[ale] Is there anybody we don't hate too much for Refurbs?

[Leam Hall]

Our local GoodWill has a computer sub store, and I have a multi-core Dell
mini-tower that cost $35 before I added a drive and some RAM. It shouldn't
be hard to find something. They also have pre-built Winderz boxes for $200
or so.

Note that "local" to me is coastal SC. Otherwise I'd go help you look.  :)

On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 12:30 PM Neal Rhodes via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> Slightly off-topic, but not too much.
>
> My wife and partner informs me that TurboTax will no longer run on her
> Win7 desktop.   Without TurboTax, life ends as we know it.
>
> We have used off-lease refurbs for most of our company's life.  If it's
> a server, I get a refurb and replace the disk with a new mirrored pair.
> (and load linux)   If it's a desktop, I feel lucky.
>
> Thus far we've been fortunate at getting them from Tiger Direct.  Alas,
> no longer.   Got one on Amazon a few years back and that has been fine
> for Android development.
>
> So, I trying to find average form factor 8GB, 1TB disk, Win 10 Pro, VGA
> & HDMI.    When I look at Amazon, there are plenty of choices.  Many of
> which have 15-25% one-star ratings. And you read them, it's a horror
> show - "arrived with broken power supply",  "NIC intermittent",  "Vendor
> non-communicative".
>
> Yes, Amazon is horrible at policing their suppliers.    I'm
> wondering.... are companies being more selective at only letting go of
> their desktops when they know they are going south?   Are refurb vendors
> getting worse?
>
> Is there anybody we like for refurbs these days?
>
> I see the last one I bought was from Amazon Renewed, which says it has a
> 90 day Amazon guarantee.  I just checked at it has a 19% one star
> review.   I guess I was just lucky.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Neal
>
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