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| 1338521 | 2013-04-27 22:17:00 | Thinking of upgrading my computer in a couple of months, I'm presuming the trade me dealers with over 2000 odd good feedback would be OK ? | Clod (7853) | ||
| 1338522 | 2013-04-27 22:19:00 | If they dont have pirated versions of windows . They should be OK. Unless you format it after you buy it | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1338523 | 2013-04-27 22:25:00 | I wouldn't buy from TM much better to buy from Computer lounge or Ascent | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1338524 | 2013-04-27 22:28:00 | Another thing you have to be prepared for -- On Trademe, when something goes wrong with hardware,( All computers fail at some time) if still within a warranty what is the response like ? Are they going to suddenly clam up and don't want to know or take months to sort it ? You also have to look at the bigger picture, shops these days don't have much of a markup on components, so if something is a lot cheaper than a genuine and well known shop you should be careful. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1338525 | 2013-04-27 23:03:00 | I'm presuming the trade me dealers with over 2000 odd good feedback would be OK ? Probably, assuming they also have a lack of bad feedback - but I would also advise to go with the known good shops like Computer Lounge, Ascent, Playtech instead. |
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| 1338526 | 2013-04-27 23:18:00 | They also often don't list the brand and model of the psus. This is generally because a cheap nasty one is used. | icow (15313) | ||
| 1338527 | 2013-04-27 23:45:00 | In the past 8 years I have bought 3 desktop computers on TradeMe, All from the same reliable source. Second-hand, reconditioned. Only one problem a year later - it was easily fixed on a visit to the seller who did not charge. I have also recommended several friends to the same source and all were well satisfied. I suspect that the service I have received has been better than some of the reports I see about major retailers. And I've saved $$$ over the cost of new. | coldot (6847) | ||
| 1338528 | 2013-04-28 23:22:00 | It's always a bit of a gamble but generally the feedback is a good indicator. Be aware if it's an auction that can negate some of our consumer rights that protect us in the case of a normal retail sale. I'm not clear on the specifics. I only buy the occasional cheap pc component on trademe, for my main machine I always go to a known supplier. That said I sell my old machines on trademe and consider them good deals for the buyer ( I sell relatively cheap to recover some of my new build costs and not to make a profit ). |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1338529 | 2013-04-29 06:16:00 | friend bought a TM pc just a little while back. Was an OK deal for 800 bucks. Came with a windows trial but as a uni student he had a free key. Was a gigabyte case with a bundled PSU, but the GPU wasn't a powerful one (geforce 325 or something from memory? dunno) so shouldn't stress it. I suggested an SSD, new PSU and GPU as future upgrade options since everything else seems sweet as. The motherboard was a gigabyte one, so that's at least solid :) |
8ftmetalhaed (14526) | ||
| 1338530 | 2013-05-02 04:27:00 | I just received a used Vid card I bought from a Trademe seller, a PC Repair Business You would think a PC repair company would know that it should have been in an AntiStatic bag, not just wrapped in normal bubble wrap. I tried to tell them this over the ph, they didnt seem to know what antistatic bags where. Hmmn, from a PC repair business , not very good. The card was faulty btw :-) |
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