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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 ups.com... 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. |
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If the coupon is for the "upgrade edition", I wouldn't want it. Unless
it allows a clean install.. |
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"S. Stern" wrote in message news 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. |
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On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:57:35 -0500, "Tom Scales"
wrote: wrote in message roups.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 ?? |
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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? |
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Sparky Spartacus wrote:
Or wait & buy a new PC with Vista already installed? For 98% of the population those are words of wisdom. Bob |
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