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p3030090
Joined: 26 Mar 2007
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 Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 2:35 am Post subject: How to be sure in a laptop transaction? |
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Hi I am thinking of buying a used laptop. Can somebody give me any hints and tips on what information I should ask the seller and what should I check on the laptop when I meet him to get sure it is authntic Vaio and working properly?
Thanks a lot beforehand anyone who can help me! |
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healthy_lemon
Joined: 01 Feb 2007
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Location: Þýñýé
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| Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 6:56 pm Post subject: Re: How to be sure in a laptop transaction? |
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| p3030090 wrote: | Hi I am thinking of buying a used laptop. Can somebody give me any hints and tips on what information I should ask the seller and what should I check on the laptop when I meet him to get sure it is authntic Vaio and working properly?
Thanks a lot beforehand anyone who can help me! |
I purchased a secondhand laptop off the Internet (from a reasonably kosha business dealer from what I could see) for £160.00 for a reconditioned thinkpad with new battery and adapter lead.
It's never worked properly - it came with the wrong leads and either the battery or the adapter must have been faulty from the beginning but I didn't realise this - useful hints to avoid this:
- make sure you ask for the manuals (or find them on-line) before you purchase your laptop - as I'm quite used to PC's but this laptop had loads of buttons & slots that I didn't have a clue about.
also if I had read the manual before purchase I would have realised some of the things to be wary of - such as never letting the battery completely discharge (I thought of the laptop battery in the same manner as a mobile phone battery) but the battery on this laptop goes bad if completely discharging.
hence I ended up with a faulty adapter and a broken battery.
If you buy your laptop through the post - remember that even if you are within the 3 month repairs guarentee, it's still gonna cost you a fortune to send it back through the post safely and get it back.
My recommendation would be either go to a local secondhand laptop dealer that can go through problems as they arrise or if you can get credit - I'd opt for a Dell computer that can be paid in installements and get the full extended warentee & guarentee - I tell you why - cos pc & laptops brake down, hard drives blow & fans stop working etc. - no guarentee means no protection. |
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newbeegum
Joined: 27 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 10:52 pm Post subject: things you need to check |
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Hi
Buying new laptop from dell is utter waste of money[ugly,not worth spending money on yearly support which will cost you £180.]
surprisingly apple Macbook pro configuration costs more with dell.[17" macbook pro]
if you are looking second hand computer :Imortant point is usage purpose |
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shoppy
Joined: 20 Apr 2007
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Location: farnbrough
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I have sold numerous apple laptops/mobile and even my car on this site.
I always get the buyer to come down and look at the item. I provide my original invoice, I let them play with the machine and help them with any questions they have. I have sold numerous from the site and never had a complaint, or anything gone wrong. Every one who has bought one of me has come down, sat down played a way, had several cups of tea/coffe and we have parted happy. |
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