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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1633643" data-attributes="member: 56379">If the crashing started very soon after purchase...then I would suspect that the seller did have a pretty good idea that it did this.&nbsp; Then I would agree with you that the computer was misrepresented as &quot;very good condition&quot;.&nbsp; Mac's do crash sometimes.&nbsp; But when this happens on a &quot;new to you&quot; computer...you need to be more suspicious &amp; ask yourself...is this &quot;normal crashing&quot;...or &quot;problem crashing&quot;?What I do when I get a &quot;new to me&quot; (used) computer.&nbsp; I erase &amp; reformat the HD...then install a fresh copy of the Mac OS.&nbsp; This way you know two things:1.&nbsp; There are no pre-existing issues from the previous owner's OS install, app installs, and computing habits.2.&nbsp; With a fresh OS install there should be NO software related issues.&nbsp; If the computer does have issues...they would be hardware related.&nbsp; And hardware related issues are what you want to determine ASAP...with a &quot;new to you&quot; computer.&nbsp; If hardware issues exist...HELLO SELLER...I want a refund!!!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />So I see two things that possibily went wrong with this eBay deal:1.&nbsp; Sounds like the seller may have misrepresented the computer (&quot;very good condition&quot;).2.&nbsp; Sounds like the buyer could have checked things out a bit more!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />Just being honest as an objective observer from thousands of miles away.&nbsp; Nothing personal.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />- Nick</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1633643, member: 56379"] If the crashing started very soon after purchase...then I would suspect that the seller did have a pretty good idea that it did this. Then I would agree with you that the computer was misrepresented as "very good condition". Mac's do crash sometimes. But when this happens on a "new to you" computer...you need to be more suspicious & ask yourself...is this "normal crashing"...or "problem crashing"? What I do when I get a "new to me" (used) computer. I erase & reformat the HD...then install a fresh copy of the Mac OS. This way you know two things: 1. There are no pre-existing issues from the previous owner's OS install, app installs, and computing habits. 2. With a fresh OS install there should be NO software related issues. If the computer does have issues...they would be hardware related. And hardware related issues are what you want to determine ASAP...with a "new to you" computer. If hardware issues exist...HELLO SELLER...I want a refund!!!;) So I see two things that possibily went wrong with this eBay deal: 1. Sounds like the seller may have misrepresented the computer ("very good condition"). 2. Sounds like the buyer could have checked things out a bit more!;) Just being honest as an objective observer from thousands of miles away. Nothing personal.:) - Nick [/QUOTE]

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