Hello geekhack!! (firstpost)
I've been a lurker for...oh, 2.5 months now? Ever since the Filcos went out of stock! I've been looking to get the noppoo for the last week, and then I found this guy yesterday.
I've been in constant email communication with him since yesterday. He seems like a very reasonable guy. I even showed him this thread and he had told me (what I already knew, I have family living in Hong Kong) that prices and post are more expensive in Hong Kong than mainland China.
Anywho, I asked the guy to lower his prices...and he DID! He's dropped the Blue and Black board to 89, and the Brown stays at 99. He told me this is just enough for him to make his money back and then make a bit of a profit. He's got the lower price for just this first run, so he can build up his positive reviews.
It seems to me this guy is legit. He even dropped the prices of 2 of the boards when he saw the power that is geekhack. Hopefully you guys who are looking to get a Choc Mini grab it from this guy instead! An extra $10 bucks for some people, the same price for most sounds fair, right?
Plus it's eBay, so if anything goes wrong, their gestapo will go looking for him.