Looking for some help getting a Universal

[e-llipsis]

I'm not sure if this is considered appropriate for this forum but since there isn't a sellers/buyers section this was the next closest. If it's not please point me in the right direction.

I'm looking to get one (or more) Universal's at a "reasonable" price (i.e. like the £162 deal from O2 mentioned in a different post). If anyone has access to anything like this please pm me or leave info on how I can contact you to discuss the particulars.

Thanks

[hanmin]

I'm not sure if the £162 is a one off lucky deal.

I've checked on eBay,

O2 Exec (should be the Universal)
sold for cheapest £200 with an average of £350 and the highest of £600.

Consider the cheapest Charmer is £130, average ranges from £150-£200, I think it is quite unlikely to get a Universal for £160.

But.. think lucky :D

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The £162 deal was more of a loophole than a lucky deal from what I can tell, although several members of this board did get a killer deal this way. Another XDA-Developers member figured out that deal based upon a discount deal O2 was offering on the device combined with a Data 5 tariff. The net result was a £162 XDA Exec. Anyway, it looks like O2 got wise to the whole thing and cut it off. I'm quite aware of what's available through eBay and a couple of other Internet resellers but I'm looking to do a bit better than full retail on the pricing. I have also seen the scammers on ePay trying to lure in thier victims with offers of £200 or less for these phones but they want you to send payment through Western Union and are not willing to do PayPal or even use a escrow service to secure the transaction. As someone once said "I may have been born at night but I wasn't born LAST night!". Living in the US and not having any occassion to visit the UK (or other foreign countries where these are more readily available) I can't track down any of the deals that seem to be available only through the bricks and mortar storefronts of O2 or the other carriers. The long and the short is that I'm looking for someone who would be willing, for a reasonable fee, to help me track down one (or more) of these at a more reasonable price.