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Question About an Ebay Thinkpad Purchase

#1 Post by Biker2679 » Wed Oct 12, 2005 7:27 pm

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?

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#2 Post by dc81 » Wed Oct 12, 2005 7:37 pm

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.
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#3 Post by daeojkim » Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:39 pm

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.
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