[ale] Is there anybody we don't hate too much for Refurbs?

[Lightner, Jeffrey]

+1 on Microcenter – I bought a 32 bit Win 7 installed HP Laptop they refurbed for $100 a few years ago and it has outlasted a larger HP 64 bit laptop with Windows 8 (upgraded to 10) that was newer (my mom had bought it from QVC without asking me).

Of course MS is dropping support for Win 7 in 2020 so I’ll likely be in the market for something else.


From: Ale <ale-bounces at ale.org> On Behalf Of Jim Kinney via Ale
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2019 12:52 PM
To: neal at mnopltd.com; Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
Subject: Re: [ale] Is there anybody we don't hate too much for Refurbs?

MicroCenter. They stock tons of off-lease Dell gear that comes with a warranty. Plus the added bonus of being able to wander through a physical store. Choose online and pick up in the store.

Hmm. I always leave with more than intended. Make that a "downside" :-)

They also carry freeze-dried ice cream and other astronaut food packs.

On Thu, 2019-10-24 at 11:30 -0500, Neal Rhodes via Ale wrote:

Slightly off-topic, but not too much.



My wife and partner informs me that TurboTax will no longer run on her

Win7 desktop.   Without TurboTax, life ends as we know it.



We have used off-lease refurbs for most of our company's life.  If it's

a server, I get a refurb and replace the disk with a new mirrored pair.

(and load linux)   If it's a desktop, I feel lucky.



Thus far we've been fortunate at getting them from Tiger Direct.  Alas,

no longer.   Got one on Amazon a few years back and that has been fine

for Android development.



So, I trying to find average form factor 8GB, 1TB disk, Win 10 Pro, VGA

& HDMI.    When I look at Amazon, there are plenty of choices.  Many of

which have 15-25% one-star ratings. And you read them, it's a horror

show - "arrived with broken power supply",  "NIC intermittent",  "Vendor

non-communicative".



Yes, Amazon is horrible at policing their suppliers.    I'm

wondering.... are companies being more selective at only letting go of

their desktops when they know they are going south?   Are refurb vendors

getting worse?



Is there anybody we like for refurbs these days?



I see the last one I bought was from Amazon Renewed, which says it has a

90 day Amazon guarantee.  I just checked at it has a 19% one star

review.   I guess I was just lucky.



Regards,





Neal











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