Where Can You Buy Refurbished Hardware, Now?

theGoodWitch writes "Since Egghead.com went bankrupt (that new 'powered by Amazon.com' site they have not is not the same thing), I'm having trouble finding good deals on used/refurbished/end-of-stock PCs, servers, hard drives, tape drives, and such. Ubid has some, but not nearly the selection. eBay has too much, and it's too hard to sort out who the sellers are. I don't want to buy from individuals, only from commercial suppliers with (at least limited) warranties and minimal guarantees. Egghead.com was perfect, but now they're gone. What happened to all the stuff they were getting? Who is selling it now?"

Comments

Ya, I hate that

[dimator]

eBay has too much

Whenever I'm looking for something, and I find it in mass quantities, I get really pissed too.

Re:Ya, I hate that

[Anonymous Coward]

Much in the same way that when one goes into a bakery, the last thing one expects to find is FUCKING BREAD!

Computer Surplus Outlet

[funkman]

http://www.computersurplusoutlet.com/

I got memory from them with no problems. They also carry a lot of other crap too.

Re:Computer Surplus Outlet

[Howie]

Heh. Including the 5.25" Floppy Drives that other guy was looking for yesterday.

Re:Computer Surplus Outlet

[StandardDeviant]

Man, one meg cache ppro 200s. For under a hundred bucks. Holy shit, I feel old now! :-) I'm only 23, but I remember when those f*ckers would have cost more than a semester's tuition for me...

Compgeeks

[bats]

http://www.compgeeks.com

'nuff said.

Re:Compgeeks

[Snowfox]

http://www.compgeeks.com

'nuff said.

I'm not sure how to post this without getting it tagged as flamebait. I've had major problems with Computer Geeks, as have several friends and coworkers.

Rather than taking my word, ask around in your own office, put a query on a newsgroup or what have you. See what you hear.

That said, for older hardware, searching for specific item names on both pricewatch and shop.yahoo.com is usually your best bet. You can find virtually anything there, from super old hardware to "new" refurbished stuff.

Re:Compgeeks

[silicon_synapse]

I've dealt with compgeeks several times and have never had any trouble. I've gotten some really good deals there. Can you be more specific about what trouble you've had?

Re:Compgeeks

[lizrd]

I too have had some troubles with them. Getting a RMA number from them usually seems to take about a month and is just a lot more hassle than it should be.

On the other hand, I still do business with them because they have good prices, a good selections and tend to ship things promptly. If you purchased things from onsale.com/egghead.com a lot of them probably came from computergeeks. They were the supplier for a lot of the stock on the onsale.com auctions.

Re:Compgeeks

[Anonymous Coward]

Another thumbs up for CompGeeks -- I've bought lots of stuff from them with nary a glitch.

ebay/pricewatch

[redhotchil]

ebay has its half.com, pricewatch.com has its not-exactly-new section..

half.com

pricewatch.com

karma - whore it like you mean it.

Now, I shop at:

[qurob]

TigerDirect

Clearance/Refurbished sections of PC Mall, PC Warehouse, Insight, CDw, etc

I remember buying from Egghead when they were "Surplus Software", they used to have the big black and white news paper type ads they'd mail you. They always had a page or two in Computer Shopper, also.

They used to sell LINUX distros, way back in the early 90's!

Team Excess

[DJ Easy Dick]

http://www.teamexcess.com

This place also has that type of hardware.

logic box

[danielrose]

http://www.logicbox.com
all types of refurb stuff some new stuff too

Re:Logic Box

[danielrose]

What type of hardware do you buy off them?

Logic Box

[Tim Locke]

We use Logic Box.

RePC

[lostboy2]

RePC is a good No-Frills place for old/recycled stuff. You can sell them your old equipment too.

-- D.

PC Liquidator

[fro_less]

PC Liquidator and pricewatch.com haven't given me any problems.

Baskin Robins

[Anonymous Coward]

31 flavors of ice cream to choose from? Do I need this kind of pressure? For an ice cream cone??

Yea, ebay has too much to choose from and that search engine thingy that they use is *SO* complicated.

News for nerds?

Re:Baskin Robins

[DEBEDb]

31 flavors of ice cream to choose from? Do I need this kind of pressure? For an ice cream cone??


You know, there are open-mike nights at your local comedy club. Check it out.

Hopefully you won't make it out alive.

Well...

[Anonymous Coward]

You're free to sift through my garbage on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I'm sure you'll find a really good deal there, just don't whine about it. Ok?

This is FUCKING RIDICULOUS.

[Jonny 290]

I swear to fucking Christ, even K5 has more informative articles than this, and they're first-class fluffmongers.

Are /. users so goddamned incompetent that they can't find a used hardware site? It's not "News for Nerds." Nerds have fifty million channels that they can get shit through. And it certainly doesn't matter.

used-pcs.com -- central Texas, nice guys

[StandardDeviant]

but don't forget the hyphen! :-) I've never personally dealt with them but members of the local unix community always had nice things to say about them (I mean, if anyone devours "old" hardware it's us freenix fans [for a while they had dual ppro 200s for like $149!]). Anyway, they ship so don't worry if you don't happen to live in the land of Shiner Bock, Sun-baked Hippies, and Crazed Germans (aka central Texas).

Try Retro Box

[fatarfy]

http://www.retrobox.com/

Louie

[cswan]

Don't forget your old friend, the Drive Dawg:

http://www.hitechcafe.com/eShop/default.asp

It's mostly crap, but it's always a motley assortment.

For old server stuff...

[MattT]

Try centrix international (http://www.centrix-intl.com)

EuroPC (UK)

[robin]

EuroPC (based in the UK) sold me a firewall for GBP 70 + VAT (+ GBP 15 postage); apart from needing a keyboard to boot (I use a KVM switch) it's been fine. They seem to have quite a high throughput of stuff, so it's worth checking back every now & then to see what they have.