Should You Buy Refurbished Electronics?

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Is buying refurbished electronics a great way to save money, or a risky gamble on a mistreated gadget? Techquickie explains.
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[@Suuhls]

Refurbished SSD, like new, only 743TB written

[@mrnoobiezhax4249]

Celestia Pony "written". He didn't mean its a 743tb ssd.

[@tannisroot]

toilet brush pretty sure that data can be tampered with

[@ru2225]

Celestia Pony learn to read 😂😂

[@danwat1234]

What's wrong with buying a used SSD as long as the S.M.A.R.T. report is given with the amount of writes to the drive. I wouldn't worry 1 bit as long as it's below say 100TB written. Plenty of life left usually

[@Gichie79]

danwat1234 it depends on the size of the drive and model in question. A 125gb Samsung 840 evo would likely be dead at 100tb written. A 2tb 860 pro will still have a ton of life left after a 100tb written.

[@ShaneRob93]

I work at a Goodwill where my job is refurbishing computers. I definitely approve of buying refurbished with the caveat being that you should know what you are getting before you purchase it. We try to make it very clear if there are any issues and what they are, and we only sell computers with issues if it isn't something that affects it actually being able to work (e.g. a USB port not working).

[@kaylaandjimbryant8258]

you guys actually do get some good stuff in the reboot store in iowa city. never bought a system there, but bought several high end cases, and sundry parts. never had any problems with any of them. whether they have any really good stuff just depends on the day of the week, which way the wind is blowing, the angle of the sun to the third stone of stonehenge's tangent from the great pyramid of giza, etc though, but showing up a couple of times a week helps.

[@MegaSnow121]

Shane Robinson I have dropped off electronics at Goodwill and have more to donate once I make sure my private files are permanently gone. I am happy to hear from a Goodwill electronics specialist how you deal with them. Thank you for posting your comment.

[@MegaSnow121]

Kayla and Jim Bryant: Great comment. Funny, too!

[@stevevasta]

A caution about this: on several laptops that I bought refurbished, the USB ports were slightly loose. They worked fine for transferring text data among my drives, but music files would come out distorted. Yet this is not the sort of detail that firms like Discount Electronics seem to check.

[@ShaneRob93]

@@stevevasta I no longer work at that job, but I can say that at the scale we were working at and considering time constraints and profit/per item (or profit/per hour), being able to test what you are describing is impossible without just straight up losing money. We had a pretty reasonable return policy at the time, to allow time for customers to catch those things we missed or just couldn't thoroughly test in the amount of time we had.

[@Prisoner-jf8vi]

Bought a hp computer over ten years ago and everyone at the time told me it was not a smart idea. Price was good and I bought it. The computer still works to this day.

[@AG.Floats]

Many people just hate on HP products JUST because they see "HP". Nothing more than brand bandwagon hate by elitists.

[@mad-cyantist3159]

same, here. on my 2nd one now. first 1 still works perfect. Got a sweet deal too. Brand new would have cost at least 5K, i paid 900

[@ThePapo1965]

Lucky you.

[@obsessedwithotomegames3788]

@@AG.Floats I hated my old HP laptop because it acted up on me so since then I haven't liked HP.

[@pingeee]

@@AG.Floats Because they make shit quality products, I remember my dad bought an HP laptop 7 years ago and I played Roblox on it, and it could barely even run anymore, he had to return that slow piece of garbage. The specs weren't even all that bad either

[@camilogt86]

i bought a dell monitor refurbished about 10 years ago, and it stills works, totally worth it

[@simonfryza3775]

No

[@dmehus]

Totally agree. In fact, I would go as far as to say computer monitors are probably the most reliable computer accessories that one can comfortably buy refurbished. Treat them well, and they literally last forever.

[@paypur]

Damnnnn ur poor as shit

[@bluestar7828]

comtox you sound like a spoil child who spends all day playing roblox

[@starstatusvillarreal3747]

@@paypur stfu

[@gabrielfraser2109]

When my school upgraded their computer lab, they went with refurbished Dells, ended up costing a fraction of the retail price. They bought 25 for every 20 they needed, since they didn't have a lot of faith in them, but they performed brilliantly.

[@Privat2840]

I guess it depends on who re-furbishes them.

[@DEMENTO01]

I bought an Asus GTX 1070 Strix OC on amazon reconditioned products (idk if it's the same, that's how is called here), and here (in spain) it's obligatory per law to have a 2 year warranty on anything any company sells. I paid like 100 euros less, (especially because the non stop raising prices back then) and works perfect, actually I think it was a consumer's return, because the box had a detached sticker of a mail company, and it was like opened but with all the accesories and the bags resealed, it was like the best buy ever

[@tannisroot]

ENEKO TORRES strix oc doesn’t have memory cooling, be careful.

[@DEMENTO01]

LOL

[@stefanejegod8644]

I think reconditioned just means that the product was never repaired in any way, just repackaged. Like you said, somebody bought it, and figured he wanted a 1080 ti instead, so he bugged his parents and had them swap it out. In Denmark, and probably a lot of other european countries, we have the same laws. In general, if you're a business and sell electronics to customers, you have to give them a 2 year warranty, whether the product is new, refurbished, home made, or whatever. Although, if you sell to an other business, there is NO warranty at all! That's when you have to handle that with the manufacturer yourself.

[@reggiexp69]

ow in france you have a site ldlc that has a refurbished 2nd hand thing. and it give 2-3 months waranty :( that is all (that the sites gives) even if the product is new never used just opened. but it also says on a other page it says new product/opened ones have manufacture waranty but on every product it says 3 months so yeah like wtf is it lol

[@yangashi]

100 EUR for GTX1070? Damn you hit the jackpot! You can thank the EU for making the 2 year warranty obligatory.

[@512yottabytes7]

Answer: It depends

[@justanintrovert5948]

512yottabytes I-

[@claudiasalmeron6148]

I'm thinking about buying an iPhone x from the site device refurbished.com , should I????? I really don't wanna get scammed lol

[@mcwix5429]

1:23= “kinda like a stray dog” (shows picture of pig)

[@TheRealQuenny]

That’s a dog

[@tripleunder]

It's a dog.

[@PizzaPowerXYZ]

It looks like your mom!

[@ziited5679]

@@PizzaPowerXYZ sweetheart, i think you switched beetween his mom and yours Watch your tongue kiddo

[@ndipagbor7280]

Kind of like a pidog

[@meowdacat]

when buying refurbished ask if the fans have been cleaned and thermal paste changed as alot of the time places dont.

[@paulp551]

I bought a refurbished hp spectre x360 13t and this thing heats up the entire house

[@meowdacat]

@@paulp551 contact seller if it's unsafe if your in Australia send it in :)

[@nicholaskinkaid]

See I asked that and the guy started to act like a smartass saying "But sir, it's a printer". Such a prick.

[@HeadsetAdvisor]

Great point. The term "refurbished" is not a protected term so you must be careful to only purchase from reputable companies who do fantastic refurbishment. We provide new and professionally refurbished business headsets. The refurbished models are all done in house and go through a rigorous process to bring the products up to grade A standard. Same as new warranty included. Buying refurbished can definitely save you money without sacrificing quality but do your research so you don't get a dud!

[@hkoizumi3134]

I've been dealing with technologies for over 37 years of my adult life and I quickly learned that refurbished items are good or if not better than new items. This video pretty much validated my experience thus far. My family thinks I'm cheap or stupid for buying refurbished items over new but it is they that was blinded by stigma of the wording "new".

[@kikook222]

In my experience, the refurbished is still covered by manufacturers warranty. At the very least, the things I've gotten refurbished has. If that's the case with most items, there's not much risk of buying it.

[@amermeleitor]

1:45 spit a tooth

[@JensUhlmannOfficial]

1:26 is why we love you Linus

[@UrbanaticLemonade]

I TOTALLY missed it

[@EarthboundApocalypse]

I like when Linus drops it down... :P

[@monkeywithocd]

I bought a refurbished Lenovo Thinkpad T430 from Amazon, and though the reviews are kinda all over the place, the only problems I had were that there was slight cosmetic damage on the top of it, there was so much bloatware that it ran slower than the Windows 95 computer I grew up with (but this was probably how it came originally :rolleyes:), and the third "problem" was something that I was considering doing anyway: Though the laptop came from when Windows 7 was out, they said that it would have 10 installed, but mine came with 7. Almost immediately I remembered how much better 7 was overall and so didn't really pester them to give me a key, since unlike my main computer I didn't have anything tieing me to using 10. Still, I got it for far less than I could have gotten another laptop with flimsy build quality and lower specs that would break apart after a couple years. Seriously, I hate this modern trend of trying to make laptops (and electronics in general) as thin as possible: I will take my old laptop that I repeatedly dropped and it still worked just fine over these laptops that you condemn to a quick death by just putting in a backpack.

[@leonelleyva8785]

0:16 guessing you had 59 fps instead of 60

[@AxxLAfriku]

HOLY HOLY!!! I can proudly say that I have the two HOTTEST women on this planet as MY GIRLFRIENDS! I am the unprettiest KZbinr ever, but they love me for what's inside! Thanks for listening leo

[@Eagerstriker]

0:17 - 0:19 I need this on loop XD Its the best! That yell kills me every time!

[@lalleyfamily]

Lost a tooth for sure, I had to replay it a few times.

[@JimGriffOne]

I bought a new laptop. It died. I didn't have any recourse other than a £250 motherboard replacement. A few months later I found out there was a common problem that killed my motherboard and many people claimed against the company. I had already binned my laptop. My brother bought a new car. It was freshly built and factory new with 14 miles on the clock. The radiator blew within 4 days and he had to take it back for warranty repairs. My car, I bought second hand, knowing full well that I'd most likely need to do a head gasket repair on it as it was a common failure point. This made the car cheaper to buy, but it was cheap for me to fix to a better standard using higher quality parts from China (who took over the car company and actually improved upon the British engineering). I fixed the car and it's running so much better than when I bought it, and the price of the car is appreciating as other people are losing theirs to the same head gasket issue. Moral of the story: Buy what you KNOW is going to work, or what you KNOW you can fix to a standard you can either sell for the same/higher price or just use for yourself. Never buy new and expect it to work flawlessly because it has this "NEWWWW" label on it. New means that it's at the beginning of the *Failure bell curve* and that it hasn't gone past the peak, and that none of the common failure points have been identified or fixed yet.

[@wilsonram39]

Jim Griffiths curious as to what car you bought mate?

[@sbisxi]

wilsonram39 a rover 1.4 probably

[@JimGriffOne]

+wilsonram39 MG TF. +sbisxi K-series engine built by Rover group haha.

[@sbisxi]

Jim Griffiths 😁😁😁

[@subclasshero6391]

I've had two refurb dells with no issues that weren't dealt with within 24 hours of contacting them. I bought a brand new Galaxy Tab S2 and am in a two year running battle with PC World because it's a piece of shit and won't stop breaking. Once they fix it or replace it it's getting sold and I'm never buying anything there again.

[@Gamerzguy2468]

1:44 nice spit

[@alexanderfortman9850]

lol i saw that

[@DanStarktheReal]

Did not even need 4k to see that.

[@jangjerdum6523]

bruuuhh

[@alexanderchilvers1243]

I saw it in glorious 480p

[@voncasero902]

saw it in 360p, had to switch to 480p just to confirm

[@shotgunmasterQL]

Around 2007-2008 I bought a refurbished Nokia N81 8GB, and it worked great for the years I used it. Only issues were wear and tear related, one was that the centre "select" button had the top part fall off (due to heavy usage, but I could still press it bit something small), the second thing was how the charging port for Nokia's own charger became very loose (the cord didnt stick in/make proper contact). I accidentally pulled it kinda violently when I was in a hurry, which caused the issue. Otherwise the phone worked great and was pretty cheap back then.

[@romanbaranovichi5375]

“Linus drops Razer Blade” Iconic

[@blauw67]

Once bought a refurbished smartphone on which they forgot to install the Playstore at first

[@mortimermouse3086]

that's weird, the Playstore comes with the stock firmware, so it should already be on the device (as far as I know)

[@muhsin_sultan]

EggoMyLego actually, some chinese manufacturers don't include Play Store and instead use their "app market". For those devices you can manually download an apk file of the Play Store

[@zalibassga]

Custom roms don't include Playstore or Google apps in general, great to choose which ones you want or don't need

[@muhsin_sultan]

zalibassga yup, like for example, when is installing cynagenmod or lineage OS (both custom ROMS) u have the option to install Google Suite apps manually (i.e. u gotta do it by yourself)

[@I3uzzzzzz]

coolstorybro

[@MrJay197409]

I buy only manufacturer refurbished if it's not from the manufacturer forget it and if there is no warranty options forget it.

[@SteveW928]

Good explanation, and it mostly depends on the company. For Apple stuff, I actually go for the refurb items first if they are available. Not only does it save some money, but over the decades, I've actually had better luck with refurbs than new. I think it is that fact that the refurb stuff gets more testing attention than new, and as the video mentions, Apple warranties it like new anyway.

[@ZeusTheIrritable]

I bought a "Grade A" refurbished laptop from Best Buy for almost half-price. That was almost three years ago and it's still chugging along just fine as my daughter's gaming PC.

[@tomaikenhead]

“that must be italian” 1:01 excellent semi-obscure reference to a stylized prize lamp

[@tomaikenhead]

​@Norii. first look at timestamp 1:02 in this video. then check out the classic movie "a christmas story". the whole thing is excellent but that little thought bubble on the screen in combination with the fragile sticker is a reference to this scene: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ooOVaq2up75lgq8

[@BenjaeTV]

I've had some pretty good experiences with buying refurbished stuff. I bought a refurbished HP Omen Monitor for 50% off. It did however break after 3 month but after calling HP they sent me a brand new monitor. It was covered under warranty I should say (the excisting warranty carried over which was 1 year and 7 month) so definitely watch out for that.

[@blacklanner5795]

I've worked Gamestop, Bestbuy and Circuit City. All 3 had the same practice. Customer claims product was defective and we confirmed. Product was refunded and then immediately resold as refurbished after being cleaned. Only refurbished items being returned a second time would be serviced. Often we cited a no refund policy on refurbished items if they were too expensive.

[@FrancoCastro]

I have bought a lot of refurbished stuff but I always try to get an extended warranty. In my experience around 1/3 of what I have gotten have ended failing again.

[@Celician83]

Bought a Refurb Corsair RM750x PSU recently because I saw the growing number of people complaining the fan never comes on. Not a big deal when you realize the fan is a thermo-sensing fan that only comes on when needed, which some people may not like that function and return them with absolutely nothing wrong with them. It also comes with the 2 year warranty, so kudo's to Corsair!

[@PanzerIV88]

I love refurbished products, you often save a lot for ridiculous things like damaged packaging which will go in the garbage anyway. Often it is 99% new, mostly on Amazon and anyway as long as I still have my 1 year warranty then I don't care. Open Box is usually pretty good too and even better. Monitors can be a bit tricky cause of people returning for dead pixel usually but if you can return it also at no fee then it's worth taking the risk. I would never get a used HDD though.

[@tylerbjorkstrand8424]

1:18 "It's sort of like a stray Dog". *Shows a pic of a pig*

[@Yo-nq9ul]

Nah that's a dog

[@cl4655]

Definitely a dog

[@HR-eb4vs]

It's a cow.

[@Yo-nq9ul]

@@HR-eb4vs tbh i thought it was Travis Scott at first ngl

[@mechamicro]

@@Yo-nq9ul lmao

[@einat1622]

Been using my 2nd refurbished laptop for a year now. The old Dell didn't fit my needs anymore (a 2007 model). Definitely worth getting, especially for Linux users. Paid about $277 on each.

[@VideoLanxer]

I bought a new 32inch monitor (3yrs warranty) (already ordered) and got the same as listed refurbished for 20% less (used for a year). What do you suggest?

[@AVCadar]

Nice shoutout to Louis Rossmann at 2:57! Good guys! 👍

[@No.1_Smeghead]

I love how "fragile" must be Italian. I love that movie.

[@quadkopter]

Hey, i found a Firecuda 1tb sshd on newegg that fits perfectly into my budget, should i go for it? Or should i gi for new and blow budget for like 30 extra bucks?

[@darrienrusseleangeles4255]

Something's wrong with "thanks for watching TechQuickie..."

[@abdulsoleh7131]

Darrien Russele Angeles y Tabuzo it's zoom in

[@darrienrusseleangeles4255]

Reza Purnama yep. Only TechQuickie/LTT fans will notice.

[@tahaak]

Yeah thought that my KZbin App glitched

[@darrienrusseleangeles4255]

ylwsub68 there's a glitch in the Matrix.

[@olivergregory309]

*Ali a intro*

[@Churchomies]

2 years ago, I bought my GeForce 1080 as an "Open Box" Item off of Newegg. At time time it cost me around $540.00. To me, I really thought to myself that I was taking a gamble. However, I am glad to say my 1080 still holds up well.

[@amelliamendel2227]

What episode is the keyboard smash from?

[@NextGenGames00]

Actually i bought one HP touch screen laptop, been using it for around two years after the 3months warranty finished, had no issues with it at all, but when later i understood whr they might come from i sold it right away lol...i only thought it was a returned items lol

[@MrJay197409]

Depends is it seller or manufacturer refurbished. Is a warranty also available.

[@CatNowBlue]

I got refurbished PC 2 years ago, but still works in this day.

[@hellmachineHUN]

I've bought a refurbished ThinkPad T440s for 350€. It was a config with i5 4300U, 128GB SSD, backlit keyboard, HD+ TN display and also a 2 year warranty. Albeit it had the smallest battery configuration (24 + 24 Wh) both of them had only 13-14% wear. I've replaced the SSD with a 500GB Crucial MX500, installed an LTE module into the M.2 slot and bought a 72Wh battery. These upgrades cost me around 200€, so for 550€ I've got myself an absolute beast that is "online" no matter where I am and lasts on battery all day (12h+ usage). I'm also thinking about replacing the display with a FHD IPS panel as they are not expensive at all (55€ on Ebay). Needless to say I can't be happier with my purchase.

[@swapniljena8684]

I just bought a certified refurbished Lg G6 which should be waterproof. Does it loose its waterproofing capability when it is refurbished?

[@netanmaldoran4816]

My main HDD was a refurbished one, I was iffy on it, but 5 years later, its still going strong!

[@itsanthonyb663]

I bought an advanced razer blade 2018 refurbished for 1500, came with original packaging and even the stickers, couldn’t tell it was refurbished

[@albertpatino6537]

It'sSoTrippy where? Post link!

[@nothanks9205]

I worked for a large tool company doing quality control for their electronic test equipment. Any refurbs we sold were tested more thoroughly than newly manufactured products because it costs a lot of money to have the refurb returned to be reworked over again.

[@edwardhanson1572]

I need a bit of advice. I have been looking for a new (to me) 4K HDR TV and I found a refurbished unit of the model I want (TCL 55R615) on bestbuy.ca for $85 less than a new one. Should I buy the refurb or bite the bullet and pay the extra?

[@KM-ur3jo]

Linus spits at exactly 1:45 Look at his black shirt

[@Rahulsingh-tc7mw]

Thanks

[@michmich6645]

Thank you soo much.

[@northalabamarailphotograph7063]

I got a Thinkpad 420 for $210 dollars. 8gb ram, an i5, and a 320gb hdd. It’s pretty good. I removed the dvd drive and replaced it with an SSD (about 300gb)I had lying around. Runs fast. Good purchase.

[@arianna3402]

I love the timing of this video. I work for a lease to own home furnishing company. They were getting rid of a lennovo all in one C540 and i adopted it after it was written off the books. After learning that their was minor corrosion issues on the ram and a factory fault with the HDD causing a dreaded "cherp of death". After fixing the harness i have a fully functional touch screen all in one to resell for $500. Score lol

[@BalDraakNL]

I once got a sweet deal on a refurbished all in one computer, because of a dead pixel the price was dropped significantly, my thought proces already was 'I'm gonna hook it up to my tv, so it won't ruin my watching experience,' but when I booted it up I noticed the dead pixel they mentioned was at the very bottom of the screen, so because it also got a HDMI-in port it turned out to be a still sufficient monitor as well, if it's is still working by the time I move out, it'll become a nice addition to my work station as I can switch to working on something else on the all in one while my workstation is rendering

[@aiviskri]

Currently watching this on a ~500$ Hewlett Packard 2TB HDD, 12 GB RAM, etc... manufacturer refurbished laptop from EBay. I've had this for over a year now, and so far, except for a little degraded battery ( which is probably more of my fault ) this computer is working flawlessly.

[@sorrefly]

Somebody could explain me the italian reference? I didn’t get it

[@abdulsoleh7131]

sorrefly maybe because it's 'italic'?

[@93simon1]

Same here...

[@Sectroedits]

sorrefly it’s from the movie “A Christmas Story” when the dad gets his reward in a wooden box with the word “Fragile” and says it in an Italian accent and says “It must be Italian!”

[@ikyogre1]

A Christmas story, it's a movie joke

[@Black70Fastback]

OMG! get cultured bruh

[@roiwirven]

and what about stolen items? is there some websites that are more/less likely to contain stolen items, or is there a way to ensure the item we buy is not a stolen one? cause i suppose that refurbished items are more likely to be stolen than other ones

[@Amadeusmyth1]

I got an Acer Predator 17, Factory certified refurbished from Amazon. It had a faulty video cable that go so hot that it melted part of the lid. I was able to send it back to be fixed and luckily they were able to replace the cable and the whole back of the lid. Works fine now.

[@teresaellis7062]

Thank you again for your videos. You have helped me out so many times with tech questions. It is nice to know refurbished can be, in many cases, as good as new. I will be careful to see what the warranty length is next time I buy. I'm glad my son found your channel. :)

[@Arjay404]

It would have been nice if you added in 4 examples of things that are great choice to get refurbished, like you did for things you shouldn't get refurbished.

[@christianfuhrmann5647]

I found a certified refurbished acer aspire E 15 for 327 bucks that i was getting on amazon is it worth getting? I just need something for light gaming like fortnite and school work. The warranty lasts 90 days but i only have 30 days to return if it is broken or as they call it "Dead on arrival".

[@AfonsoBucco]

2:25 That depends. Sometimes they have a huge stock of spare parts from scrap

[@varunteja_k]

0:17 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Never mistreated anything that badly

[@vatril]

I got myself a refurbished Thinkpad. Really happy with it. Quite powerful and it was cheap.

[@elfs9759]

In my country, products from display are sold at full price (without any included warning that it was used for display purposes), and refurbished items are rarely cheaper.. maybe like 15% cheaper at most.

[@bingewatch8002]

I purchased a refurbished Chromebook off of Daily Sale for 100 dollars. The trackpad gets stuck sometimes and the SD card slot cover isn't even attached right and prevents me from putting an SD card inside.

[@React2Quick]

"Fragile! That must be Italian!" I see what you did I got that reference.

[@peterveresan3591]

I have a 2015 MacBook Pro I bought refurbished direct through apple, no regrets two years later it still works fine and when I got it, not a scratch on it👌🏻

[@clarksvegaseast]

I've been pretty lucky with my refurbs from Woot. between then and the refurbers they work with, haven't had much problem getting stuff on the cheap.

[@staresce]

What I want to know , is there a best time of year to by refurbished like there is to buy new ? Do refurbished items ever get discounted like new items do ?

[@KBShow-bw4lj]

After some new product comes out , wait a mounth or so when people start to fall broke so they have to resell it

[@DB-nw9li]

1:45 food flies out of Linus' mouth.

[@nathanows7]

Derek Bye I can't unsee it now.😅😅😅😅😅😅🤣🤣

[@Jim1971a]

I think it was a tooth.

[@kepalaketukrandom7311]

Jahhqhaahahh

[@cain.74]

1:43 "SHINY! *spit...*

[@TheScottytr6]

Love the 'A Christmas Story' reference!

[@larrygall5831]

I was looking at GPUs the other day, (GTX-1080's specifically).. and came across a "refurbished" EVGA 1080, from EVGA. This would have been fine, but the price was nearly the same as new, and it only had a 180 day warranty. The warranty being so short is what turned me off. I ended up going with a new one for less than the refurbished one would cost.

[@dylanbarnes1007]

1:43 Spit flew out of Linus’s mouth saying “brAnd nEw ShinY”

[@gracefulslumber8441]

Lmao

[@lolindirlink]

YES! I just bought a 6core xeon workstation (12 HT), with ssd and hdd, windows10pro installed, and 12gb ddr3 for a mere 350,- But it's from a trustworthy company, they even included a keyboard which was never mentioned. (and it's a decent 10-15,- office keyboard, it's even a heavy metal kind! :D ) Thing is, it outperforms a 700,- + equivalent because that workstation tech was over 6000,- when it released 8 years ago. I Slammed my own graphicscard in it instead of the outdated 1gb quadro and it (for example) play's 4K on youtube just fine, and games run smoother than ever before, while also capable of multitasking thanks to the 12 threats :D

[@BiohazardEXTREME]

The first refurbished thing I ever bought was a DVD player. It's lasted me over 12 years now, although after HD technology came out, I have used it less and less. Still, it served me well. And if I remember correctly, my PS2 and my PS3 were purchased as refurbished items back in 2010. Still going strong!

[@ToothpickMan11]

I've got some horror stories with buying refurbished items. A few years ago I bought a refurbished HP small form factor computer for my ex from Wal-Mart's site refurbished by a 3rd party that was supposed to come with a 500GB hard drive and Windows 7 for $150 but when I hooked it up after it arrived it went straight to the BIOS so I removed the side panel to discover there wasn't even a hard drive in it so I took it back but to the store rather than shipping it and ended up dealing with a 4 month ordeal to get my money back because it was discovered after viewing camera footage that an employee pocketed the money that was supposed to have been credited back to my account. About 2 or 3 years ago I decided to buy a refurbished Dell Lattitude E6420 laptop on Newegg but refurbished by a 3rd party that was a "Authorized Refurbisher", when the laptop arrived it came with a really cheap chinese charger and mega cheap replacement battery, the backlight would flicker and eventually it just went shot a couple days later, sent it back for a replacement and received one without the integrated Nvidia card that I specifically ordered and also had an issue with the charging port so I had to return that one for a replacement, the 3rd laptop arrived but had backlight issues once again so at this point I was fed up and it was clear that this "Refurbisher" didn't test anything before they shipped it or know what they were doing. DO NOT BUY ANYTHING REFURBISHED UNLESS ITS DIRECTLY FROM THE MANUFACTURER.

[@JesusMeza3]

You could have used the clip when Max let the PC fall

[@2BTO]

mharris1270 who are your parents fam. I just wanna talk.

[@suhhhdud9682]

@mharris1270 hey grandad

[@thomasesr]

8 yeas ago I had a gaming laptop for five years I bought refurbished. Very good Asus ROG G51Vx.

[@misteralien9958]

Who cares

[@oscarmayer2517]

Mister Alien The people who liked the comment

[@crazymonkey60123]

Should you call it a "gaming laptop" if it's 8 years old?!? LUL

[@huzumnicolas4343]

@@crazymonkey60123 It was a gaming laptop at it's time.

[@mandingo4698]

@@crazymonkey60123 you're a dumbfuck

[@minhazmuhammed9844]

Is it safe if i buy a manufacture refurbished msi laptop in newegg?

[@darklocksly3615]

I did refurbishing for HP on Laptops and desktop, they were office hardware that was replaced by new stuff. Most got shipped to Egypt to be sold cheap.

[@maxmaidment96]

Hey Louis!

[@EthanBares]

Who else is watching this from a refurbished device?

[@troy2478]

Not only that but my refurbished laptop has a refurbished ssd in it.

[@kasenesak]

I dont know if mine is refurbrished

[@justanothersam5708]

I am

[@joesycamore2899]

Surely if you upgrade a computer you are refurbishing it?

[@m.streicher8286]

Probs me lol

[@frank124c]

I've purchased refurbished computers. They usually work pretty good. But sometimes you have to fiddle with them. I'm using a refurbished HP desktop right now. Had one problem with it, the hard drive it came with broke but I replaced it with a bigger and better one myself and now it works fine and I now have a 1TB drive. Also I have a Dell laptop and it worked fine at first and then died. After working on it for a while, I couldn't figure out what was wrong and put it aside for a while. Then after some time passed I needed to use it and finally figured out that there was something wrong with the power supply. I replaced it and now it works fine.

[@friendlyatheist387]

If I am getting 6month warranty and 10 days replacement Should I go for it?

[@Felix-vt2xx]

Bought a refurbished thinkpad, all i had to do myself was replace the battery which i was planning to do anyway and works real damn good. Saved a lot of money.

[@craigpaterson5085]

Have been using my refurbished iPhone for over one year now , and barring a slightly wobbly home button , it has been great

[@rezuansalleh4674]

Just need you opinion nintendo 2ds xl refurbished worth it or not?

[@ronch550]

I have a CPO (Certified Pre-Owned) iPhone 6 and it looks and feels brand new. Then a few months ago we bought a display unit of an LG washing machine. It's not in pristine condition and there are swirl lines but hey it's not like they can demo the washing machine in the store, which means it's unused. We got it for about $60 less.

[@uthmanbaksh3530]

Watching this on my refurbished Dell Latitude laptop!

[@DodoGTA]

That intro is now as big as (insert a big thing here)

[@bsperoz]

I bought an open box TV once. The store disclosed it was missing it's smart remote but had the normal one. The smart remote ended up being ONE HUNDRED BUCKS. But...Ultimately the TV was undamaged and Best Buy promised a 2 year warranty free and I WAS able to pay for an additional 2 after those were up. Another few hundred bucks there. But here's the thing. I GOT A 2200 DOLLAR TV FOR 1400. 1700 if you include the 200 warranty and 100 remote. And two years later it's still the best TV I've had yet. 55 4K 3D high end SUHD Samsung set. 800 off just because it was an open box floor display they had to get rid of to make room for a new model. But hey, that picture looked amazing to me! Never had a 240 refresh rate before...IT SO BEATS 60.

[@devmehta6648]

Hi, can you make a video explaining the dual camera setup that is now common on smartphones?

[@LucienBill]

Oh man, this intro! I wasn't prepared: I laughed so hard when I saw Linus screaming and hitting a keyboard 😂

[@fastandfurious2110]

I bought a dell g3 laptop(in 90000 Indian rupees) on 15 July 2019 and after one day there was a horizontal fine line on the LCD. Dell adviced me to replace the LCD with a refurbished LCD. When the engineer was changed my LCD then a new problem was arised ,it is not powering on. Now again dell adviced me to replace my motherboard with a refurbished one. I am totally get frustrated with this dell laptop. Dell company cheated me and I am not going to adviced and buy dell product in future.

[@oscarmike47]

i know its not electronics but i just bought a new camera lens today. it looks like new and works perfectly. also it was half the price of a new one. i think it comes down to where you buy it. i researched a lot of different sites and stores for reviews. i didnt go for the cheapest but went for the store which was already well established and had many locations around the country. i went into the shop and physically tested it. really glad with my purchase

[@umersalman1]

I got an htc phone from a dubai store. It was packed like brand new and was only 30 dollar off the retail price. I thought it was new. No sign of any reburbished branding. When i opened it, it had no sim card jackets. And it had selfies in it, which clearly showed it was a demo unit sold to me as new. I ordered the sim jackets from aliexpress, took a month to deliver. And turns out both the sim slots were damaged. I got them repaired. But the repair guy warned me they may stop working any minute. I immediately sold off the phone for half the price i got. Htc resale sucks. And got myself a new nokia 6.1 2018.

[@steve-o6413]

Hi Sunshine, this goes to the phrase buyer beware, when big companies goes belly up depending upon what they used the computer for, a great buy can be at hand. May peace an prosperity be with you always!

[@Arjay404]

Only problem with that is that in general their computers will be old and not great for anything other than say office work and browsing, since they weren't great computers even when they were new. Though I will say for someones first computer this is a good option. I got my first computer from a travel agency that were upgrading to new machines. Like I said, the machine wasn't great, but it did internet and light gaming AND it gave me a great opportunity to learn how to upgrade computers, first I bought a video card, then some memory and so on.

[@steve-o6413]

rjh00 if they are towers not such a big problem. If they were used for design they could large expensive Graphics built-in. Like I said buyer beware.

[@dstblj5222]

most bankruptcy auctions for engineering companies, ad firms, graphic designs teams and the like have a few workstations going.

[@smellcaster]

I have my second Dell Laptop and it again was a used One. They both were in great Condition on Arrival like they were Office PCs. I replaced the WLAN Module with an AC capable One and the Harddisk with a 2 Terabyte Model. Those Devices suffer more in my Possesion than before because of mobile Use. Those Dell Laptops are Business Machines -no Camera -no extra GPU to overheat

[@ensunderoath]

I worked for Toshiba and their refurbished laptops is as bad as a broken one. I talked to Jackie Chan complaining about newly repaired refurbished laptop from the repair depot getting bsod out of the box. I felt ashamed. I think one of the reasons Toshiba stopped manufacturing laptops is the products and the services were bad.

[@rwhunt99]

I bought a laptop ( IBM Think Pad) that was off lease from Tiger Direct and I still have it. It worked well for me during my years as a computer consultant and I still use it today after I upgraded the memory and installed an SSD.

[@rustytoyota]

You need to pay attention to listings on Amazon too. Most of those great deals on electronics are just refurbished product. If possible I buy directly from the manufacturer of the product on Amazon. They have rebates and what not already applied and you get next day / same day shipping!