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#1 Post by zenlunatic » Tue Aug 21, 2012 6:08 pm

Anyone ever ordered a used thinkpad from usanotebook.com

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#2 Post by pianowizard » Tue Aug 21, 2012 6:19 pm

I have not but their prices are outrageous! You would do far better either on this forum or on eBay.
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#3 Post by zenlunatic » Tue Aug 21, 2012 6:56 pm

They do offer a 6 month warranty.

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#4 Post by ajkula66 » Tue Aug 21, 2012 9:11 pm

zenlunatic wrote:They do offer a 6 month warranty.
Well, yeah...but the fact of the matter is that you can buy two identical laptops for what they want for one. I doubt that you'll burn through 2 ThinkPads bought on this forum in six months...seriously.
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#5 Post by Cigarguy » Wed Aug 22, 2012 12:54 am

zenlunatic wrote:They do offer a 6 month warranty.
IMO that means nothing compared to the piece of mind, assurance and quality that can be had from buying from a reputable member of this forum. There's also some good deals to be had here to. For the prices that these guys are charging their warranty service had better be, at a minimum, as good as Lenovo's.

Again just my opinion.

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#6 Post by pianowizard » Wed Aug 22, 2012 10:32 am

Like others have said, I would rather buy two T60s on eBay for $140 apiece than pay $199 plus $19.00 for a T60 with 6-month warranty from this web site. Also, this warranty requires you to ship the laptop to them out of your own pocket -- see http://usanotebook.com/warranty_page.php . Including tracking and insurance (which they require), that's about $15. Making it worse, parts are covered for only 3 months, and the 6-month warranty applies only to labor.

If a $140 laptop dies, you can still easily sell it for parts for $30. At such low prices, I wouldn't worry about warranty.
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