Apple Refurbished Items

[jar_e]

Has anyone ever purchased any refurbished Apple items before? I'm thinking of purchasing a macbook and some of the deals on the refurb site seem pretty good. Anyone have any good/bad stories to share?

[Winsor_Pilates]

I got a refurb ipod and it's great. I've had it for about 2 years now and not problems whatsoever. It came with the same warrenty as a new one too and looked just like new.
The only difference was that the box it came in.

[underGRADFlame]

I got my 30gb iPod and my Macbook Pro from the refurb store, Ipods been great, had a fan go on my mbp but it was replaced under warranty no problems. Its a great deal and both items looked brand new when they got to me, so no problems on my end.

[Agamemnon]

I ordered a refurbished ipod from the apple website, I don't use it much, but I've had it a year with no problems.

[The Goon]

Add me to the list - 8gb refurbished iPod, no issues, they shipped it out pretty quickly as well.

[llama64]

I bought a 3rd gen refurb iPod and I'm still using it. Had to replace the battery after a year and a half but that's not uncommon even with brand new ones.

As long as it's sold under warranty, it's a good deal.

[Log]

I got a 30gb iPod a year ago or so. I have not had any problems with it whatsoever. I did buy the extended warranty on it just incase though.

One of the best purchases I've ever made.

Edit - as mentioned above, my iPod also looked brand new.

[nfotiu]

Bought a nano. Looked brand new. no problems (6 mos old).

[Fozzie_DeBear]

Same here, refurb nano...it froze once, but doing the reset fixed it no problem

FYI to reset
-switch HOLD to on then off
-Hold Center button + Menu button for 10 seconds

[Barnes]

I would say they are better than new. They have been looked over by a tech in the US, not shipped to you directly from Taiwan.

Same warranty and the prices of the Macbooks right now are a hell of a deal. Don't wait too long.

[Da_Chief]

WOuld it be worth buying the three year protection plan or the one year warranty is good enuf?

[Barnes]

Originally Posted by Da_Chief

WOuld it be worth buying the three year protection plan or the one year warranty is good enuf?

I would say yes. You can buy it anytime within your one year as well.

[wooohooo]

Where abouts do I go to find these refurbished macbooks? I just bought a laptop but that is nice to use at home but I have a iBook for work that I like to use alot better with the widgets and whatever and is alot better for work than pcs.

[Barnes]

apple.com/ca/store

Look for the Special Deals along the right side.

[wooohooo]

Thanks for the link...
but I don't see how they're much of a deal. I went to westworld computers and their macs are around 1,400 for a new one and you can get the student discount thing where you can get a nano for dirt cheap.

[Flames09]

I bought an iPod nano from Apple that was refurbished..... it's GREAT!! Totally recommend it.