Worth the Buy

kafifi13

What do you guys think. I mean i know it's cheap but they are used but now power cords or connectors come with it. Do you think it's worth the buy?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Cisco-2503-Routers-Lot-of-6_W0QQitemZ180101603135QQcategoryZ67310QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

jrmcent

yeah I would probably go for it as long as the price does go much higher, the cords and connectors you can get for cheap on ebay so that shouldnt effect your decision really.

kafifi13

Ya the only problem is that i didn't need 6 of them but i might just resell them again on ebay.

mikej412

I don't know.... there's 6 of them. Are you going to buy them memory upgrades if
needed? Transceivers? Back-to-Back serial cables? Ethernet cables? Power cables?
All those things add up to more $

Sure, they look cute in the picture, but will you still like them when you see how much
dust is inside them? They're a big responsibility. Will you play with them for at least
an hour a day?

If you've thought about it, and are ready to accept the responsibility of owning a home
Cisco Lab, then it sounds like a good deal -- but since they were only tested to power
on, there is still an element of risk.

My best score was 5 2500s for $80 including shipping (2 or 3 were maxed on memory).
But I did get some maxed out 2513s for $10 each plus shipping....

Hopefully everyone here won't jump on and try and beat you out of your deal.

You'll still need something with a FastEthernet interface for trunking -- or a 2610 with
the 10Mb Ethernet and the 12.2T or greater IOS.

kafifi13

Good point. I should have emailed you guys before i bid. If i don't get these i may just buy something from CiscoKits. I have a simulator but i still want the real thing to build my own lab.

markzab

mikej412 wrote:

I don't know.... there's 6 of them. Are you going to buy them memory upgrades if
needed? Transceivers? Back-to-Back serial cables? Ethernet cables? Power cables?
All those things add up to more $

Sure, they look cute in the picture, but will you still like them when you see how much
dust is inside them? They're a big responsibility. Will you play with them for at least
an hour a day?

If you've thought about it, and are ready to accept the responsibility of owning a home
Cisco Lab, then it sounds like a good deal -- but since they were only tested to power
on, there is still an element of risk.

My best score was 5 2500s for $80 including shipping (2 or 3 were maxed on memory).
But I did get some maxed out 2513s for $10 each plus shipping....

Hopefully everyone here won't jump on and try and beat you out of your deal.

You'll still need something with a FastEthernet interface for trunking -- or a 2610 with
the 10Mb Ethernet and the 12.2T or greater IOS.

Thanks Mike. I was thinking about talking to the wife tonight about having our first child but now you've got me second guessing.

Darthn3ss

lol.

I'd probably skip that myself, thats too many.

but on the other hand, i already bought 6 2500's... lol. I'd look into getting a pair of 2514's(2 serial, 2 ethernet) and a 2610 or 2611... that way you can do your trunking and still have enough interfaces to do labs and such.

I did a RIP/IGRP (migrated RIP to IGRP) lab tonight, required 3 routers. suddenly i felt like buying 6 wasn't that dumb.

seraphus

Thanks Mike. I was thinking about talking to the wife tonight about having our first child but now you've got me second guessing.

LOL

Kaminsky

Winning bidder got all 6 for $12.17 each.....

I am always wary that these things will neer turn up or you buy a picture of the item or something. I geuss I will buy from ebay when I can afford to lose the money into a black hole.

Darthn3ss

if it makes you feel better out of ebay 31 transactions every time each party involved was satisfied. that was with me as the seller or me as the buyer... never had a problem, the bum auctions are easy to spot.