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buy apple refurbs from third party retailer?
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<blockquote data-quote="Randy B. Singer" data-source="post: 1758913" data-attributes="member: 190607"><p>I wouldn't unless I really trusted the retailer.</p><p></p><p>Refurbished Macs that you purchase from Apple are usually brand new Macs that came down the assembly line and had a problem. They were pulled off, fixed by hand, and tested a bunch of times to make sure that they were perfect. (I know this because I've actually been to Apple's factory in Elk Grove where they used to make iMacs, and we watched it happen.) To you or I such a machine is the same as new, because it never left the factory before being sold to you.</p><p></p><p>A refurbished Mac that you purchase from some retailer, even an Apple brick and mortar store, can be anything, including someone else's lemon that will never be perfect.</p><p></p><p>You should only get your refurb's from Apple refurb store:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.apple.com/shop/browse/home/specialdeals" target="_blank">https://www.apple.com/shop/browse/home/specialdeals</a></p><p></p><p>any other refurb is a gamble.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randy B. Singer, post: 1758913, member: 190607"] I wouldn't unless I really trusted the retailer. Refurbished Macs that you purchase from Apple are usually brand new Macs that came down the assembly line and had a problem. They were pulled off, fixed by hand, and tested a bunch of times to make sure that they were perfect. (I know this because I've actually been to Apple's factory in Elk Grove where they used to make iMacs, and we watched it happen.) To you or I such a machine is the same as new, because it never left the factory before being sold to you. A refurbished Mac that you purchase from some retailer, even an Apple brick and mortar store, can be anything, including someone else's lemon that will never be perfect. You should only get your refurb's from Apple refurb store: [url]https://www.apple.com/shop/browse/home/specialdeals[/url] any other refurb is a gamble. [/QUOTE]
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