"open box" Acer 17" LCD $165 plus shipping

[Zap]

Dumpinggoods

For those who don't like rebates.

 

[harrkev]

The fact that it is "open box" tells me that you *MAY* get units with dead pixels. Just something to think about. If you don't mind an occasional stuck pixel, this seems like a HOT deal. Thanks!

 

[kamranziadar]

Umm i would not recommend open box LCD

 

[V00D00]

Wow, they also have 14ms Aopen lcd's for 165

 

[TEEZLE]

Mn, even with on eor two dead pixels, I'm thinking about putting one in my truck for mobile entertainment......any of you order one and received it yet?

 

[Zap]

I have no need for another 17" LCD. Too many hot deals... :roll:

I have ordered a few times (maybe 3) from Dumpinggoods. Received all my orders within a few days (CA to CA). I think they may be a part of Mwave because the last order I received from them had Mwave as the shipper on the label.

 

[Garlic]

Open box = You WILL get dead pixels...

 

[kt]

Originally posted by: Zap
I have no need for another 17" LCD. Too many hot deals... :roll:

I have ordered a few times (maybe 3) from Dumpinggoods. Received all my orders within a few days (CA to CA). I think they may be a part of Mwave because the last order I received from them had Mwave as the shipper on the label.

You think?

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[emjem]

Dumpinggoods Reseller Rating = 5.13

Mwave = 7.94

Hence the name 'Dumping'? Not a pretty picture.

 

[BadThad]

Originally posted by: emjem
Dumpinggoods Reseller Rating = 5.13

Mwave = 7.94

Hence the name 'Dumping'? Not a pretty picture.

It's still tempting! I'd like to hear from someone that ordered one of these.

 

[OTEE]

just received mine. box appears kinda old and slightly beat up but the contents looks brand new. so far no dead pixels.

 

[gregtor]

id like to hear from someone that doesn't only have 1 post.

 

[Zontor]

I bit - here are my thoughts.

Ordered on the 30th of March with Fed-Ex ground, received the last Acer AL1715 on the 1st of April (California shipped to Utah).

Prior to ordering I spoke twice with someone at the phone number and asked a few questions regarding shipping to my work address instead of my billing address. After the two calls I attempted to call several more times (the invoice still didn't show the monitor being shipped to my work address & it ended up shipping to my home....not happy about that) and never did get an answer. I did get a response to my email though....Customer Service seems "iffy" but not terrible.

Now to the monitor. It arrived in an original box that was a bit worn with a *lot* of writing on the box. In my case the monitor was sold as "refurbished" but all parts were included. The screen was protected by plastic although there were a few fingerprints on the screen.

I've tried a bunch of patterns on the screen to look for dead pixels / sub-pixels. I see one stuck pixel near the edge in the 8 O'clock position - not noticable at all when working or when the screen is not completely black.

I'm running multi-mon with an NEC 19" LCD and the Acer 17". The Acer looks pretty good for what it is compared to the better NEC. I guess all-in-all I'm happy with the deal.

Would this work for you? Depends....

• You don't have much of a warranty (as far as I can tell only 7 days) - hence I've been running it 24-7 since I received it. I'm comfortable with this 'cause I figure that it'll work or it won't. Plus I bought it on a credit card that offers warranty extensions (open to debate as to how that will work with this deal, but I'll deal with that if I have to).

• I saw this weekend an ad for a 17" LCD for ~$170 after rebate. That is about what I paid. I don't know the model or the specs of that particular monitor but if you're willing to deal with rebates (I hate 'em) then go for it & you'd get a warranty.

Given that they're about out of most LCD monitors, these may be moot points. This is quite a YMMV type deal....

My 2 cents....


Edit:Just got back from Acer's site - I registered the monitor and it said I had 3 years warranty. To summize: 7 days from Dumping Goods, 3 years from Acer [with some grey area as to how this would be actually handled since the monitor was a refurb but there are no stickers indicating such on the monitor and the web site didn't identify the monitor as a refurb.]

 

[fbrdphreak]

Nice deal, might bite on that

 

[gregtor]

Received mine no dead pixies and everything looked and packaged brand new. 3years warranty from acer. Should have bought another. Oh well at least I got one and i'm happy with it.

 

[superHARD]

website is down

 

[superHARD]

Originally posted by: superHARD
website is down

Now back up.