Is my friend ripping me off?

[dabuddha]

He's trying to sell me his old inspiron laptop. The condition of the body looks clean to me and he told me the LCD was just replaced and has no dead pixels ( I didn't see any when I looked at it) He said the warranty should be transferable (Dell warranty?)

It's a pentium 3 1 ghz
512 meg of memory
Geforce 2 go
40 gig hdd
extra battery
built in modem and ethernet
floppy drive
windows xp home with office small business
he's throwing in his linksys PCMCIA wireless card (802.11g don't know what model)

He said the warranty has about 570 days left on it. He just renewed it last March and got 2 years.
He's selling it for $500. Am I getting a good deal or should I pass? It's strong enough for my wife's needs (just word processing and internet access) She's not going to game on it.

 

[junkerman123]

yeah, he is, the bastard.

 

[Accipiter22]

depends how much is in the briefcase and how much lube he would use

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

of course he is.

 

[leftyman]

why is your wife missing?

 

[DeadByDawn]

Yes, I would hold out for 4 goats.

 

[iwantanewcomputer]

Originally posted by: Accipiter22
depends how much is in the briefcase and how much lube he would use

winnar
see what else you can get from dell or fs/ft. seems like a pretty good deal, but it is a used laptop. who know's when something will go wrong

 

[dabuddha]

Originally posted by: iwantanewcomputer

Originally posted by: Accipiter22
depends how much is in the briefcase and how much lube he would use

winnar
see what else you can get from dell or fs/ft. seems like a pretty good deal, but it is a used laptop. who know's when something will go wrong

I know what you mean. He said he'll give me 30 days to play around with it and if I have any problems, I can give it back.

 

[woowoo]

Offer $400 cash
He will bite

 

[Monoman]

Originally posted by: dabuddha
He's trying to sell me his old inspiron laptop. The condition of the body looks clean to me and he told me the LCD was just replaced and has no dead pixels ( I didn't see any when I looked at it) He said the warranty should be transferable (Dell warranty?)

It's a pentium 3 1 ghz
512 meg of memory
Geforce 2 go
40 gig hdd
extra battery
built in modem and ethernet
floppy drive
windows xp home with office small business
he's throwing in his linksys PCMCIA wireless card (802.11g don't know what model)

He said the warranty has about 570 days left on it. He just renewed it last March and got 2 years.
He's selling it for $500. Am I getting a good deal or should I pass? It's strong enough for my wife's needs (just word processing and internet access) She's not going to game on it.

with a 2 year warranty honestly, I would pay it. I have 2 identical laptops spec wise, neither have any warranty left and I would imagine they would sell for $350 ish, so $150 means no worries for 2 more yeas =

It's not a bad deal ONLY because of the warranty, w/o it tho, it would be a rip off.

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: leftyman
why is your wife missing?

 

[GoingUp]

you know you get get brand new dell 1.8ghz machines for like $620 when you catch the deal right?

 

[meltdown75]

heck, that seems like a fine deal to me.

 

[DaWhim]

$300

$200 more, you can get a brand 700m with double speed, if not more.

 

[733SHiFTY]

dont buy a used laptop, even from your freind.

Something about used computer parts always screams BAD NEWS to me...

 

[dabuddha]

Originally posted by: 733SHiFTY
dont buy a used laptop, even from your freind.

Something about used computer parts always screams BAD NEWS to me...

hmmm maybe you're right.

 

[dmw16]

That's a rip. Warranty or not, I'd give no more than $400. Personally i'd watch for a Dell deal and get a 600 or 700m. They are lighter, faster, and get better battery life.

 

[casper114]

Originally posted by: woowoo
Offer $400 cash
He will bite

 

[joshmroest]

Originally posted by: dabuddha

Originally posted by: 733SHiFTY
dont buy a used laptop, even from your freind.

Something about used computer parts always screams BAD NEWS to me...

hmmm maybe you're right.

Me too...

 

[fbrdphreak]

Originally posted by: casper114

Originally posted by: woowoo
Offer $400 cash
He will bite

 

[PricklyPete]

ripoff

 

[jpeyton]

If you can stand the rebates, new laptops are $500 every weekend at the major office stores.

Dell had 700Ms and 6000s for $650 last week as well. Those had Pentium Ms.

 

[mitmot]

your friend is actually your worst enemy.

 

[jlee]

Originally posted by: 733SHiFTY
dont buy a used laptop, even from your freind.

Something about used computer parts always screams BAD NEWS to me...

Sounds like someone isn't familiar with FS/T.

I've bought two laptops from FS/T..they're both working fine..

$500 seems a little pricey, though..as others have said, you can get a new one for about the same price.

 

[bwnv]

If you're asking here you don't want to do it anyway. Remember- Friends dont loan to/ buy stuff from friends.