Hello again Sue. I haven't been checking the forum for a while. Thank you for your kind message. I thought I convinced my University in the end to buy me the device, but no news for the last 2 months. I'm really sorry to hear about your experience with Ebay. I had a problem with something I bought last month, and managed to get my money back from PayPal. Can you try that? You are right about that equipment grant(s). The ones I found also exclude students.