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Are referbs worth it?

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I'm not really looking to buy any referbed stuff. i just want to know if buying referbed hardware reliable? what do you guys think? and what are your experiences with referbed stuff, if you have any.

Thanks
 
well, newegg refurbs are basically fine... I mean, they give you 15 days. Just run extensive tests / etc, and if any errors send it back :)
 
I haven't bought any refurbed items from newegg, but I plan to in the future. Ypu do have a short warranty on the product so just test the hell out of it for that time.

If you get a normal product for the refurbed price you just scored a major deal, because most of the items are AT LEAST half the price the item would be new.
 
I tend to stay away from refurbished and used products, especially as far as hardware is concerned. You never know how the person that had it before you treated it. With hardware they could of severely mishandled it and caused all kinds of different problems even as simple as ESD damage. I dont buy anything that isn't new and unused. No point in buying refurbs unless your on a really tight budget and i wouldn't even then but i know alot do.
 
Well, last week I ordered a refurbished 9600XT (built by ATi) from newegg. I was a little nervious doing so, but I decided to take a chance. This monday, yesterday, I got the card. I plugged the card in and I installed the latest Cats and I was off! Everything is great!

But here is the best part.....

It was only $129! :D


All in all, I say take a chance buying a refurb from newegg. If it doesn't work or you are having any kind of trouble with it, just simply return it within 30 days or something like that. :)
 
I have a refurbished nf7-s that I bought for $67 from newegg, seems to work ok after a couple weeks.

take a chance, take a chance, take a take a chance chance (abba)
 
It depends on the part. I bought a refurb monitor, case (old Lian Li), printer, etc. I wouldn't be a refurb of the important central parts, like memory, processors, mobos, or hard drives.
 
One of the main reasons I have stayed away from refurb stuff is because it is considered bare bones. I like to have the cables, plugs and whatever else may come with the hardware normally. Take a motherboard for example. It's not very likely you are going to get the manual, any IDE cables or anything else that you would normally get with a motherboard. While that doesn't sound like a big deal, I'm starting to run out of spare IDE cables.

It's just stuff like that that keeps me from getting refurb items. I'm actually not very worried about getting something that doesn't work. Newegg has a warranty on all the refurb stuff. Sure, it's not very long but probably long enough for me to tell if the product is any good or not.
 
i've gotten all kinds of refurb parts with great success, but i wouldn't try things like memory or processors, unless you intend to run at stock (a real lotta ass holes buy something and return it "defective" when they can't get the timings they want overclocked 40% or they can't hit that magic GHz number. you payed for it, now stfu. but i don't trust what they did to the product in trying to get it where they wanted.) also depending on what accessories you have lying around or need, refurb stuff comes almost always bare product only.
 
I got my nf7-s with all the accessories, FYI. I know it isn't a sure thing, but I thought I'd throw it out there anyway.
 
I bought a newegg bba 9800pro for 170. It worked for awhile.........then blam, locked up on 3d apps.
Good news is, Ati had the card currently under warranty and they replaced it, so cheers for me!!!


Just make sure it works asap.
 
well.. if you think of it this way... new products are usually manufactured and rarely tested before being boxed and sold.. but referbs are tested to find out what is wrong, then fixed, and probably tested again... they probably have to pass much more extensive inspections to get resold than the original product..

this probabyl doesn't apply across the board, but probably does apply pretty widely.
 
nothing is wrong with refurbs from major stores (newegg etc.) just dont get it from ebay. New egg wouldn't sell the refurb unless it was very, very close to it's brand new state, and if it doesnt work just send it in for warranty
 
Nope, they state that most refurbished items are customer returns that were tested good. Newegg is a kick ass awsome company, but you still have to read the fine print!
 
Originally posted by djnes
It depends on the part. I bought a refurb monitor, case (old Lian Li), printer, etc. I wouldn't be a refurb of the important central parts, like memory, processors, mobos, or hard drives.
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Very good advice. Generally speaking, refurbs scare the Hell out of me.
 
It really depends. IMO, they are worth it, but this does not mean that you should go out and purchase Refurbished products from unknown companies or retailers.
 
I would say it even varies with newegg, because they don't test it, they leave it to the manufacturers to test. I've gotten un-opened ECC DDR from them refurb, a bare-bones SCSI card that worked, and then an Enermax redundant PSU that didn't work, and man that was a bitch to send back because of the shipping and weight (~30 lbs :eek:)


YMMV, but the worse they can do is make you pay shipping back or have to RMA it
 
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