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

[Beddingfield, Allen]

I wish you had sent this last week.  I'm in the refurbish and resell 
business (buy government surplus, and refurbish).  However, I sold my 
last PC of that last batch last week, and I probably won't do another 
batch until after the holidays.

I will second what others have said - Microcenter.  Note that the 
refurbs are not on display.  You can order online and pick up at the 
store, though.
Depending on the specs of your computer, you could just put Windows 10 
on there.  If it still has the Windows 7 OEM or retail license code 
sticker, those will work to activate Windows 10!  Download the media, 
install the correction edition (home, pro), and use that Windows 7 code. 
  When it connects to the internet, it will activate.

Allen B.

On 10/24/19 11:30 AM, 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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Allen Beddingfield
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The University of Alabama
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