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04-10-2024 at 03:46 PM.

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Dell "refurbished" is not refurbished to any degree -- it's outright "used". Maybe they gave it a wipe down, basic power test. Nothing was done to "refurbish" these machines.

I own four of them, and they were very clearly used and abused. For the price, they're acceptable.
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04-10-2024 at 03:57 PM.
04-10-2024 at 03:57 PM.
Looking to replace an aging 2018 Dell desktop. Just need something for everyday casual use: word processing, web browsing, etc. But I would like something that has decent speed and is also not a heavy brick to carry when I do take it on travel. Thanks!
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Totschen17
04-10-2024 at 07:49 PM.
04-10-2024 at 07:49 PM.
Quote from LavenderPickle7682 :
Dell "refurbished" is not refurbished to any degree -- it's outright "used". Maybe they gave it a wipe down, basic power test. Nothing was done to "refurbish" these machines.

I own four of them, and they were very clearly used and abused. For the price, they're acceptable.

Just had that conversation with someone. Would be nice to find a company that would give you a fresh battery, deep clean and maybe a repaste. Guess the profit just isn't there. I agree, I own two and for this price, it works.
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04-10-2024 at 07:57 PM.
04-10-2024 at 07:57 PM.
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Just had that conversation with someone. Would be nice to find a company that would give you a fresh battery, deep clean and maybe a repaste. Guess the profit just isn't there. I agree, I own two and for this price, it works.

Apple refurbished does that, but it's nowhere from 48% off. Maybe 15% off MSRP at most.
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04-10-2024 at 08:07 PM.
04-10-2024 at 08:07 PM.
I've purchased a # of these over the years. Always got grade A and they look like they were barely touched. No dust in the fan/heatsinks, no finger oils on the keyboard/touchpad area (laptop).
Occasionally a small scratch on the exterior of the laptop.

In fact I just bought a Precision 5550 last week from Dell refurbished. It has 3 minor scratches on the front edge. Other than that, it looks brand new. The only issue I had with it is the battery only has about 55% of capacity left. And the SSD in the unit was not the original that was shipped with the system, and only has 69% life left (the system originally shipped with a SN730, but arrived with a PM9A1 SSD.)
It also didn't have the usb-c to usb-a/hdmi dongle.

I emailed Dell refurbished about these. They are shipping me a replacement battery. But can't do anything about the SSD or dongle.

Can't complain for a $400 laptop that cost over $3k just 3 years ago and is still plenty fast for most everyday tasks and is built solid to last for many more years. This will be used to replace a 9 year old Dell Latitude that was also purchased from the refurbished store about 6 years ago. (Which still works fine and I just sold on craigslist for $100).
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04-10-2024 at 08:45 PM.
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If only purchases from refurbed store qualify for Amex Offers....
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Xtrenepro
04-10-2024 at 09:23 PM.
04-10-2024 at 09:23 PM.
Quote from scsiguru :
Looking to replace an aging 2018 Dell desktop. Just need something for everyday casual use: word processing, web browsing, etc. But I would like something that has decent speed and is also not a heavy brick to carry when I do take it on travel. Thanks!
I honestly don't really think you can go wrong with these things. I've bought several laptops during these deals and all have been just fine. I use them for exactly what you use them for. I'm not a PC power user by any means and have always just gotten laptops with 8GB of RAM and typically a 256GB SSD. Always been enough for me. However, depending on the price differential and your budget, may be worth getting 16GB of RAM and 512GB SSD.

Dell 5411 grade A (make sure you get the 1080p display, same price) for $184 isn't bad at all.

Or you could take it up to 16GB of RAM/512GB SSD for $223 on a 5410. Can't really go wrong with either honestly.
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VarmintCong
04-10-2024 at 10:55 PM.
04-10-2024 at 10:55 PM.
Been happy with our refurb 7310 going on two years. But need something faster than Iris Xe cause my kid is playing games now.
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04-11-2024 at 07:24 AM.
04-11-2024 at 07:24 AM.
I bought a Dell refurbished monitor that ended up having lines all the way across the entire screen. I fought with them for two weeks about how they're there, sent several photos, sent a video, showed the lines in the monitor menu when the computer was off, etc. etc. In the end I literally threw it on the floor and smashed it because I was so sick of dealing with idiot their support people.

TL;DR - DO NOT BUY FROM DELL
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04-11-2024 at 07:35 AM.
04-11-2024 at 07:35 AM.
Prices seem pretty high for the same-spec laptops compared to last year.
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04-11-2024 at 08:58 AM.
04-11-2024 at 08:58 AM.
Quote from thenew3 :
I've purchased a # of these over the years. Always got grade A and they look like they were barely touched. No dust in the fan/heatsinks, no finger oils on the keyboard/touchpad area (laptop).
Occasionally a small scratch on the exterior of the laptop.

In fact I just bought a Precision 5550 last week from Dell refurbished. It has 3 minor scratches on the front edge. Other than that, it looks brand new. The only issue I had with it is the battery only has about 55% of capacity left. And the SSD in the unit was not the original that was shipped with the system, and only has 69% life left (the system originally shipped with a SN730, but arrived with a PM9A1 SSD.)
It also didn't have the usb-c to usb-a/hdmi dongle.

I emailed Dell refurbished about these. They are shipping me a replacement battery. But can't do anything about the SSD or dongle.

Can't complain for a $400 laptop that cost over $3k just 3 years ago and is still plenty fast for most everyday tasks and is built solid to last for many more years. This will be used to replace a 9 year old Dell Latitude that was also purchased from the refurbished store about 6 years ago. (Which still works fine and I just sold on craigslist for $100).
Bought a bunch of Optiplex desktops from Dell Refurbished and almost all of them had a dead battery for the clock/CMOS setup. And this was over a period of months. I don't think Dell bothers checking batteries at all.
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04-11-2024 at 01:36 PM.
04-11-2024 at 01:36 PM.
Been waiting for this deal to return for a while. The Precision desktops are a really nice deal for a reasonably priced gaming/productivity workstation - and while the Quadro P2000 isn't quite a gaming beast, it's perfectly useful for 1080p gaming in addition to being fantastic for processing video.
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rentown
04-11-2024 at 01:43 PM.
04-11-2024 at 01:43 PM.
Quote from CoolAlpaca551 :
Prices seem pretty high for the same-spec laptops compared to last year.

yeah it was much cheaper when i bought it
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LoriAnn715
04-11-2024 at 01:47 PM.
04-11-2024 at 01:47 PM.
Quote from Nudle :
If only purchases from refurbed store qualify for Amex Offers....
Worked for me on a previous deal
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