I am against this. Let us take the only task - promote FOSS and do it well. Each post will start endless thread about the particular hardware -good, bad, beautiful etc. It may also lead to ugly personal exchanges if a deal goes bad. I am surprised at the fact - FOSS related annoucement/doubts in local languages was frowned upon- but totally unrelated commercial activity getting so much support.
If it were to be allowed why limit only to gadgets - why not books, old cd's, flats - where once foss enthusiasts lived, the chair in which rms sat, old newspaper containing foss articles, linux-inside sticker peeled out of my condemned desktop etc.? The only condition on which I see some such activity is permissible is if the proceeds are donated to ILUGC activities. If many are interested start a separate mailing list/group. Raman.P blog:http://ramanchennai.wordpress.com/ _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
