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I love the fact you got burnt with an eBay purchase and then go and buy another second hand one - I'm really wary of buying electrical goods on there and if I did, I'd opt to go pick it up rather than have it delivered so I can see it in action etc.
At least your second is all good. I'm off walking in the moors this weekend so aim to get some good footage, it's great just being able to take the mini literally anywhere I go, even in its bag its easily transportable.
Yeah, I spoke with eBay and the representative was adamant that I was going to receive a full refund and even encouraged me to purchase another one I wanted it for Christmas so was impatient and bought another one while sorting out the first one. I paid on credit card so was protected. I did email the seller of the second one and ask a few questions and he came across as totally genuine so I took a gamble, which in this instance did pay off. I figured that any fundamental issues would be pretty obvious quite quickly. First flight was mainly hovering and slow down my road.
Yeah, I think I will purchase a rucksack to put mine in as carrying around a hardened case is somewhat annoying and attracts too much attention.