What is a reasonable price for a refurb?


  1. Posts : 218
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #1

    What is a reasonable price for a refurb?


    The local electronic "fix-it" shop had a refurb for sale for $425. It's practically an antique by computer standards. How do they have the chutzpah to charge that for a system with a 2 GHz CPU and 3 GB RAM?

    You can get one 4 times better for the same price at a "big box" store.
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  2. Posts : 1,210
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (XP, 98SE, 95, 3.11, DOS 7.10 on VM) + Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx
       #2

    debodun said:
    The local electronic "fix-it" shop had a refurb for sale for $425. It's practically an antique by computer standards. How do they have the chutzpah to charge that for a system with a 2 GHz CPU and 3 GB RAM?

    You can get one 4 times better for the same price at a "big box" store.
    Maybe its for the antique value :)
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  3. Posts : 1,384
    Win 7 Ult 64-bit
       #3

    I bought an XP refurb a few years ago from MicroCenter for $150. Probably a Win 7 would be about the same now, but with better CPU and RAM.
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  4. Posts : 31,242
    Windows 11 Pro x64 [Latest Release and Release Preview]
       #4

    You have to factor in the price that Windows 7 itself is commanding due to its rarity and the fact that some people are prepared to pay silly money for it. When component prices (the OS is a component), are between $150-$200, (OEM), you are not going to pay less than 200% of that for a system.

    Of course if the device is loaded with a re-usable retail copy of the OS then all bets are off, $425 would be a good price for the OS alone, (to some users, who would scrap the hardware to reuse the OS licence)
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  5. Posts : 25,847
    Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
       #5

    The first thing that comes to my mind is, why would a computer fix-it shop have Windows 7 Ultimate/64 installed on such a low performance computer. A computer shop surly know the value of a legal Ultimate/64, OEM or Retail.

    If it was me I would check to make sure it was a legal install of Windows 7.

    Jack
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  6. Posts : 9,600
    Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit
       #6

    Layback Bear said:
    The first thing that comes to my mind is, why would a computer fix-it shop have Windows 7 Ultimate/64 installed on such a low performance computer. A computer shop surly know the value of a legal Ultimate/64, OEM or Retail.

    If it was me I would check to make sure it was a legal install of Windows 7.

    Jack
    Where did the OP say the refurb had Ultimate installed?
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  7. Posts : 25,847
    Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
       #7

    From debodun (My System Specs)


    Computer type PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model Number refurb in an HP/Compaq case
    OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    CPU 1.86 GHz Intrel Core 2
    Motherboard HP 0A60h XU1
    Jack
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  8. Posts : 9,600
    Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit
       #8

    Layback Bear said:
    From debodun (My System Specs)




    Jack
    I got the impression the refurb he was talking about wasn't his rig since he stated that one can get one much better elsewhere for the same price, suggesting he didn't buy the refurb.
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