#used tech

Every computer manufacturer has a Web pageI that offers a listing of refurbished machines at huge discounts. You’ll find special pages listing this equipment on the websites of Apple, Dell, HP, and so on. (To find these special pages, use Google to search for something like “refurbished Macs” or “refurbished Dell.”)

Now, your first instinct might be to exclaim: “Eww! I don’t want some used computer, full of cat hair and baby drool!”

Ah, but in this case, the “refurbished” computers aren’t what you’d expect. They’re brand-new. They haven’t been used. They’ve been inspected even more thoroughly than new machines. And they have the same warranty.

Usually, they were bought and then returned for some reason, sometimes without even being opened.

For your willingness to buy something that’s been shipped and returned, you’re treated to substantial price cuts. Check this out: The 13-inch MacBook Air for $929. The same model, new, would cost you $170 more.

Keep this trick in mind the next time you’re in the market for a new laptop, tablet, or whatever.

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just got a used computer and it had the previous owner's wallpaper still set and it was a photo of a sunset with the words "every day is a new beginning" on it

whoever you are. i hope things got better for you. i changed it to a picture of a frog.

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the frog is now also experiencing a new beginning

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yes. his name is gerald and he deserves the world

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i am so glad you found each other

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battery is the easiest and most crucial part of the process,,, like that is literally how you set the value of the device and every refurbishment process includes a battery check. (It’s also guaranteed by backmarket) AND YOU CANT HIDE THAT SHIT EITHER. like many technical defects aren’t always obvious or could change through the shipping process or any number of things. Anyone with any refurbishment experience who even looks at a used phone? Battery is the first thing they check- it’s clearly displayed in settings, often with a service alert.

The seller is either not refurbishing the phone for their broke tier or they’re simply trying to sell broke tier phones that don’t work and hoping to get away with it.

I was trying to think of an analogy and it’s more or less the equivalent of selling someone a used car with half the engine missing. If you’re a mechanic who is doing even the most basic check you can clearly see the half missing engine. They’re banking on us not being able to tell or being too exhausted to do anything about it.

I’ve alerted customer service but I’m also considering Posting abt it tm.

anyway please vote on what i should do about it

It's a 6th generation! I got it in 2018-ish but she still runs without problem, I really only used it to take notes and to write sometimes lol

I'm selling it for 150+ shipping which includes the charger and apple pencil!