[ale] Reliable seller of refurbished MacBooks?

[Ryan Spencer]

Long-time reader, first time poster here.

As others mentioned, Apple has a "refurbished" section on their online
store. Their refurbishing process is very good, I've heard they replace the
outer shell and battery on the laptop. So, the machine will be in ~new
condition with a discounted price.

https://www.apple.com/shop/browse/home/specialdeals/mac

On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 9:17 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> All repairs cut into sales. If they (and pretty much all other 'sellers of
> things' ) had their way, a macbook would be a solid block of epoxy to
> totally block any repairs. Drive fail? Buy new! Stuck key? Buy new! Wrong
> color? Buy new!
>
> I'm surprised they haven't come up with a laptop subscription plan.
>
> On Jun 2, 2017 9:11 AM, "Charles Shapiro" <hooterpincher at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Apple pretty much hates 3rd party repair shops (
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/28/ios_repairs/ ).  You might want
>> to factor that into your decision.
>>
>> -- CHS
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 12:55 AM, Ken Cochran <kwc at shell.theworld.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Physical Apple stores don't have refurbished; that's all on
>>> their website (http://store.apple.com/).  Stock varies all the
>>> time but there's good stuff there.  That's where I get most all
>>> my Apple stuff.  Apple warrants them as new and offers their
>>> AppleCare as if new.  I've always been very pleased there.  -kc
>>>
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>>>
>>> > From: "Lightner, Jeffrey" <JLightner at dsservices.com>
>>> > To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
>>> > Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2017 00:05:53 +0000
>>> > Subject: Re: [ale] Reliable seller of refurbished MacBooks?
>>> >
>>> > I don’t know but I’ll check it out.   There’s an Apple store at
>>> Cumberland.
>>> >
>>> > Of course if its Apple doing the refurb/resell I’m guessing
>>> > they’re expensive as compared to others who might do it.
>>> >
>>> > I wonder if MicroCenter does it – I know they at least do
>>> > (or did anyway) for PCs/laptops.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
>>> Jim Kinney
>>> > Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2017 6:46 PM
>>> > To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
>>> > Subject: Re: [ale] Reliable seller of refurbished MacBooks?
>>> >
>>> > Doesn't Apple have a refurbished area in their stores?
>>> >
>>> > On Thu, 2017-06-01 at 21:45 +0000, Lightner, Jeffrey wrote:
>>> > My 84 year old neighbor is looking to buy a refurbished MacBook
>>> > and asked me about it.
>>> >
>>> > I only work on Mac when she asks me about hers so was hoping
>>> > someone else would know.   She isn’t interested in doing
>>> > Linux.   Her main concern is to be able to print via her
>>> > wireless printer.   She could do that on an older Mac she had
>>> > but she got one of the MacBook air devices about a year ago and
>>> > for some reason printing from that isn’t working properly.
>>> > I worked with her on it for a while right after she got the
>>> > MacBook Air but never could get it to print properly.
>>> >
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