Unityelectronics.com appears to be primarily an ebay seller. I discovered if you buy refurbished Handhelds from Unity at eBay auction that arrive in the like-new condition tigerdirect tends to ship for considerably more and for more shipping\handling
Recently, Unity has been auctioning NEC MobilePro 790 units on eBay. I got one for under $140 total. Even the shipping was less than it is on the Unity site and the condition of the 790 was like-new! Buy one from the Unity site and they usually do not look very good but function well. Unity charges nearly $200 for a 790 on their site. They also claim the same box weighs quite a bit more than it does. I didn't pay $7 S\H for the 790 I won from Unity eBay auction.
Before you buy a Handheld from the Unity site, you may first want to make sure you cannot get it from Unity auction on eBay for significantly less. I think sending the top units to eBay customers is motivated by the fact that eBay has feedback, a real example of the consumer power that we can get from buying online.
Maybe we should stop buying from online retailers for whom we can not register feedback through a single 3rd party source? So far, the alleged 3rd party customer feedback sources are BS, retailer oriented.
Reseller.com, for instance, is pure BS, which is why all lower service retailers link prospective buyers to it. Besides, a lot of retailers at Resellers have less than 20 customer comments. Even eBay sellers can stack 20 - 40 Feedbacks in their favor. Sellers have forums and the rip-offs do help each other out, which is why I always examine feedback comments, looking for duplicate, "private", etc "customers".
Also click "From Buyers" when Feedback is less than 500. I've seen what seemed like a good gamble buy instantly shrink to a pure gamble as "From Buyers" turned up zero or a few Feedback!
Oh, a heads up. Visit globalcomputer.com and compare the site to tigerdirect.com
It gets even more interesting when you click on customer comments or feedback. Then, compare the feedback with the feedback for the same item at tigerdirect. What gives with this?
I am going to call tigerdirect and ask them how many other names and sites they sell under and why. Oh, Global also claims 30 years in business.
Is it ethical to created new sites and company names, hiding connection to the actual company? I was a businessman for 25 years. I consider such a practice highly unethical and I am suspicious of such conduct. Their are retail groups, that is normal, but they list the other companies, partly to promote them. They do not hide them or pretend they are not connected.
...Of course, this is all my humble opinion
---Bruised