Should i ask my aunt to bring me a laptop from ebay ? (lemmy.world)

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Hello everyone, I have never owned a laptop before( PC user from the very start), I want a laptop for my IT career(coding stuff) but I have a really low budget and wanna buy just a second hand laptop that can run some lightweight Linux distro. The thing is that laptop prices are really high here in India, you can get a second hand laptop that has an i5 and 4gb ram for about rs.17000 (204 dollars), my aunt is in Canada and they are coming back to India next year so i can just ask them to bring me a laptop I went to ebay.com and found some really cheap options like "HP ELITE BOOK 840 G1" for just 30 dollars, now the question is that is it okay to buy a 30-60 dollar laptop from eBay and will they allow it while passing through the airport ????

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[-] Junkers_Klunker@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago

I dont know any Indian laws, but i cant see why it should be a problem as many people travel with their laptop as do i. But keep in mind that the keyboard layout might be different.

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