Don't get me wrong. I'm glad you posted it. I think a big part of me is just thinking "If he's a total crook and I lose the $155 completely it's really not that big of a deal". I mean, he takes Paypal so I don't even have to give my CCard number.
But yeah, if the price were higher or if I needed the money more I could see being more weary of this.
The fact that for you $155 is not a lot of money is immaterial, there are people here that might be suckered in for who $155 is a lot of dough.
Until the guy comes clean and shows that he's able to ship (which means he has at least the funds to buy a number of them, most companies in the far east have a minimum order volume, typical 100 or 200 pieces for devices like these, at some fixed discount, and has a written guarantee that they will be delivered at a certain date) he has no business taking any money at all. And even then, given the history of these threads (there was at least one other one) I'd like some more proof. If you start of by fibbing about your ability to deliver then you will need to overcome that later.
Selling fake watches on ebay is one thing, selling hardware like this is a completely different thing.
So far, I'm not aware that he did what he said he would do, which is to ship units to blogs for review. I think that would be a major first milestone on the way to large volume shipping.
Sending out a couple of review units is peanuts when you do something like this.
Not to call you out or anything but I am constantly reminded the fact that we live like kings unheard. So many people around the world would get physically emotional over $155. It's definitely not something I, or my bank account, agree with, but I'm sure you aren't alone. Amazing.
But yeah, if the price were higher or if I needed the money more I could see being more weary of this.