anyone had any bad experiences with refurbished laptops?

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  • Alvaro
    Confirmed User
    • Nov 2001
    • 695
    #1

    anyone had any bad experiences with refurbished laptops?

    im considering to buy one to my gf, do you think its a risk?
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    • detoxed
      vip member
      • Jan 2003
      • 17798
      #2
      The risk is more with giving a laptop to a g/f than with buying a refurbished laptop

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        • Alvaro
          Confirmed User
          • Nov 2001
          • 695
          #3
          Originally posted by detoxed
          The risk is more with giving a laptop to a g/f than with buying a refurbished laptop
          hehe

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            • fiftyfingers
              Confirmed User
              • Apr 2004
              • 582
              #4
              I've purchased refurbished products in the past with a 80% success rate.
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                • Fabuleux
                  Confirmed User
                  • May 2003
                  • 2543
                  #5
                  Could work out ok, but I think you need to buy a new battery for it.

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                    • sinkiss
                      Confirmed User
                      • Apr 2004
                      • 666
                      #6
                      Originally posted by detoxed
                      The risk is more with giving a laptop to a g/f than with buying a refurbished laptop

                      a friend of mine got a refurbished one, she hasnt had any trouble with hers.
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                        • NaughtyJenn
                          Confirmed User
                          • Apr 2003
                          • 7355
                          #7
                          i have been keeping my eye out for a decent refurbd laptop.. havent found any recently that didnt require a wad of $ to bring it up to specs

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                            • erehwon
                              Confirmed User
                              • Nov 2003
                              • 3759
                              #8
                              I have been buying refurbished IBM 600 series Thinkpads for my consultants, so far so good, with a $500 budget, you get enough laptop for about 90% of the things you want to do short of maybe playing Counter-Strike.

                              For instance...

                              IBM ThinkPad 600X P3/500Mhz/256MB RAM /12GB/DVD/CD/56K/13.3"TFT

                              $399 on eBay, I'd max out the ram, add Windows 2000, and buy a wireless card, and you would have a nice machine for little $$$.
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                                • jacked
                                  sperm tail
                                  • May 2004
                                  • 11019
                                  #9
                                  i've actually had some good experiences in my purchases with re furbished laptops i can give you two really good sites

                                  http://www.saveateagle.com

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                                    • pimplink
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Jun 2001
                                      • 9535
                                      #10
                                      Mine's a refurb and it works fairly well

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                                        • zzgundamnzz
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Apr 2002
                                          • 6102
                                          #11
                                          Just make sure you buy an extremely common laptop.

                                          Refurbished and used laptops usually have dead or dying batteries.

                                          I bought a really obscure NEC model that cost an arm and a leg for the damn battery.


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