Carrier Would you buy a refurbished phone from Verizon?

[splitpea]

I've bought refurbs from Apple before with good results, but it looks like my phone is about to die, and if that happens, I won't be able to wait for shipping (EDIT: or for stock to be available). Verizon has the phone I want as a refurb. How safe is that option?

 

[dmr727]

It will have the same warranty as a new one, I presume? If that's the case, I'd probably be cool with it.

 

[splitpea]

Oh, good point. 90-day limited warranty. That's not promising. New is an extra $150, but maybe worth it in that case. Or if the repair place says it can make it another two weeks I can wait for a refurb to show up in Apple's store (they're currently out of stock ).

 

[Splitrail]

I've bought refurbs from Apple before with good results, but it looks like my phone is about to die, and if that happens, I won't be able to wait for shipping (EDIT: or for stock to be available). Verizon has the phone I want as a refurb. How safe is that option?

For $150 more, I'd much rather have the piece of mind having a new phone with a new phone warranty.
I have little confidence in people to do a proper job of disassembling and reassembling things properly, so...........

 

[eyoungren]

For $150 more, I'd much rather have the piece of mind having a new phone with a new phone warranty.
I have little confidence in people to do a proper job of disassembling and reassembling things properly, so...........

^ This.

If Verizon is like T-Mobile and AT&T (and Sprint used to be) then the refurbs they have are probably coming from either Assurant or Asurion. Both those companies are the majors that deal with insurance for the carriers. So, the refurbs you get from those guys can be of any quality and tend to not use Apple OEM parts.

 

[canuckRus]

"sold in as-is condition", buy a Lottery ticket same day.

 

[Splitrail]

^ This.

If Verizon is like T-Mobile and AT&T (and Sprint used to be) then the refurbs they have are probably coming from either Assurant or Asurion. Both those companies are the majors that deal with insurance for the carriers. So, the refurbs you get from those guys can be of any quality and tend to not use Apple OEM parts.

Good point! Standards of "refurbished" vary.
That said, for the difference of $150, I'd still rather have a new phone than a refurb even from Apple.

 

[Iwavvns]

Good point! Standards of "refurbished" vary.
That said, for the difference of $150, I'd still rather have a new phone than a refurb even from Apple.

Agreed, two years down the line that $150 is going to be money well spent.

 

[Clamjuice65]

Let’s trust Verizon and there phone reconditioning standards