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Outbid (self.Blind)
submitted by AutisticPearl
Okay, I need some advice here I got outbid multiple times for that cheap for a little bit one of you suggested. Have any other suggestions on how to get an inexpensive trailer? I just sent an email to my local at blind Services person so they might be able to help me because one of you guys to just add them as well but any backup suggestions for any suggestions on how to make it easier to learn with a slate and stylus? I really would much prefer to be able to have a brailler if I can no, because I'm so used to typing on things like keyboards that if I use a trailer it'll be easier for me not to mention, I already write Chicken Scratch just going to write with a pen or pencil on regular paper due to both and dexterity issues caused by the autism as well as potentially my eyebrows be so I'm not entirely sure but either way it's using chicken scratch so I'm worried that if I try to Braille by hand individually it might end up looking more like chicken scratch. Please and thank you
bondolo 3 points 2y ago
Patience is the key. Bid your max amount and eventually you will win. Also look for auctions that are ending in off hours and focus on those.
I've bought a couple braillers, embossers and braille displays for people over the years as well as the Sharp EL-640 talking calculators and other items. Sometimes it took a month or two to win an auction for popular items.
For a while the US government was selling Alva 80 braille displays from the social security administration and the listings appeared from all over the country with limited information and random quality. Sometimes it was a raw display in unknown condition and other times it included the box, power supply and manual and had been tested. The auctions had a lot of interest as these were a great opportunity to get a braille display for fairly cheap. There were even people buying, cleaning, fixing and reselling. After a while the interest in the items waned though and I was able to buy 4 displays as a lot for less than I would have paid for one a year earlier. Braillers seem to have fairly constant demand but also, it seems, fairly constant supply. Again, patience.
As others have said you can also buy a refurbished unit from perkins for about 300 which is generally better than some random unit that has been sitting in a damp basement for 30 years.
I've bought a couple braillers, embossers and braille displays for people over the years as well as the Sharp EL-640 talking calculators and other items. Sometimes it took a month or two to win an auction for popular items.
For a while the US government was selling Alva 80 braille displays from the social security administration and the listings appeared from all over the country with limited information and random quality. Sometimes it was a raw display in unknown condition and other times it included the box, power supply and manual and had been tested. The auctions had a lot of interest as these were a great opportunity to get a braille display for fairly cheap. There were even people buying, cleaning, fixing and reselling. After a while the interest in the items waned though and I was able to buy 4 displays as a lot for less than I would have paid for one a year earlier. Braillers seem to have fairly constant demand but also, it seems, fairly constant supply. Again, patience.
As others have said you can also buy a refurbished unit from perkins for about 300 which is generally better than some random unit that has been sitting in a damp basement for 30 years.
FaerilyRowanwind 2 points 2y ago
You can outright purchase a refurbished one for a little more than 300 I think you may be able to get from Perkins itself
reddit-aloud 1 points 2y ago
Check out BlindBargains.com. Folks sell their used equipment on there in the classifieds. You may be able to find something that will work for you.
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