Author Topic: Refurbished Mac Products? (Read 4444 times)

patballard · « **on:** June 05, 2010, 13:48 »

Has anyone bought any refurbished mac products? Good luck or bad? It's just a matter of time until I have to buy a new laptop. It seems like a good way to save some money. Apple Care can be extended to a full 3 years. That's the same as I got on my last new mac laptop.

Thanks for the help!

cathyslife · « **Reply #1 on:** June 05, 2010, 13:57 »

I have not gone that way before, but I would have no qualms about doing so. I would definitely buy the Apple Care protection though.

Most of the time, I sell or get rid of my Mac equipment not because there is anything wrong with it, but because I want to update to something bigger and better. Any one of the Macs I have owned in the past could easily have been refurbished and resold and would have been practically like new. And the Apple Care would protect you for the major things like motherboards (I think it covers that), just in case.

red · « **Reply #2 on:** June 05, 2010, 14:21 »

I've had good luck with this place http://www.techrestore.com/, and they often have some great deals on refurbs. I have no business interest in the place and am not trying to send any business their way. I only know that they repaired my 1st Generation iPod (yes, I'm that old) at a fair price, the shipping back and forth was easy and the communication was friendly. They get good reviews and are a member of the Better Business Bureau with an A rating.

leaf · « **Reply #3 on:** June 05, 2010, 14:22 »

Quote from: patballard on June 05, 2010, 13:48

Has anyone bought any refurbished mac products? Good luck or bad? It's just a matter of time until I have to buy a new laptop. It seems like a good way to save some money. Apple Care can be extended to a full 3 years. That's the same as I got on my last new mac laptop.

Thanks for the help!

Yeah, i bought my last two mac laptops refurbished. i bought them online from the apple store and they were quite a bit cheaper. They looked and acted like new. No problems. You could even argue that they are better than the new ones because they have had an extra check over to make sure that everything works.

cthoman · « **Reply #4 on:** June 05, 2010, 14:40 »

I bought my current refurbished Mac about 5 years ago and the only problem I've had was my hard drive blew up this year. That seems like normal computer problems though (new or used). Overall, I've been pleased, so I would probably do it again.

Graffoto · « **Reply #5 on:** June 05, 2010, 15:42 »

I have both a MacBook Pro Laptop and a Mac Pro desktop which were both purchased as refurbs from Apple.
No problems with either one. Go for it!

patballard · « **Reply #6 on:** June 05, 2010, 15:49 »

All of you, thank you so much. This is research in advance, but now I have another option to consider. I've been a mac fan since the first mac, but have always bought them new. Mine would never qualify for refurbishing. My husband usually inherits my old laptops. They get passed down through the family until they totally die.

My first mac is still sitting in storage. Last time I checked it, it worked! I'm not sure that I still have the 400k discs.