Refurbished laptops

Akrasia

I've just bought a manufacturer refurbished laptop on ebay from LuzernTech and I have to say that I'm so impressed with the quality and the price


I paid just over 200 euros for an acer 15.6 inch laptop with 8gb ram and an AMD A10 7300 with integrated Radeon R6 graphics and it came in less than a week with a 1 year warranty

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/401102951161?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

It was listed a a grade B but it's genuinely spotless. Not a single mark or scratch and the battery is on hour 3 as I type with an estimated hour remaining.

To get a similar spec laptop new would cost 450 euros minimum

In terms of performance, It's able to play BF3 on medium settings with the latest drivers installed. That's more than I expected, and certainly more than any 350 euro celeron or pentium laptop would manage.

I was always wary of refurbs, but after this one, and with this particular Ebay store, I'm totally converted.

ED E

Its a gamble, sounds like you got a good one but doesn't guarantee they always will be. Always worth considering though

Akrasia

ED E wrote: »

Its a gamble, sounds like you got a good one but doesn't guarantee they always will be. Always worth considering though

Yeah, it's a gamble, but if you stick to the reputable sellers with 99%+ reputation, who are selling manufacturer refurbished laptops and offer a decent warranty, it's not much more of a risk than buying a 'new' laptop online

Manufacturer refurbs aren't the latest models, but they have been quality checked twice, once as new, and again when it's refurbished, so if there was a faulty part, it's been replaced before you get it.

I'd stay clear of third party refurbs though because you have no idea how much testing was done or what damage was done to the unit before it was sold.

dimpey

Bought a refurbished Acer Aspire Touchscreen some years ago, from Laptops Direct, nearly wrecked my head spent a lot of money on it. It never worked sent it back but the same problem it would not work. Eventually after 18 months of writing to everyone I took great pleasure in taking it up a recycling centre and watched it BEING physically being crushed. Never again. Everybody said I should move on and beware in the future. oNCE BITTEN TWICE SHY.

Akrasia

dimpey wrote: »

Bought a refurbished Acer Aspire Touchscreen some years ago, from Laptops Direct, nearly wrecked my head spent a lot of money on it. It never worked sent it back but the same problem it would not work. Eventually after 18 months of writing to everyone I took great pleasure in taking it up a recycling centre and watched it BEING physically being crushed. Never again. Everybody said I should move on and beware in the future. oNCE BITTEN TWICE SHY.

Ouch
Sounds like pretty awful customer service

dimpey

HI, its Dimpey again. After my thread to you a couple of days ago re Refurbished Acer Computer. I purchased a HP Envy 23 Touchscreen and have had no problem with it since I got it about 3 years ago. The other day it would not type. Nothing would come up on the screen. Got a replacement keyboard and new batteries to no avail. Brought it to my local IT shop and it has them baffled. Everything working except the keyboard. Can log in with my password but it has them baffled. Wondered if it was me [I am 66] but have been working with computers since I was 38] so not quite a novice. I use it for writing and spend hours typing on it. CAn anyone throw any light on it? Just come back recently to Boards and looking forward to posting threads etc. A couple of months ago HP sent me a note to say that from April 2016 replacement parts will not be available.

Akrasia

dimpey wrote: »

HI, its Dimpey again. After my thread to you a couple of days ago re Refurbished Acer Computer. I purchased a HP Envy 23 Touchscreen and have had no problem with it since I got it about 3 years ago. The other day it would not type. Nothing would come up on the screen. Got a replacement keyboard and new batteries to no avail. Brought it to my local IT shop and it has them baffled. Everything working except the keyboard. Can log in with my password but it has them baffled. Wondered if it was me [I am 66] but have been working with computers since I was 38] so not quite a novice. I use it for writing and spend hours typing on it. CAn anyone throw any light on it? Just come back recently to Boards and looking forward to posting threads etc. A couple of months ago HP sent me a note to say that from April 2016 replacement parts will not be available.

I had a quick look online and on windows there is a keyboard 'feature' called Key Filtering which can be accidentally turned on if you hold down the shift key for more than 8 seconds.

This will make it appear as though the keyboard isn't working

The solution is to hold shift for between 8 to 15 seconds and listen for a few quiet beeps. There might be a message on the screen asking you to confirm, if there is, select the option that turns key filtering off

TerrorFirmer

I just got delivery of a PC from Luzerntech and I have to say I'm really unimpressed. A PC sent in a brown box - no bubble wrap, styrofoam, nothing. Thankfully the PC still works but the case is dented and the front panel is smashed..unsurprisingly.

mordeith

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

I just got delivery of a PC from Luzerntech and I have to say I'm really unimpressed. A PC sent in a brown box - no bubble wrap, styrofoam, nothing. Thankfully the PC still works but the case is dented and the front panel is smashed..unsurprisingly.

Not great reviews online. (outside of eBay)
https://www.google.ie/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=luzern%20technology%20solutions&lrd=0x4867129873e7351f:0x85d40af61d355129,1,,

dimpey

Thank you so much for your helpful suggestion. I had an idea it was a key I perhaps inadvertently hit a couple of times. Googled some sites tonight and got a couple of helpful ideas which I did tell the IT man when I left it down to him. He told me today it was a fault in the computer and I would not anywhere with HP and I may have to think of getting a new Desktop. Gutted at this news as I feel I am losing my confidence with Desktops and am afraid to invest in another computer but really want one as I do a lot of writing and laptops are too slow and confining. After my experience with ACER but that was a faulty Refurbished Touchscreen which looked the business but it never worked. Will keep you updated. Thanks Again.