Re: OT: refurb desktop
I know that you said desktops as well, and that Mark had a problem with a netbook. I bought an HP DL380 server from them and have not had a bit of trouble with it.
That said, I would have to think twice about buying anything with a battery (laptop, tablet, netbook), but I would cautiously consider a desktop or server...
--b
On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 5:04 PM, Mark
<mamarcac@gmail.com> wrote:
I realize you asked for desktops, but if this helps, I bought a refurbished eec netbook a few years ago from them. Battery didn't charge, right out of the box (how this passed the "factory reconditioned" test is beyond me...). Because they're a reseller, they can't help if it doesn't work; you have to deal directly with the computer company, which in my case turned out to be utterly useless. Had to pay to ship item back to geeks.com, and it was a fight to get a refund from them because they wanted to give me in-store credit. It was only because they saw my customer history of purchases from them that they ultimately gave my money back, but I still wound up losing about $20 for initial shipping plus return shipping, and got nothing from it. Yes I'm bitter over $20 because of the headache it turned out to be.
Just my $0.02, but I'll never buy refurbed anything again. I'm sure people on this list have had other experiences, but this totally turned me off. Proceed at your own risk, that's all I have to say about that.
Mark
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