certified/ manufactured laptop , mistake to buy ?

what is the diffrence between the two , and should i even mess with it since we are talking about a laptop and second hand not always best choice. but refurbished ?

thinking on getting a good deal on a R3 which is manufacturer refurbished.
bad idea ?

 

If its from the outlet on the alienware/dell website, its just fine. A lot of that stuff is really brand new.

 

is there a way to tell if its from the outlet or not ?

 

I've never bought or owned a laptop that was purchased new. All my laptops still work or did work up until the day I sold them. It's fine to buy refurb.

 

Since u seem to have some sort of knoledge on the matter, wanted to ask u what seems to be the best option. a brand new m11x with 4gb ram i7 cpu and gt540 , or a manufucturer refurbished with same cpu and graphic card only it comes with 8gb ram and 120gb ssd. The price diffrence is about 100$. Manufucturer refurbished is cheaper.

 

^Spell check and proper grammar please.

 

ya sorry about that, was writing on my iphone during a busy train ride.. ill try to edit it

p.s
english isnt my native languge..

 

refurbished hands down

 

Ya , im thinking on getting the refurbished, im just scared that dell had to open it up and glew something up in there which in a few monthss or year it will break off

 

I bought mine from Dell outlet and when it was delivered, it seemed brand new. The only problem I encountered is that my webcam is not working. It is covered under warranty but I don't want to have to go through Dell support for something I barely use. I think I saved almost $500 buying refurb.

 

im planing on buying manufacturer refurbished through ebay , that a bad idea ?

 

could be, find out more about the refurbished dealer, manufacturer refurbished from a random ebay store could run into trouble.

Is it truly manufacturer refurbished? Only dell can put that label on it as they are the manufacturer. Third parties can sell a "new manufacturers refurbished" (from dell) or "used manufacturers refurbished" (like any other used product) or simply "refurbished" (the seller is returning it to like new specs themselves)

Just be careful.

 

any actual way of knowing ?

 

do they state in the ebay ad that they are certified dell retailer or similar?

 

I was looking up some listing and in the auction they state that they are certified dell refurbs. I think if they come with the year warranty from Dell, you should be good.

 

i hope ur right , then again its 125$ diffrence between referbished to new. so why am i risking so much...

 

If the price difference is so little, you might be better of buying new. I think it will payoff at the resale end if you decide to sell it. Used is a lot more attractive to a buyer than used and refurb.

 

Really? If you are looking for that, get off the internet.
@Kamzan Follow his advice. I bought a used laptop off ebay, died not a month after purchase. Total waste of money.

 

ya , it is starting to make more and more sense , rather if its 125$ cheaper or 100$ more expensive with a 120gb SSD inside, cant beat new untouched / played with the hardware inside.

 

^d-bag check and recognize it's a public forum, not high school english class please.

 

wut? y meen that prper engerish isnt requred for evryday life?