recent auctions were in the $30-$50 range, some in the $20's.

[Jeff O.]

Don,

Are those prices for new units?

I posted the link mostly because I was surprised to see it pop up in the buy.com ad and it seemed to be a good price. I checked the HP.com price which was was higher, but did not think to look at Walmart or eBay.

[Don Shepherd]

Jeff, those price are for used units, the owners of which are selling them on EBay. I've bought a lot of calculators on EBay over the years and have never been disappointed. I'd much rather pay $30 for a slightly used unit than $80 for a new unit.

But regarding the 17bii+, I'd much rather have a 17b or 17bii to play around with solver programming, because the solver on the + disappoints.

Edited: 5 Apr 2011, 12:10 p.m.