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Where Can You Buy Refurbished Hardware, Now?

Posted by Cliff on from the used-computers-for-sale dept.

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?"

7 of 33 comments (clear)

  1. Computer Surplus Outlet by funkman · · Score: 4, Informative
    http://www.computersurplusoutlet.com/


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

  2. Compgeeks by bats · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://www.compgeeks.com

    'nuff said.

  3. ebay/pricewatch by redhotchil · · Score: 3, Informative

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

    half.com

    pricewatch.com

    karma - whore it like you mean it.

  4. Now, I shop at: by qurob · · Score: 3, Informative

    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!

  5. Team Excess by DJ+Easy+Dick · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://www.teamexcess.com

    This place also has that type of hardware.

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    DJ Eeeeeeeeeeasy Dick
  6. logic box by danielrose · · Score: 2, Informative

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

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    i hate pansy republicans
  7. PC Liquidator by fro_less · · Score: 2, Informative

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