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Old 25th February 2008   #7 (permalink)
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I shudder at the thought of buying kit for production off ebay. Just doesn't seem right to me.
I would agree. Another thing to consider with this is that if the hardware fails, can you obtain a replacement and at what speed and cost? With any owned hardware you either need a warranty/sla from the manufacturer, or have spares on standby or otherwise you're just compromising your customers.
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