[CTS] Refurb HDD cheap
- From: cuffy10@xxxxxxxxxxx
- To: "computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:49:58 -0800
Need a crap shoot HDD ?
http://www.geeks.com/products_sc.asp?cat=423
Note:
I bought tools for many years from an old boy in the Tools Dept. at
Sears. He finally retired after about 99 years with Sears and he knew
more about tools than anyone I've ever known.
I stopped in to get an industrial sander and Murph showed me what I was
looking for. He then suggested I buy a refurbed model of the item for
50% of the new item price. I hesitated but Murph said he always bought a
refurb edition if it was avilable. Being a SA I asked how many times his
half priced tool died on the way home.
He had never lost a refurbed item and he explained that the new item
came off an assembly line with workers knocking down 30 or 40 cents per
hour while the used item had been refurbed by a local contractor who had
to guarantee his chraftsmanship. If many problems occurred with the same
contractor his contact was cancelled, hence, few failures with refurbed
items.
I bought the refurbed sander, worked the hell out of it, replaced the
bearings (ball bearings), worked hell out of it for more years, but
alas, after only about 35 years it came apart, and I mean came apart !
There were pieces all over the shop. You just can't get good tools
anymore !
Murph had a point and I still buy refurb !
YMMV
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