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Delhi Misc. New Delhi

Car, Computers, Gadgets, Phones and Appliances for Sale in Delhi

UPDATE: All Items are sold and no longer available. Thanks for your interest.

We are moving so we’re selling the following items before we leave Delhi. All of the items will be available at the end of March or by April 5th at the latest, though a few items could be made available sooner if there’s enough interest. Most items have been priced at less than half price of what we bought them for.

Please email me at 4sale (a t) linosx (d o t) com in the next few days if you are interested in any of the items listed below. If you know of anyone that may be interested in some of the items below, please feel free to forward this post to them as well. In the email, please include what item(s) you’re interested in, what date you would like them by and possible bid you’d like to make.

Serious buyers only, please.
Update: Prices on some items have been reduced.
Thanks very much!
Pankaj

Car

SX4 2008 top of the line ZXi model.
Approx 30,000 kms driven
Fitted with Maruti seat covers and gear lock, regularly serviced
Insurance paid thru end of January 2011
Please post a message if you’re interested.

Computers

  • 24
    Like New 24″ iMac with

    2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor at 2.4GHz
    320GB Hard Drive
    Built-in speakers,
    iSight Camera
    Dual Layer DVD Burner
    RAM upgraded to 4GB.
    Warranty till end of February 2011
    1kV APC Back-UPS RS-1000 Commercial grade surge suppressor and UPS for use with iMac.
    Factory installed Mac OS X Operating System and Software
    iMac + APC UPS – Rs. 75,000

    Update: I’m accepting the best offer over Rs. 65,000 or if you prefer to pay in US Dollars, $1,200 for both the UPS and 24″ iMac

  • HP dx2280 for Sale in New Delhi
    Like New HP Desktop Model DX2280 and 19″ Flat Screen Monitors (2 1 available)

    Intel Core 2 Duo running at 2.20Ghz
    2MB L2 Cache
    1 GB RAM
    Intel 945G Graphics
    Gigabit LAN Card
    160GB Hard Drive
    Sound card for sound output and sound input
    Warranty expires in January 2011
    HP w19 19inch Flatscreen LCD Monitor with DVI and VGA Connectors
    No keyboard or mouse included

    There is no CD or DVD drive so these are perfect for office computers. They come installed with Linux Fedora 12 and MS Office compatible version of OpenOffice

    Rs.20,000 Update: Accepting the best offer over Rs. 15,000 or USD 300 total for each system and 19″ monitor.

  • White Apple Macbook for Sale in New Delhi Rs. 20,000
    White Apple Macbook for Sale in New Delhi Rs. 20,000
    MacBook for Sale in New Delhi
    MacBook for Sale in New Delhi


    White Macbook

    2.0GHz Intel Core Duo
    60GB Hard Drive
    RAM upgraded to max of 2GB
    Built-in speakers and Mic
    iSight Camera
    DVD Burner

    New original MacBook Keyboard, Apple Battery and new original Apple 85W charger (charger alone is Rs. 4,500 and new battery is over Rs. 7,000) Will come with factory installed Mac OS X Operating System and Software. A Mickey Mouse sticker was stuck to the top of the MacBook which we removed (partially, as visible in the picture above)
    Rs. 20,000

    Update: The MacBook is sold!

Computer equipment

  • Netgear wireless-g routers Rs. 1,000
  • Lightly used HP OfficeJet 5600 series Photocopier, Fax, and Scanner – Rs. 6,000 or USD $125
  • Laptop PCMCIA WiFi cards (3 available) – Rs. 1,000 for all 3

Mobile phones

  • Sony Ericsson T610 – Rs. 2,000
  • Nokia E61 – Rs. 8,000 Rs. 6,000 or USD $125

Appliances and Furniture

  • Osterizer Blender – Rs. 1,500
  • Morphy Richards Toaster for Sale in New Delhi
    Morphy Richards Toaster for Sale in New Delhi Rs. 2,000
  • AquaGuard Integra7 RO Water Filter for Sale in New Delhi
    AquaGuard Integra7 RO Water Filter for Sale in New Delhi - Rs. 10,000
  • Hydraulic multi-adjustment Office Chair - Rs. 5,000
    Hydraulic multi-adjustment Office Chair - Rs. 5,000
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Airtel Apple Delhi India iPhone

Apple iPhone on Airtel India Minus GPRS

Well, I’ve been trying for almost a whole week to get Airtel‘s Unlimited GPRS service (or Mobile Office as it’s called on their site) setup. Unfortunately, all the SMS confirmation messages telling me that it is setup and will cost Rs. 499/month for unlimited usage were all bogus.

I’ve confirmed that even though my iPhone shows the “E” implying an EDGE/GPRS connection, the service isn’t really activated. I’ve used the new Airtel SIM card in my Apple iPhone (which is unsupported by Airtel) and also a Nokia E61 (which is supported). It doesn’t work on either phone. I then even tried to put the SIM into a USB EDGE/GPRS device and configure it on my Mac Mini but still no luck.

I believe Airtel’s setup process for GPRS is a manual one. That’s one of the reasons it will take 4 hours to setup the service. 4 Hours have turned into almost 144 hours and countless phone calls to both 121 (customer service) and 12118 (technical support). 12118 tells me that it’s not active and 121 sometimes tells me that it is active, other times they tell me they’ve put in a request to have it activated, and other times they’ve told me that it is active. The support on Airtel’s mobile desk is fairly horrendous as compared to their excellent service for their DSL and landline products.

In New Delhi, at least, you must send the following SMS to 121 from your Airtel phone:

STARTGPRS

I’ve heard that “AGPRS” also works but in my case, neither SMS messages nor telephone calls have actually gotten the service activated.

Once you receive a confirmation message, you can go into your settings and setup the APN as shown below:

Though, the confirmation messages haven’t helped me, it doesn’t have anything to do with the iPhone. It only has to do with Airtel’s inability to get the service fully activated. The process appears to be a two-part manual process and one service rep let it slip that only the first part has been done, hence, I’m getting the “E” on my iPhone but no actual service.

My only advice is to keep hounding them to get the service activated and, if possible, use an Airtel supported handset while asking them to activate the service. If you tell them you’re using an iPhone, their eyes will glaze over and you’ll get the ole heev-ho.

I’ll post updates as they become available.

Update: 29th April, 2008
Airtel was able to finally get it right. It took them 9 days and countless phone calls plus SMSes and a little bit of strong-arming to get them to put me on the phone with a floor supervisor but the supervisor finally got GPRS (Mobile Office) setup on my account. The access point name (APN) on my iPhone is set to airtelgprs.com. All I had to do was turn the iPhone off and back on to get it to work once the service was activated. I just hope some bonehead over there doesn’t turn the service off again …

Update: 5th May, 2008
Airtel has done it again and “automatically” disconnected my Mobile Office GPRS connection. They couldn’t give me any explanation except “the status is wrong”. Even after pressing the supervisor for an explanation, I got nothing. They’re telling me they will resolve the problem in 24 hours, an unacceptable amount of time for “automatically” disabling my service without any notice. As happy as I’ve been with Airtel’s DSL service, I am immensely disappointed with their mobile service. The incompetence continues ….

Update 2: 5th May, 2008
It took Airtel a little over 6 hours but Mobile Office GPRS is working again….for now.