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Factory Refurbished Dell Precision Workstations 45% Off Starting at $400.95

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Dell is taking 45% off all Factory Refurbished Precision Workstations using code DELLPRE45. Shipping is $10. The vast majority of offerings are Cosmetic Grade A and come loaded with Windows 10 Pro 64-bit.

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Don't be under the mistaken impression that these have been refurbished by Dell technicians ("factory refurbished"). As far as I know, all items sold by Dell Refurbished are refurbished by Fedex, and based on past reports on SD, the refurbishment is fairly minimal (clean, reinstall OS, maybe put a sticker over the top panel if it's very scratched).
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Quote from swechsler :
Don't be under the mistaken impression that these have been refurbished by Dell technicians ("factory refurbished"). As far as I know, all items sold by Dell Refurbished are refurbished by Fedex, and based on past reports on SD, the refurbishment is fairly minimal (clean, reinstall OS, maybe put a sticker over the top panel if it's very scratched).
so yeah just a used product basically
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Just to add a bit more info about dell refurbished - yes, they are basically just used systems, and come with a 90 day warranty. That said, I ordered teo Precision 7560s a few months back, both had batteries that were around 60% health (via the built in windows batteryreport tool), I emailed them asking for replacements, and they sent me two replacement batteries. Just another data point for purchases from dellrefurbished!

I have my own question though, does anyone know if it's possible to get the service tag from a specific machine they have for sale? For example, some Precision laptops have multiple versons of 1920x1080 screens (220nit vs 400nit, low vs high gamut, etc), but those specs are never listed - anyway to get that info before ordering? (_after_ you order, you get the service tag, but not before)
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Quote from jrinco11 :
I ordered teo Precision 7560s a few months back, both had batteries that were around 60% health (via the built in windows batteryreport tool), I emailed them asking for replacements, and they sent me two replacement batteries.
Yes, they will replace batteries if they are under 80% health (however, it's up to you to do the work; they will not repair them).

From my own experience and others on SD, your experience may be hit or miss. Both machines I bought from them were defective (one had a bad hinge, the other a bad fan) and got returned to them. Also, there have been reports about their grade evaluations being a bit optimistic at times, and refusing full refunds based strictly on the appearance not matching the description (so the buyer is responsible for return shipping and a restocking fee).

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does anyone know if it's possible to get the service tag from a specific machine they have for sale?
I doubt it; most listings are for multiple PCs (and inventory is updated frequently). They'd have no way of guaranteeing that the service tag that you were sent was the same tag as the item you later bought.
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Quote from swechsler :
Don't be under the mistaken impression that these have been refurbished by Dell technicians ("factory refurbished"). As far as I know, all items sold by Dell Refurbished are refurbished by Fedex, and based on past reports on SD, the refurbishment is fairly minimal (clean, reinstall OS, maybe put a sticker over the top panel if it's very scratched).
Wow it sounds like Dell is slipping on their refurb process and standards. Quite a few years back I ordered a bunch of refurbed SFF 3020s from Dell for a girlfriend who was opening a new business office. Every last one of them looked brand new inside and out, and performed like new as well. They were on a super hot deal at the time, like $60 shipped each.

I'll keep your comments in mind regarding the substandard refurbishing reported about Dell lately.
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Quote from BabyBubba :
Wow it sounds like Dell is slipping on their refurb process and standards.
Did you purchase from Dell Refurbished or directly from dell.com? It's probably the latter since I don't think Dell Refurb was around when the 3020 was a current model (around 2013). Dell.com still sells refurbs directly; the stuff that Dell Refurbished (which is essentially a different company) sells is mostly off-lease equipment.
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Quote from BabyBubba :
Wow it sounds like Dell is slipping on their refurb process and standards. Quite a few years back I ordered a bunch of refurbed SFF 3020s from Dell for a girlfriend who was opening a new business office. Every last one of them looked brand new inside and out, and performed like new as well. They were on a super hot deal at the time, like $60 shipped each.

I'll keep your comments in mind regarding the substandard refurbishing reported about Dell lately.
there is still the offical dell refurbished outlet (https://dell.com/outlet), which carries the standard full Dell warranty of whatever system you get, which are also going to be newer (and more expensive)

dellrefurbished.com is generally off-lease systems that are generally at least 3-4 generations old (for example, the newest Precision systems are 11th gen Intel CPUs at the moment, though I've seen one or two 12th gen over the past few days)

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Quote from swechsler :
Did you purchase from Dell Refurbished or directly from dell.com? It's probably the latter since I don't think Dell Refurb was around when the 3020 was a current model (around 2013). Dell.com still sells refurbs directly; the stuff that Dell Refurbished (which is essentially a different company) sells is mostly off-lease equipment.
I couldn't remember so I dug through my old emails and found the order. It was in fact Dell Refurbished that I ordered them from back in February 2017. And they were 390s (2nd Gen), not 3020s which are 4th gen. My memory was a bit foggy 8 years later until I found the purchase info. They were $62.44 each all in shipped including tax. I had upgraded some of them from 4GB to 8GB RAM right out of the box, which gave me a peek at the spotless internals. They came with brand new Dell wired keyboards and mice, with everything in brown boxes.

The order confirmation came from dellrefurbished.com in 2017.
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The order confirmation came from dellrefurbished.com in 2017.
Fair enough. I don't know the history of the company so will assume your original hypothesis (that they are slipping) is correct. We do know that for the last few years, Dell Refurbed has been handled by Fedex Logistics [fedex.com].
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Fair enough. I don't know the history of the company so will assume your original hypothesis (that they are slipping) is correct. We do know that for the last few years, Dell Refurbed has been handled by Fedex Logistics [fedex.com].
Things change I guess, and usually for the worse. It's hard to imagine that FedEx will do a good job refurbishing Dells. On a brighter note, I've had very good luck with factory refurbed Acer desktops, and they've stood the test of time with zero failures in many years of service.
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Quote from jrinco11 :
Just to add a bit more info about dell refurbished - yes, they are basically just used systems, and come with a 90 day warranty. That said, I ordered teo Precision 7560s a few months back, both had batteries that were around 60% health (via the built in windows batteryreport tool), I emailed them asking for replacements, and they sent me two replacement batteries. Just another data point for purchases from dellrefurbished! I have my own question though, does anyone know if it's possible to get the service tag from a specific machine they have for sale? For example, some Precision laptops have multiple versons of 1920x1080 screens (220nit vs 400nit, low vs high gamut, etc), but those specs are never listed - anyway to get that info before ordering? (_after_ you order, you get the service tag, but not before)
Re: determining service tag or more specifically [laptop] screen specifics.

I don't think there's any way to determine the Dell service tag prior to purchasing and receiving the product.

What you noted has been my experience as well. They only list the most basic display information in the device specs including only resolution and touchscreen. E.g., FHD 1920x1080 display or FHD 1920x1080 touchscreen .

The way I try to determine the laptop display quality is to 1) google the model configuration options sheet 2) narrow down the possible display configurations for that model 3) decide if the lowest quality display option in that group is acceptable.

E.g., for the Precision 7550 I bought recently, they labeled it "Dell Precision 7550 Touch" and said it had a 1920x1080 screen.

I googled "precision 7550 spec sheet filetype:pdf" (exactly). A few pages down they list all possible configuration options, including displays. The only possible 1920x1080 and touchscreen options was the display panel "15-inch, FHD, 1920 x 1080, 60 Hz, Touch, 100% DCIP3,500 Nits, WVA". See attached screenshot.
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I suppose I have been lucky with the 3 Dell Refurb laptops I bought over the past few years. They were all Fedex refurbs and in very solid condition, except for one that needed a battery replacement. If I needed one of these, I would not hesitate to order one. Only concern would be possible issues with poor cooling on some of these Precisions in the past. Dell seems to have skimped a bit on the cooling system and it has trouble keeping up with the more power-hungry cpu models.
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Quote from BabyBubba :
Wow it sounds like Dell is slipping on their refurb process and standards. Quite a few years back I ordered a bunch of refurbed SFF 3020s from Dell for a girlfriend who was opening a new business office. Every last one of them looked brand new inside and out, and performed like new as well. They were on a super hot deal at the time, like $60 shipped each.

I'll keep your comments in mind regarding the substandard refurbishing reported about Dell lately.
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Dell Outlet is where I would, and always have, bought Dell refurbished items from, refurbished directly by dell.

https://outlet.us.dell.com/
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What they want to charge u shipping staying away from these site and going to amazon 10 buck how much richer do u want to make these fools pick a finger fools closing my acc and not coming back

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