Mac Pros up in Refurb Store

[kellen]

The intel Xeons are up in the refurb store, along with the refurb Core 2 Duo imacs.

2.66 is 2199 and the 3.0 is 3299 with the x1900 and 2Gb of ram, both which are 13 and 15% off the price, respectivly.

 

[MovieCutter]

Ha ha ha, estimated ship = 30 business days

 

[bearbo]

what are the sources of refurbs, returns, and old model still in stock? what else?

are there THAT many returns of mac pro already?
what are the reasons ppl return them? were there something wrong with them?

sorry... this is still early in the morning

i'm just surprised that the 3.0Ghz version features X1900... how many returns are gonna be like that exactly? considering neither 3.0 nor x1900 was standard

 

[twoodcc]

Ha ha ha, estimated ship = 30 business days

wow

 

[andrewmulligan]

w00t, good deals.
shipping is kind of a bummer.

 

[MacBoobsPro]

Theres one in the Uk refurb store too. And it is £200 cheaper than another refurb Quad G5

 

[thworple]

Ha ha ha, estimated ship = 30 business days

Only 8 days here in the UK - but we only have one model of each of the iMac and Mac Pro.
Would love to get the Mac Pro, but I might wait till the 3.0Ghz version is up on the UK refurb store, and see how much that is.

 

[thworple]

Theres one in the Uk refurb store too. And it is £200 cheaper than another refurb Quad G5

The Core2Duo iMac is cheaper than the refurb CoreDuo Edu model!!! Now thats just silly.

 

[kellen]

The Core2Duo iMac is cheaper than the refurb CoreDuo Edu model!!! Now thats just silly.

I was thinking the same thing, but it is for the 17" and the new Core 2 Duo has integrated graphics, a combodrive versus a dedicated graphics card and a superdrive in the Core Duo.

Nice prices though

 

[Garden Knowm]

what are the sources of refurbs, returns, and old model still in stock? what else?

I was told that a REFURB is a computer that was DOA... dead on arrival..

a customer bought it.. had it repaired 4 times with NO success and then APPLE gives them a new computer and they sell the LEMON as DOA.. that being said..

i was also told that the REFURBS have a great sucess rate of NOT being retuned.. nearly as good as brand new computers..

cheers

 

[jholzner]

Ha ha ha, estimated ship = 30 business days

I've seen that happen on previous refurb models. The time usually drops to a day or two after only a couple days of being listed. Not sure why though.

 

[MacBoobsPro]

I believe refurbs are a mix of all kinds. Some DOAs as well as '14 day no quabble returns' but who returns a mac?

 

[thworple]

I was thinking the same thing, but it is for the 17" and the new Core 2 Duo has integrated graphics, a combodrive versus a dedicated graphics card and a superdrive in the Core Duo.

Nice prices though

Might be that way in the US, but here in the UK this is how Apple have done it:-

Refurb iMac 17" 1,83GHz Intel Core Duo /512 /80 /Combo /GMA950 - Apple Certified

• Save 16% off the original price
Original price: £852.00 Your price: £718.99 (£611.91 ex VAT)



Refurb iMac 17" 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo/ 512MB/ 160GB/ SD/ ATIX1600-128MB/ BT/ AP - Apple Certified

• Save 13% off the original price
Original price: £799.00 Your price: £699.00 (£594.89 ex VAT)

 

[bearbo]

but why are DOA and returns so concentrated at the 3.0GHz with X1900? i mean the stock one is understandable, but the other one?... SAY that few returned, but why list that one but not the other ones, say 2.66 with X1900... i bet theres more return on the 2.66 w/ X1900 than the 3.0 counterpart... is 3.0 more prone to DOA by some chance? surely macrumors would have discussed it...

 

[janitorC7]

Shipping

as per the 30 days thing.......

I ordered a MacBook (Black completly pimped out with all you could do) from the Referb store yesterday and they said it would be about 15 days before they would even ship it. Then this moring I got a shipping confermation email and my FedEx Estimated Time of Arrival is tomorrow. So, Dont trust everything you read

 

[MovieCutter]

as per the 30 days thing.......

I ordered a MacBook (Black completly pimped out with all you could do) from the Referb store yesterday and they said it would be about 15 days before they would even ship it. Then this moring I got a shipping confermation email and my FedEx Estimated Time of Arrival is tomorrow. So, Dont trust everything you read

Yeah guys, I realize the 30 days this is probably EXTREMELY conservative...I just thought it was funny...hence the "ha ha ha ha"

 

[FFTT]

Chances are that many of the Refurb MacPro were BTO's that suffered issues
due to the rush through the BTO process itself.

Loose connections, bad ATI cards, bad RAM, defective HD's and so on.

Chances are very good that you may end up with extra free RAM upgrades
if the original order added extra RAM.

If you're on a tight budget, Refurbs are the way to go and you still get all the benefits of the full factory warranty.

 

[jTreu]

i wonder if the refrub core duo 1.83 imacs are gonna come down more now that the c2d ones are out, if so i might be tempted to buy one already.

 

[Zadillo]

I've read that "refurbs" sometimes also include things where the actual computer was never used, but returned for some other reason..... i.e. the packaging was missing some component or other, etc....... the missing part has to be put back in and the box re-sealed, but it can no longer be sold as "new" so it is sold as a refurb instead, even though the actual computer is still brand new.