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What's the likelihood of you buying refurbished electronics?
Posted on 3/4/17 at 12:58 am
Posted on 3/4/17 at 12:58 am
Both of the TVs in my house are refurbished. One is a Vizio and the other is a Sony. I'm not sure how refurbishing works.
As I understand it the refurbishing can be done by different parties. Like Sony can refurbish their own products or sometimes there are third party refurbishers.
Anybody care to explain how this works?
Anyway, I've gotten excellent products for nearly 50% off a lot of the time. How likely are you to buy refurbished products and does it depend on the brand or who is doing the refurbishing?
As I understand it the refurbishing can be done by different parties. Like Sony can refurbish their own products or sometimes there are third party refurbishers.
Anybody care to explain how this works?
Anyway, I've gotten excellent products for nearly 50% off a lot of the time. How likely are you to buy refurbished products and does it depend on the brand or who is doing the refurbishing?
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Posted on 3/4/17 at 1:44 am to LesMiles BFF
I guess it depends on the electronics and where it's going. If it is a video card for my data server then I wouldn't mind refurbished, or if it's an Xbox for the guest room; however, for things like in my living room or my main computer, then I'll likely purchase only new products.
Posted on 3/4/17 at 4:55 am to LesMiles BFF
I've gone refurb many times, never had a problem.
Posted on 3/4/17 at 6:51 am to LesMiles BFF
I haven't bought many refurbs. But I buy the shite out of open box items at Best Buy. Last month I got an open box-excellent Sonos Play1 for $114.
Posted on 3/4/17 at 9:49 am to LesMiles BFF
I've bought refurbished cameras and lenses directly from Canon and have never had a problem. If I buy refurb I prefer to buy directly from the manufacturer.
Posted on 3/4/17 at 12:13 pm to LesMiles BFF
Haven't done it too much but bought a refurb Xbox 360 years ago and it's still going strong 
Posted on 3/4/17 at 2:21 pm to LesMiles BFF
For an actual refurb, I'd only buy if it was manufacturer refurbished.
I have no problem buying open box items from a respectable source like Best Buy or amazon.
In regards to electronics, I prefer open box or refurbished.
I have no problem buying open box items from a respectable source like Best Buy or amazon.
In regards to electronics, I prefer open box or refurbished.
Posted on 3/4/17 at 6:04 pm to LesMiles BFF
Everything but my phone. 2 cameras, laptop and tv
Posted on 3/6/17 at 5:53 am to LesMiles BFF
I worked for a third party refurbisher during college. I can tell you that usually the stuff is good but it does have visible wear on it 90% of the time. A lot of times you can get polished shite too.
But buying, I really don't see a lot of difference anyway. It's like those how your food is made documentaries. You don't really want to know what happened underneath the cover.
But buying, I really don't see a lot of difference anyway. It's like those how your food is made documentaries. You don't really want to know what happened underneath the cover.
Posted on 3/6/17 at 9:15 am to LesMiles BFF
The way I see it, I can buy something new that has a chance of having a defect for full price, or I can buy something that had a defect, the defect was fixed, and hope that it doesn't have a 2nd defect that wasn't detected for a discounted price. I'll take my chance with a refurb for the discounted price, as long as the discount is worth the reduced warranty.
Posted on 3/6/17 at 10:22 am to LesMiles BFF
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How likely are you to buy refurbished products and does it depend on the brand or who is doing the refurbishing?
i buy refurb/amazon warehouse deals all the time.
if i buy a manuf refurb, i genernally do it from someone's customer service i trust (like vizio who has AMAZING customer service even if the products sometimes miss the mark) or walmart.
just bought a refurb sharp microwave for $75 from walmart.com that retails for $200.
its been flawless. i mean, its a microwave, not much goes wrong that unless it starts to not heat up food anymore.
Posted on 3/6/17 at 10:45 am to LesMiles BFF
Saved something like $300-$400 buying a manufacture refurb Computer a couple years back off amazon. Haven't had any problems with it.
This post was edited on 4/4/17 at 9:42 pm
Posted on 3/6/17 at 12:31 pm to LesMiles BFF
Zero. 90% of my electronics break, no matter the quality. I'd rather have a warranty
Posted on 3/7/17 at 6:35 am to LesMiles BFF
Have bought tv, and other electronics with no issues. Would buy again as long as who im buying from has a good reputation.
Posted on 3/7/17 at 7:10 pm to LesMiles BFF
My printer is a refurb. Not great but no worse than any of the new printers I've had.
Posted on 3/8/17 at 1:43 am to LesMiles BFF
To be honest, most "refurbished" items never had anything wrong with them in the first place and many companies will just replace the circuitry inside electronics rather that attempting to track down a problem and fix it individually. It's cheaper for them to do it this way then send the original circuitry to be stripped down and redone. This is not always the case, but many times it is. I'd say that 99% of the time you are buying a refurbished item that is basically either exactly like new or it never had anything wrong with it to begin with.
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