HP & Compaq Laptops No Longer Sold Through CostCo?

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I notice this morning that HP & Compaq laptops are no longer offered
on the Costco website. I hope this is temporary. Perhaps the 6 month
return policy has been abused often enough that HP/Compaq/Costco found
it no longer profitable to sell laptops this way.

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DrLouGallia@aol.com (Dr Lou) wrote:

>I notice this morning that HP & Compaq laptops are no longer offered
>on the Costco website. I hope this is temporary. Perhaps the 6 month
>return policy has been abused often enough that HP/Compaq/Costco found
>it no longer profitable to sell laptops this way.

It's a pretty generous policy. I suppose it depends on how many more people buy
there just because of that policy. Does the extra business generate more profit
than the bring-backs decrease profit? I bought 2 laptops (Toshiba and HP @
US$3000+) from a Phoenix CostCo store this year and that policy was a major
deciding factor for me. (And unless they break I'm not going to bring 'em
back...)

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I saw that, and it's pretty good. The P4-m was just a bit more. cdrw dvd
+r-R always kicks up the price

"Bob" <luna5nospam@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:10eec7onpv699f@corp.supernews.com...
> I bought a HP Refurbished P4 3.06GHz 512MB 80GB CD-RW/DVD 17.0" WXGA+ for
> $1379.99, it's a ZD7168cl and a very nice machine for the price. I have no
> problem buying refurbished merchandise...at least you know that it's been
> gone over and/or fixed thoroughly. The production units surely don't get
> checked as carefully ( or as fully).
> Bob

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Tell me about it. Freaking Dell Inspiron 9100, out of the box, won't
display anything on the display, and has a bad block on the HD. Blech!

Clint

"Bob" <luna5nospam@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:10eec7onpv699f@corp.supernews.com...
> I bought a HP Refurbished P4 3.06GHz 512MB 80GB CD-RW/DVD 17.0" WXGA+ for
> $1379.99, it's a ZD7168cl and a very nice machine for the price. I have no
> problem buying refurbished merchandise...at least you know that it's been
> gone over and/or fixed thoroughly. The production units surely don't get
> checked as carefully ( or as fully).
> Bob
>
> "Alesandra" <rubyebbyrdNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1nzFc.3583$R36.583@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> > I notice there is a good selection of refurbs. Have you shopped enough
to
> > know if the refurbs are a deal?
> >
> >
> >
> > "Dr Lou" <DrLouGallia@aol.com> wrote in message
> > news:36ca46a7.0407030536.8af34ff@posting.google.com...
> > > I notice this morning that HP & Compaq laptops are no longer offered
> > > on the Costco website. I hope this is temporary. Perhaps the 6 month
> > > return policy has been abused often enough that HP/Compaq/Costco found
> > > it no longer profitable to sell laptops this way.
> >
> >
>
>