Have you ever bought anything refurbished?

i do it all the time, but only if they come with a warranty.

My second wife had a tit job after her first divorce, so kinda.

I buy almost every electronic device refurbished on Ebay from sellers with 98-100% feedback on 1000+ items. Haven't been duped or bought a dud yet

bought a refurbished iPod classic after mine was stolen

this was 3 years ago and I've never had an issue with it

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Have you ever bought anything refurbished?

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Got my youngest daughters two refurbed kindles off amazon last year for xmas. came in looking perfectly in boxes and have lasted this long.

No worries with them. They usually come with a standard 90day-year warranty.

I bought a refurbished iPad 4 from Apple. Haven't had any problems.
Also have a refurbished vacuum cleaner.

My center channel of my surround sound is refurbished. Bought is directly from Polk's ebay site. Looks and performs like it's brand new.

If it's manufacturer refurbished and from an authorized reseller, yes. I almost exclusively buy my electronics refurbished.

The one bad instance I had was buying a refurbished Garmin GPS on Groupon Goods. They're very likely not an authorized reseller, so it was stupid on my part. It works. But it's got a loose charging port that takes some finess to get the plug to work. It also said it came with Lifetime Traffic and Updates. Every other reseller that sold it sold it with the traffic receiver. Somewhat unsurprisingly, these guys sold it the cheapest because they didn't include that, just a basic charger.

Other than that, manufacturer refurbs typically come with more stringent testing than new products, a similar "no lemon" warranty, and at a cheaper price.


ETA- the only time I will not buy Manufacturer Refurb'd stuff is if there's not a significant difference in price.

The majority of my Rigid power tools are manufacturer refurb. I put then through hell and still work great. Saved a lot of money too.

Dyson from BigLots. Works fine. Sucks like a Hoover.