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Posted by Woody on May 25, 2007, 7:31 pm
Please log in for more thread options Many of them are new units that were returned by wholesalers or overage when
new models come out.
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>>Anybody have any experience with "refurbished" Thinkpads bought from
>>the ibm.com website? Just what does "refurbished" mean? Are these
>>machines indistnguishable from new?
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>>Thanks
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> It varies a lot.... some have nothing done to them, others may have
> had extensive repairs. Although the machine is supposed to have been
> checked out and is in "like new" operability, there may be quirks that
> have been missed on inspection. Also note that the warranty is MUCH
> less than for a new machine, so I'd say it certainly isn't really in
> "like new" condition. finally, you can be fairly certain that the
> battery is NOT "like new".
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> But, considering all that, some of the prices look like very good
> deals.
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> I almost bought a refurbished T30 recently, because I had a T30 that I
> really liked a lot until it developed a problem that couldn't be
> fixed. But then, I fugured that since T30 motherboards were basically
> unavailable, I figure that the problem is probably with all the T30s,
> so I opted to pass it up.
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> Charlie Hoffpauir
> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/
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