I know that you said desktops as well, and that Mark had a problem with a netbook. I bought an HP DL380 server from them and have not had a bit of trouble with it.
That said, I would have to think twice about buying anything with a battery (laptop, tablet, netbook), but I would cautiously consider a desktop or server... --b On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 5:04 PM, Mark <[email protected]> wrote: > I realize you asked for desktops, but if this helps, I bought a refurbished > eec netbook a few years ago from them. Battery didn't charge, right out of > the box (how this passed the "factory reconditioned" test is beyond me...). > Because they're a reseller, they can't help if it doesn't work; you have to > deal directly with the computer company, which in my case turned out to be > utterly useless. Had to pay to ship item back to geeks.com, and it was a > fight to get a refund from them because they wanted to give me in-store > credit. It was only because they saw my customer history of purchases from > them that they ultimately gave my money back, but I still wound up losing > about $20 for initial shipping plus return shipping, and got nothing from > it. Yes I'm bitter over $20 because of the headache it turned out to be. > > Just my $0.02, but I'll never buy refurbed anything again. I'm sure people > on this list have had other experiences, but this totally turned me off. > Proceed at your own risk, that's all I have to say about that. > > Mark > > > On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 1:47 PM, I Rattan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Any has experience with refurbished desktop for geeks.com? >> >> -ishwar >> >> >> -- >> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a >> subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] >> Archive: >> http://lists.debian.org/Pine.GSO.4.64.1102101646570.18837@unknown >> >> >
