Refurbished/Scratch-and-Dent

Has anyone had any good or bad experiences with refurbished Dells? I
don't care if they have scratches and dents as long as the price is
good.

Also, when is the best time to buy a refurbished Dell? My guess is that
Christmas returns mean a lot of used desktops to choose from. Should I
wait a couple of weeks to get the possible selection?

SB

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Has anyone had any good or bad experiences with refurbished Dells? I
don't care if they have scratches and dents as long as the price is
good.

Also, when is the best time to buy a refurbished Dell? My guess is that
Christmas returns mean a lot of used desktops to choose from. Should I
wait a couple of weeks to get the possible selection?

SB


I've bought a lot of refurbs and they're great.

My only problem right now that would keep me from buying one is that they
don't seem to come with the free Vista upgrade coupon. That alone makes
buying a new one worth it.

What is the relative value of the Vista coupon? In other words, how
much cheaper does the refurb have to be versus a new desktop for it to
be a worthwhile deal?

SB

On Dec 29, 4:57 pm, "Tom Scales" wrote:
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Has anyone had any good or bad experiences with refurbished Dells? I
don't care if they have scratches and dents as long as the price is
good.

Also, when is the best time to buy a refurbished Dell? My guess is that
Christmas returns mean a lot of used desktops to choose from. Should I
wait a couple of weeks to get the possible selection?

SBI've bought a lot of refurbs and they're great.

My only problem right now that would keep me from buying one is that they
don't seem to come with the free Vista upgrade coupon. That alone makes
buying a new one worth it.

Well, for an MCE machine, it is an upgrade to Home Premium, so I'd guess
$150 or so. Don't know pricing.
wrote in message
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What is the relative value of the Vista coupon? In other words, how
much cheaper does the refurb have to be versus a new desktop for it to
be a worthwhile deal?

SB

On Dec 29, 4:57 pm, "Tom Scales" wrote:
wrote in
ooglegroups.com...

Has anyone had any good or bad experiences with refurbished Dells? I
don't care if they have scratches and dents as long as the price is
good.

Also, when is the best time to buy a refurbished Dell? My guess is that
Christmas returns mean a lot of used desktops to choose from. Should I
wait a couple of weeks to get the possible selection?

SBI've bought a lot of refurbs and they're great.

My only problem right now that would keep me from buying one is that they
don't seem to come with the free Vista upgrade coupon. That alone makes
buying a new one worth it.

If the coupon is for the "upgrade edition", I wouldn't want it. Unless
it allows a clean install..

"S. Stern" wrote in message
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If the coupon is for the "upgrade edition", I wouldn't want it. Unless
it allows a clean install..

Every upgrade version of every Windows OS that I have owned allowed a clean
install. Don't know that Vista would be different.

On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:57:35 -0500, "Tom Scales"
wrote:


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Has anyone had any good or bad experiences with refurbished Dells? I
don't care if they have scratches and dents as long as the price is
good.

Also, when is the best time to buy a refurbished Dell? My guess is that
Christmas returns mean a lot of used desktops to choose from. Should I
wait a couple of weeks to get the possible selection?

SB


I've bought a lot of refurbs and they're great.

My only problem right now that would keep me from buying one is that they
don't seem to come with the free Vista upgrade coupon. That alone makes
buying a new one worth it.



That depends on whether you really have to have Vista right away.
If not, take the savings in hardware now and perhaps later when the
retail version of Vista comes down in price, buy it ??

wrote:
Has anyone had any good or bad experiences with refurbished Dells? I
don't care if they have scratches and dents as long as the price is
good.

I've bought 3, all were perfect.

YMMV, of course.

RnR wrote:
On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:57:35 -0500, "Tom Scales"
wrote:

wrote in message
oups.com...
Has anyone had any good or bad experiences with refurbished Dells? I
don't care if they have scratches and dents as long as the price is
good.

Also, when is the best time to buy a refurbished Dell? My guess is that
Christmas returns mean a lot of used desktops to choose from. Should I
wait a couple of weeks to get the possible selection?

SB

I've bought a lot of refurbs and they're great.

My only problem right now that would keep me from buying one is that they
don't seem to come with the free Vista upgrade coupon. That alone makes
buying a new one worth it.

That depends on whether you really have to have Vista right away.
If not, take the savings in hardware now and perhaps later when the
retail version of Vista comes down in price, buy it ??

Or wait & buy a new PC with Vista already installed?

Sparky Spartacus wrote:


Or wait & buy a new PC with Vista already installed?

For 98% of the population those are words of wisdom.

Bob