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 ???
Passing through the airport should be no problem at all. As somebody who’s done a similar thing before, I can tell you that your aunt probably won’t run into problems. My bigger question is about the laptop you are looking at that is $30. It’s rare that laptops go for so cheap here, even used ones. I would advise you to investigate the seller to make sure they are trustworthy to avoid being scammed or sold a broken computer.