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what are the general opinions about refurbished systems? any good/bad experiences? can a refurb be a "trusted" purchase?


anyone have any other links/sources for good refurb deals?
 
originally, i was looking for a laptop. i found some older dells for decent prices so i decided to ask around about other brand's refurbs.

basically, i'm not really sure if it's a good idea. "you get what you pay for" comes to mind. sure, a $300, 3-4 year old laptop won't run the newest games, but it will do just fine for normal use... unless i'm missing some details about refurbs?
 
I can mostly relate to Dell desktop refurbs, but my father has owned two in the past couple years and my brother has owned one. None have had any major problems I could not fix with at max an hour which was mostly due to me going back and forth looking up things.

Unless Dell has changed, I know when my brother bought his he had one with a rather large dent in the side, he sent it back and got (what looked like) a new one. Dell was great about taking the other one back and sending out another one quickly.
 
i favor refurbed products. because the new part they use is generally better then what they replaced. out of all the refurbed stuff i've bought i never had anything go wrong with it. might be lucky i spose but all of it working right? a couple of my refurbed products as a matter of fact out lived the same items a couple of buddies of mine bought brand new
 
I just bought a refub HP from buy.com. Got an incredible PC for an incredibly low price. PC works great.
 
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