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

[neal at mnopltd.com]

Microcenter it is then if necessary.  I fear that if I only read all the 
1 star reviews I'd never leave the house nor buy anything.

Thanks.

On 2019-10-24 12:07, Lightner, Jeffrey via Ale wrote:
> +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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