Would you buy a second-hand PC?

[Siobhan Keogh]

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[goodiesguy]

First vote! woo hoo!

[wratterus]

All the time...You can get come serious bargains off TM if you are careful.

[Siobhan Keogh]

I've personally bought a laptop off of TM before, it ran for about a year before dying but I couldn't really expect longevity given the price.

[Speedy Gonzales]

If its nearly dead, I'll rather build my own. Since, I dont do Trademe, or Ebay or any auction places.

[SolMiester]

Plenty of steals to be had on TM for the right price, if you are a technician!

[Nomad]

Depends what it is.
A PC, I rather get new but the cheapest and slowest parts and build it myself.

If it's a laptop but not a Netbook I might b/c they cost so much more than a few hundred dollars.

[nedkelly]

I have quite a few machines from Tm, have not had a single dud, all are running very nice.

[The Error Guy]

Nothing to loose if you format or put a new HDD in (software/security wise) and if the hardware is solid I don't see why not.

TM is quite good for for mid end upgrade packs. I do a lot of installs for mates of mine who have $1k and want to up their gaming specs, stuff like mobo + 6gb RAM and an i5 for $995.

If I was building I'd do myself. nothing beats knowing exactly what went into your PC and the quality of the build, you also get lots reciepts and boxes/packaging <sarcasm> YAY!! </sarcasm>

\\ People are getting lazy, they close the sarcasm tag but never open it

[gary67]

Yep nothing to lose often have enough bits around to upgrade/repair if they don't work depending on the fault