[blisterpeanuts]

Interesting... and frustrating. Certainly where I work, any new handset or tablet will be used for testing our apps. Freebies are most welcome; there's a lot of red tape involved in purchasing a device just for testing/validating.

Maybe they could key the freebie devices to your Google I.D. and use a non-OEM plain plastic ziplock so that the flippers will have to manually wipe it and list it as "open box" on Ebay.

Anyway, I enjoy watching the keynotes and classes from the comfort of my home office. You can't beat the price.