Question About an Ebay Thinkpad Purchase

[Biker2679]

I am looking at purchasing a T40 from eBay and have a question concerning the used models vs. the refurbished ones. I understand the difference in the machines themselves, but I am wondering about the warranties. Most of the refurbs offer a 3 year warranty, while some of the used ones still have the balance of their original warranty remaining.

Can I extend the warranty support on the refurb models, or just the used model? Any pitfalls I should look out for when purchasing a used model that might keep me from upgrading the warranty at a later date? Has anyone purchased a refurb and used the refurb warranty?

Also, anyone want to comment on the following auctions:

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[dc81]

One thing that I noticed is that a lot of the refurbished models have Mack warranty, which is an extended warranty that is not throught IBM, but an outside company.

[daeojkim]

From what I know, for refurbished models you cannot extend the warranty. A lot refub machines have 1 year IBM w/ some year MACK warranty. I personally do not know anything about the MACK warranty so I can't comment on them.

The used ones, as long as it was not refurbished to begin with and still has remaining warranty, you can extend the warranty through IBM.