Where's all this "refurbed" stuff coming from?

[Worf101]

I usually check NewEgg every week and half so I can weep over the money I wasted building this rig last year. Amazingly enough I find that there's a LOT of "refurbished" stuff (mobo, chips, graphics cards) being sold on there. Is this a new thing or were there so many RMA's on this junk they have to find a way to get some cash back? Would you buy a refurbished MoBo, CPU or GPU?

Da Worfster


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[Starfishy]

Although I have never bought any refurb items myself, I know a few people that have. I have found that the markdown isn't really worth the refurb title on most of the items. And then it makes me nervous when I see one that is marked at a really good margin because I know that Newegg doesn't usually discount these to the extreme. I find myself thinking something must have really been wrong with this one. But I have had people tell me good things about it, just don't think the price justifies it (for the most part).

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[RichPLS]

Been doing that for many years. Markdown is not usually enough to get my business.
They get these from RMA's, tested and either repaired or problem did not really exist in first place.


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[Starfishy]

Do you find that every once in a while there is a really huge markdown on something. That always makes me nervous about buying it. Most of the time the markdown doesn't justify it though... from what I have found.

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[Crashman]

Have you read these forums? "I built a new computer and it wouldn't turn on, so I returned the motherboard. But the one I got back didn't work either..." all because they put something together wrong. I got great news: Everything that gets returned to me gets retested. And if there's no problem, the customer gets a $30 bench fee and NO EXCHANGE.

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[wizoforb]

I've bought two refurb motherboards for literally 60-80 dollars cheaper, and they worked just great!

 

[dunklegend]

I bought a refurbed monitor. A 19" HP CRT for $60 at uBid. and it's been going strong for 4 years

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[endyen]

And I bought a refurbed hdd, still in the WD packing. It lasted 2 days.
A lot depends on the integrity of the seller, and the length of the warranty.

 

[RichPLS]

3rd hand? or 5-finger?

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[RichPLS]

LMAO!
We need you more than ever. Steal these green links off this site. Sell em to whoever, Anandtech or something...

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[slvr_phoenix]

3rd hand? or 5-finger?

Better than third finger I suppose.

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[slvr_phoenix]

On a more serious note, I've only bought a 'refub' item once, though it technically wasn't a refurb. It was the demo model. That monitor lasted me for many years, and let me tell you, picking up a 17" high quality monitor in '95 for that cheap ... it was definately well worth it.

Now a days though I either buy brand spanking new because I want the warranty, or I get stuff dirt cheap (or free) from old parts auctions at work.

Like I just picked up an old parallel-port Logitech QuickCam for free from our IT department's discards box. It doesn't have modern drivers (like Win2K/XP), but because it's parallel, there's software that can run it anyway. :O Now if I can just manage to win one of the network-capable 486 laptops in today's auction I just might try to set up a fishy-cam to watch my 35 gallon hexagonal goldfish tank.

It's the simple things.

Which reminds me ... I should look on eBay for a really cheap 20gig MP3 player that I can hook into my short-range FM transmitter (replacing the batteries on that with a 3V AC adapter) to run an in-home radio station. That'd be fun.

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