Hot Deal on the HP 30b calculator

[eri]

I've now purchased 10 hp30s from Eldorado via ebay. Price is definitely right and they made terrific holiday gifts that have helped spread calculator lunacy.

A friend was telling me: "I was waving it<the wp34s> at them and explaining how wonderful and amazing it was, and then I saw that look in their eyes: 'you don't care at all, do you?'..."

However, of the 10 hp30s I ordered:
- one had a defective screen (really busted and unusable)
- some of the keyboards aren't great. Between 3 and 5 of them have keys that don't always register even if a click sound is made and felt.

I suspect these devices are open box because they were returned.

Defective devices are accepted back without trouble. If I were to order another batch I'd ask them to please run the hp30s self test on each calc before sending as no one wins when a device needs to be returned.