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Anyone have experience w their Apple refurbs? How bad is the 'wear & tear'?
A few years ago, I bought a refurbed iMac. It was disgusting. The keyboard and mouse were supposed to be Apple, but were generic non-brand junk and filthy with grime. I returned it immediately, but it still took over a month for them to "process" my return and issue a refund.
They may still support update for the old models. But 32gb model will be challenged for update. Thus, we may need to delete everything before update. This would not be a deal if apple didn't increased the prices.
I don't think the risks are worth it. Not knowing what condition gets delivered, not knowing if they'll get updates, not knowing the battery condition, and their basically not serviceable without a lot of time and effort and special tools
Got a refurb iPhone from them, came in perfect shape, and I was able to add it to AppleCare One no problem (unlike one I bought from Amazon directly which had a manufacturer date set as 1978).
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Anyone have experience w their Apple refurbs? How bad is the 'wear & tear'?
I bought an iPad from Woot that had (Open Box) in the title, and "Open Box; Refurbished" in the description. I was expecting it to be one returned 2 weeks after purchase or something, since the title definitely didn't say refurbished, so I was a little disappointed when I got it with a slip in the box saying "Battery Health 93% Charge Cycles: 153" as it clearly had been owned by someone a while. I kept it, since it didn't have physical marks on it, and the price I paid was still acceptable for a refurbished one. Personally I wouldn't roll the dice with one labeled Scratch and Dent.
Refurbed Scratch and dent. Now that should cover anything under the sun. Either of those would be challenging by themselves. But both. Good luck. These would be close to working junk.
Any scratch and dent deals from Woot are pure junk. I learned it the hard way.
I got a scratch and dent Ninja toaster oven / air fryer from Woot, it was a great price but it did indeed have scratches and even a dent or two. It's been going strong for several years!
Not sure I would risk it on something like this though.
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Not sure I would risk it on something like this though.
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