Where Can You Buy Refurbished Hardware, Now? 33
theGoodWitch writes "Since Egghead.com
went bankrupt (that new 'powered by Amazon.com' site they have
not is not the same thing), I'm having trouble finding good deals on
used/refurbished/end-of-stock PCs, servers, hard drives, tape drives,
and such. Ubid has some, but not
nearly the selection. eBay has too much, and it's too hard to sort
out who the sellers are. I don't want to buy from individuals, only
from commercial suppliers with (at least limited) warranties and
minimal guarantees. Egghead.com was perfect, but now they're gone.
What happened to all the stuff they were getting? Who is selling it
now?"
Ya, I hate that (Score:5, Funny)
Whenever I'm looking for something, and I find it in mass quantities, I get really pissed too.
Re:Baskin Robins (Score:1)
31 flavors of ice cream to choose from? Do I need this kind of pressure? For an ice cream cone??
You know, there are open-mike nights at your local comedy club. Check it out.
Hopefully you won't make it out alive.
Computer Surplus Outlet (Score:4, Informative)
I got memory from them with no problems. They also carry a lot of other crap too.
Re:Computer Surplus Outlet (Score:1)
Re:Computer Surplus Outlet (Score:1)
Compgeeks (Score:3, Informative)
'nuff said.
Re:Compgeeks (Score:2)
Rather than taking my word, ask around in your own office, put a query on a newsgroup or what have you. See what you hear.
That said, for older hardware, searching for specific item names on both pricewatch and shop.yahoo.com is usually your best bet. You can find virtually anything there, from super old hardware to "new" refurbished stuff.
Re:Compgeeks (Score:1)
Re:Compgeeks (Score:2)
On the other hand, I still do business with them because they have good prices, a good selections and tend to ship things promptly. If you purchased things from onsale.com/egghead.com a lot of them probably came from computergeeks. They were the supplier for a lot of the stock on the onsale.com auctions.
ebay/pricewatch (Score:3, Informative)
half.com [half.com]
pricewatch.com [pricewatch.com]
karma - whore it like you mean it.
Now, I shop at: (Score:3, Informative)
Clearance/Refurbished sections of PC Mall, PC Warehouse, Insight, CDw, etc
I remember buying from Egghead when they were "Surplus Software", they used to have the big black and white news paper type ads they'd mail you. They always had a page or two in Computer Shopper, also.
They used to sell LINUX distros, way back in the early 90's!
Team Excess (Score:2, Informative)
This place also has that type of hardware.
logic box (Score:2, Informative)
all types of refurb stuff some new stuff too
Logic Box (Score:1, Redundant)
Re:Logic Box (Score:1)
RePC (Score:2, Interesting)
-- D.
PC Liquidator (Score:2, Informative)
used-pcs.com -- central Texas, nice guys (Score:2)
Try Retro Box (Score:1)
http://www.retrobox.com/ [retrobox.com]
Louie (Score:1)
http://www.hitechcafe.com/eShop/default.asp
It's mostly crap, but it's always a motley assortment.
For old server stuff... (Score:1)
EuroPC (UK) (Score:1)