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

[neal at mnopltd.com]

Thanks for the reply.  Given this will be spouse's workstation, I'm not 
sure I'd be leaning on the GoodWill for a warranty.

regards,

Neal

On 2019-10-24 11:34, Leam Hall via Ale wrote:
> Our local GoodWill has a computer sub store, and I have a multi-core
> Dell mini-tower that cost $35 before I added a drive and some RAM. It
> shouldn't be hard to find something. They also have pre-built Winderz
> boxes for $200 or so.
> 
> Note that "local" to me is coastal SC. Otherwise I'd go help you look.
>  :)
> 
> On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 12:30 PM Neal Rhodes via Ale <ale at ale.org>
> 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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