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Another HP 35 Red Dot on eBay Message #1 Posted by Michael de Estrada on 8 Nov 2013, 8:12 p.m. I was perusing eBay and found a listing for an HP 35 Red Dot, auction number 301008662547. I found some interesting anomalies on this item, which may be why there are no bids so far with less than a day remaining in the auction. It's been a while since a Red Dot has been for sale and a lot of them have been questionable as to authenticity.

Re: Another HP 35 Red Dot on eBay Message #2 Posted by aj04062 on 9 Nov 2013, 7:37 a.m., in response to message #1 by Michael de Estrada It seems fishy to me. It is definitely not 100% original. How would the red wear off anyways?

Re: Another HP 35 Red Dot on eBay Message #3 Posted by Michael de Estrada on 9 Nov 2013, 9:42 a.m., in response to message #2 by aj04062 Well, clearly there are many parts that are not Version 1. It was probably cobbled up with a buggy Version 2 and perhaps parts from later versions. If it had been returned to the HP factory for repair, then the buggy ROM would have been replaced. The only thing that puzzles me is the serial number inside the battery compartment, which is low enough to be from the Red Dot era.

Re: Another HP 35 Red Dot on eBay Message #4 Posted by aurelio on 9 Nov 2013, 2:42 p.m., in response to message #3 by Michael de Estrada Is it the one on the listing just ending within 18 minutes? I see clearly the hole but no any red dot The first time I saw it I thought that maybe a good drill job was performed, maybe I was wrong but I see that there are still doubts about it......altough the serial maybe is matching the time Edited: 9 Nov 2013, 2:44 p.m.

Re: Another HP 35 Red Dot on eBay Message #5 Posted by Matthias Wehrli on 9 Nov 2013, 3:01 p.m., in response to message #1 by Michael de Estrada Wow, that looks, I should sell some of my RedDots now.... The price was not bad.

Re: Another HP 35 Red Dot on eBay Message #6 Posted by aj04062 on 9 Nov 2013, 3:07 p.m., in response to message #5 by Matthias Wehrli I think I'll "make some" like this one....

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