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were do you stand when buying items for personal use ?
I feel if it's a item im only going to use now and then . the warranty is the same as new and there a major price different I will buy refurb. only items i will not buy refurb are electronic. this is after being informed by a major computer maker that they were going to resell. my lemon unit as a refurb . even do they knew it was non- fixable. after have tech service out 5 times to the office in under 2 months. this was a very longtime ago on a store bought retail computer.
i do test the items i buy as refurb as soon as i receive them. to make sure they perform as i exspect and designed to.

Ditto on electrics. I will buy dent and scratch stuff once and a while. Power equipment - never.

Generally, with refurbs, if it works for the first month, it'll be good. I'm only afraid of refurbs on stuff that is not user serviceable. But that's me.

Depends on the refurb and who I'm dealing with. I've had good luck with Dell PC refurbs for clients. I've also personally had good luck with Dell refurb monitors both from Dell's refurb store and from their leasing division.