What are your experiences w/ buying refurbished electronics?

[falias]

I want to buy a manufacturer refurbished mp3 palyer, but I don't know how big the risk is? Has any ever gone wrong for you?

 

[TallBill]

hmm.. got an AWESOME deal on this 19" monitor... normally like 450+shipping.. got it for around 200 shipped... refurb... but i'd never know if i didnt read that it was.. and its worked great since i've had it..

 

[cuteybunny]

hmm make sure to be at least 5 feet away from anything 17' or bigger, or you get nearsighted and have to wear glasses.

 

[Burnt]

hmm make sure to be at least 5 feet away from anything 17' or bigger, or you get nearsighted and have to wear glasses.

ummm....what? 5 feet from a 19" monitor will make you have to squint your eyes unless you run 640x480 resolution.

 

[falias]

Come on, I know you guys have bought refurbished stuff before, and if not, why?

 

[trmiv]

I have a refurbished Dreamcast, and a refurbished PS2. Plus, I, my parents bought a refurbshed HP printer/scanner/copier. All three work great, no problems so far.

 

[loup garou]

I've bought a refurbished laptop HD, Sony digicam, logitech wireless KB & mouse, and never had a problem with any of them. Which refurb MP3 player are you looking at? The Nomad II? I know several people who've bought those refurbs from Creative and never had a problem.

 

[falias]

Did you guys still get the manufacturer's warranty?

 

[falias]

It's a Samsung one, yeah, I was going to get a nomad ii refurb. w/ 64mb but they were out of stock.

 

[AdamDuritz99]

i've bought 2 15' monitors refurbished. One works great! the other one never worked and i lossed 50 bucks

peace
sean

 

[crypticlogin]

I bought a refurbed Maxtor drive a while back during the 2gig days and I did have a clinking problem with it about a year later. I called up Maxtor and even after telling them it was a refurb, they were going to honor their "no quibble" service and they sent me a 6 gigger since 2gig drivers were out of style.

That's been my only refurb purchase but I doubt anyone'll get the same service, especially during today's industry.