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Comment by chrislomax | Hacker News Reader

I don't know if Google are going to like this if they figure out who it is. I would be inclined to say that they won't honour their agreement to sell them a beta pair if they don't even plan to use them.

What does everyone else think on this? This to me is like buying a ticket to a show with the sole intention of turning a profit on it?

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I was a participant in the Chromebook pilot program and I received a CR-48. When applying for the pilot program you had to agree that you wouldn't sell the device to anyone else (I don't know where the ToS for that is, but that was the gist). The terms implied that you weren't really receiving the device for "free", you were receiving the device on the terms that you will test it and provide feedback. I suppose it would depend on the ToS of the Google Glass pilot program, but I don't forsee Google smiling upon this as selling CR-48s was strongly discouraged by Google.

I can see the auction has been removed now for that exact reason. My main issue with it was that it is not fair for other people that entered the the program for a trial pair of the glasses. The guy has clearly stipulated it was to pay for his student debt, doesn't seem fair for people actually wanting a pair for genuine reasons.

On the other hand, people outside the USA weren't allowed by Google to sign up for the Glass trial program. This gray market could provide access for those who couldn't get one.

This is less of a first round of sales and a more of a public beta test and market research rolled into one.

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