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Newegg refurb questions. Quality?

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BomberBear

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I'm building a low end system for someone I know. I can get nearly every part out of the refurb section and save on average $10 per component (and in case of the cpu can bump up to a much higher speed for same price). I'm looking at cpu, mobo, hdd, and memory. ~$50 worth of savings when you're building about a $300 computer is huge.

My question is, how often will the parts be 'like new' in perfect working condition? Now I don't mind if one thing is bad in the batch of four things I get. And if something is bad, how big of a deal does NewEgg make it to return the parts and get good working parts? Will they refund return shipping as that could easily eat the cost of going the refurb route? Time to get this built isn't a huge deal, but I don't want it to take a month to get a new part.

What stuff is more than likely new or unbroken (practically no risk in buying 'refurbished')? I can't imagine them trying to fix a cpu, so I assume that's new.
 
Only one thing I have bought refurbished from newegg was defective at all. Recently I bought two refurbished motherboards and they both were in sealed retail packages and looked fine. I wouldn't be able to tell the were refurbished except that I know I bought them in the refurbished section.
 
i wouldn't use more then 1 refurb item in my system. Using 4 or 5 differant items is a bad choice, because it is just going to make it harder to pin point which item is the problem (if you have a problem). So far my luck was 1 out of 2 for newegg refurb. Got an ASUS P4P800e deluxe that worked great (lacked an I/O plate though), and a MSI 6600gt that would lock up on any 3d app.
 
I find that most of the newegg refurb stock has user created problems..... most mobos need a reflash due to bad overclocking ( i got a msi nf2 board that had the old users setting of 245 fsb, it kept locking up before I could change it, a reflash solved the problems.) same things have happened with vid cards. most of its good stuff if you have a little techniccal knowledge to fix it.

p.s. I will only buy motherboards from newegg refurb because the price is very worth the trouble
 
Personally, I dont buy refurbished hardware. I'm sure that a lot of it is fine, but I would always wonder why it got returned. Spend the extra $$$ and buy new or OEM.

BTW what is Newegg's return policy on refurbs?
 
thanks everyone, I think I'll heed the advice here and just go with the mobo. After looking more closely that would really be the only big price saver.

Anyone know what kind of hassle they make it to bad refurbished things?
 
jchsatx09 said:
Personally, I dont buy refurbished hardware. I'm sure that a lot of it is fine, but I would always wonder why it got returned. Spend the extra $$$ and buy new or OEM.

BTW what is Newegg's return policy on refurbs?

I think it is sold as-is.
 
I've had only one bad refurb experience with newegg. They sent me a dead MB, and I was pretty sure it was dead since no one bothered to open it and remove the RMA notice from the original purchaser that said DOA on it.

In that case they agreed to refund me the shipping($6) and an extra $30 because from my emails I sent I was pretty ticked they sent me something that was already dead(if they had just read the RMA in the box!).

Pricing on refurb motherboards usually make it worth this risk.
 
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