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expired Posted by iconian | Staff • Jan 1, 2025
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Dell Coupon: Refurbished Precision Laptops & Desktops
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Some items better your odds (desktops) with components that can be easily cleaned or replaced by you in the future. Sealed laptops are riskier and should be individually researched to know if that model had bad histories (Latitude 5-series laptops). You can check Reddit, Dell Support Communities, etc.
INFERENCE #1 - BUYING FROM DELL OR DELL OUTLET
You're not. You're buying from a 3rd party (FedEx Recycling). That has implications (warranty, refurbishing quality, credit card promos, etc.). We've had many instances when it took 2-5 business days to finally get a response from FedEx Recycling over an order, support or warranty issue. Other issues too that would need another page.
INFERENCE #2 - LIGHTLY USED BY EXECUTIVES
FedEx Recycling obtains thousands of off-lease products annually that were purchased in high volumes from large corporate, government, education and other agencies (charities, non-profits). Some are lightly used, most are moderately used, some are substantially used by many users (like a car rental that's been loaned out daily for 2-3 years). How many times have you spilled coffee on your keyboard or dropped your laptop on the ground - maybe never, but that was personally owned and paid for by you.
Even "Grade A" products may have scratches, paint touchup, or new skin stickers, in addition to worn touchpads, loose ports and dusty fans.
INFERENCE #3 - BUSINESS QUALITY PRODUCTS
Yes, many of these items were built of higher strength (hinges) than personal home-use components, but they were also treated very differently. A used taxi/Uber or rental car is abused much more if not personally and casually used. Many lack home-use features such as HDMI ports and better quality screens (> 220 nits).
INFERENCE #4 - GETTING A HUGE DISCOUNT OFF INITIAL LAUNCH PRICE
Yes, but Dell business products are sold to large volume accounts which receive a 30-60% discount off Dell Business products. That's why they are launched with much higher List Prices. Other considerations: older tech (launched 2-5 years ago), used, short warranty, unrepairable.
We lost about $600 on two Dell Latitudes that failed about 1 and 8 months out of the 90-day FedEx warranty (complete system board failures) but had successes with monitors and desktops. Later, Reddit confirmed that I.T. managers had returned hundreds of Dell Latitudes 5-Series back to Dell with some that said their system boards would eventually prematurely fail anyway. Do some research on owner support sites for any model being considered, and remember, you're not buying from Costco or Best Buy, or an item that was personally cared for.
give it a month or more, and they will have piles of stuff. and better sales too
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Your post is a reminder that people can't rely on Review sites completely when investigating a model, because your actual delivered product might contain different cheaper alternative components (SSD, memory).
With our $600 loss on two Latitude laptops, we're avoiding used laptops from FedEx Recycling now, but will always consider their other items. Our risk tolerance is much lower now and we more carefully evaluate all factors when considering a "deal". Anything used of course is always highly YMMV. Compared to buying new, used items are all unique items with unknown histories (and sometimes unknown components).
What's the allure of even the discounted prices being discussed here for tech that is now seven years old in terms of performance? And no OS (although that's not really an issue for many).
Some items better your odds (desktops) with components that can be easily cleaned or replaced by you in the future. Sealed laptops are riskier and should be individually researched to know if that model had bad histories (Latitude 5-series laptops). You can check Reddit, Dell Support Communities, etc.
INFERENCE #1 - BUYING FROM DELL OR DELL OUTLET
You're not. You're buying from a 3rd party (FedEx Recycling). That has implications (warranty, refurbishing quality, credit card promos, etc.). We've had many instances when it took 2-5 business days to finally get a response from FedEx Recycling over an order, support or warranty issue. Other issues too that would need another page.
INFERENCE #2 - LIGHTLY USED BY EXECUTIVES
FedEx Recycling obtains thousands of off-lease products annually that were purchased in high volumes from large corporate, government, education and other agencies (charities, non-profits). Some are lightly used, most are moderately used, some are substantially used by many users (like a car rental that's been loaned out daily for 2-3 years). How many times have you spilled coffee on your keyboard or dropped your laptop on the ground - maybe never, but that was personally owned and paid for by you.
Even "Grade A" products may have scratches, paint touchup, or new skin stickers, in addition to worn touchpads, loose ports and dusty fans.
INFERENCE #3 - BUSINESS QUALITY PRODUCTS
Yes, many of these items were built of higher strength (hinges) than personal home-use components, but they were also treated very differently. A used taxi/Uber or rental car is abused much more if not personally and casually used. Many lack home-use features such as HDMI ports and better quality screens (> 220 nits).
INFERENCE #4 - GETTING A HUGE DISCOUNT OFF INITIAL LAUNCH PRICE
Yes, but Dell business products are sold to large volume accounts which receive a 30-60% discount off Dell Business products. That's why they are launched with much higher List Prices. Other considerations: older tech (launched 2-5 years ago), used, short warranty, unrepairable.
We lost about $600 on two Dell Latitudes that failed about 1 and 8 months out of the 90-day FedEx warranty (complete system board failures) but had successes with monitors and desktops. Later, Reddit confirmed that I.T. managers had returned hundreds of Dell Latitudes 5-Series back to Dell with some that said their system boards would eventually prematurely fail anyway. Do some research on owner support sites for any model being considered, and remember, you're not buying from Costco or Best Buy, or an item that was personally cared for.
$779.00
SALE $759.00
CPU
1x Intel Core i5-1145G7 (4-Core, 2.60 GHz)
Memory
16 GB (1x 16GB)
HDD
512 GB (1x 512 GB SSD)
OS
64-bit Windows 10 Professional
Display
15.6" HD (1366 x 768)
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For example: under the current deal, a refurbished Precision with a decent CPU (a tenth generation i7, H designated) 16 GB, and a laptop GPU that is 1/2 as fast as a 3050 laptop GPU would cost $413.50 with the one-year warranty. Now, compare that a deal posted on 12/30 by Dr.Wajahat (the man, the myth, the legend, who seemingly spends every day looking for the best desktop and laptop deals), for a *brand new* HP laptop, with an i5-12450H that is about 50% *faster* and the 3050 laptop GPU (twice as fast). Would just need to upgrade the memory to 16 GB. Pre-tax cost: about $500. I'd gladly pay an additional $85 to have a new laptop with a one-year *manufacturer* (not reseller) warranty with a faster CPU and mobile GPU. I'll probably get at least anrother year or two out of the newer laptop.
The used business laptops are a bit less interesting. They typically don't have exciting specs but they are typically well built and and robust. However, I don't really feel like the normal prices are anything to get excited about. Basically you can get a deal on the site if you can wait for a good coupon code and they have the right thing in stock. As an example, I just picked up a Precision 5560 with 32g of ram, the 4k screen, 11th gen Xeon cpu and A2000 GPU for $525 (+shipping and tax). That's a good price for a computer with a really nice screen, great fit and finish, etc. How much does a 2 generation older, 5540 run? Not too much cheaper. Basically $100 less. I mean the 5540 is still a very nice computer but in terms of pure power it's not that great (it does have CAD certified drivers if that matters to you). The screen is nice and I doubt any sub $500 computer would have a nicer screen. However, I bought a 5540 a bit over a year ago for $450 out the door (probably ~$425 with free shipping + tax). Thus the 5540s, as nice as they are, aren't overly attractive at this price.
One final note, my current daily web surfing system is an 11 year old Precision laptop. I hear stories about Macs lasting a long time. These do as well. That's part of why I was interested in another one vs a $500 consumer machine.
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