I've bought 2 Dell Optiplex machines from these folks and had no problems.

http://www.discountpc.net/

<http://www.discountpc.net/>YMMV

On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Charles Whitby <[email protected]>wrote:

> I've bought 3 used desktops and a laptop from eBay and haven't had a
> problem with any of them, but you do need to pay attention to the details
> for  sure.
>
> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 11:30 AM, John Aldrich <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Yeah…Dell Outlet is kinda pricey. ☺ And with eBay, you never know what
>> you’re going to get. I got an email from Surplus Computers this morning and
>> they had an Optiplex GX620 for $170 that looks like something that would do
>> what I Need (if I do some upgrades after I get it! :-)) Still...all those
>> upgrades after the fact are gonna raise the price, so if I can get something
>> with a DVDRW and some decent memory, I might go for that instead. I'm kind
>> of partial to Dell, but I won't refuse something that's an IBM or HP or
>> whatever. I think I would decline to buy an eMachine simply because I had
>> some bad experiences working on them...hard to find aftermarket parts
>> that'll fit (power supplies, etc.)
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Charles Whitby [mailto:[email protected]]
>> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 11:21 AM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: Re: OT: Refurbished/inexpensive Windows PCs
>>
>> All kinds of 'em available on eBay.  Ort look at the Dell Outlet
>> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 9:02 AM, John Aldrich <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>> It looks like I'm going to be needing to get my own Windows machine sooner
>> rather than later, as my wife and I are splitting up and I need a Windows
>> machine to be able to 1) Run the windows games I like (Wild Tangent games,
>> mainly) and 2) use the Windows machine to access the VPN here at the
>> office
>> and 3) use Windows programs to burn video compilations I have of my Dad
>> for
>> my family.
>>
>> Where do you guys go for your inexpensive refurbished PCs? I'd prefer
>> something name-brand, which will take an extra hard drive, etc.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>>
>>
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