I'm not sure how safe that would be, purchasing and using a ledger wallet that was previously owned by someone else...
Someone told me that Trezor and Ledger Wallets are similar in features. But Trezor wallet is little bit expensive and ledger wallet is affordable and cheap to buy it for peoples like us.
The thing is that someone could possibly modify the hardware/software within the hardware wallet in a way that would allow whoever sold you the hardware wallet to know in advance which seed it will generate, or otherwise leak the private keys.i
So, is it safe to buy the ledger bitcoin wallet directly from the official site ? It costs 63 above ( actual cost + shipping cost ).
If you trust the manufacturer of ledger bitcoin wallet then the safest way to buy one is directly from the manufacturer. I cannot say one way or another if it would be appropriate to trust them or not.
Then , what you say about the trezor wallet. Can you say it as a safe one ? I have seen some escrow using it for providing a secure escrow service l.
I think all hardware wallets are much too new to trust with large amounts of money. They have not been thoroughly tested against various attacks.
I do know that satoshi labs (the manufacturer of trezor) has been trusted by many escrow services on the forum to store their bitcoin with their trezors, however I have not personally looked into how appropriate it would be to trust satoshi labs.
I do not personally employ a hardware wallet to secure my bitcoin.