freebirdforever
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Apple referbs are sometimes better than the new ones in my experience.
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Refurb vs. New
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notsavvy
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Is there any way to tell refur from a new? I bought an ipad2 from a 3rd party seller as an open box. He guarantees that it is new but how can I tell? I read the serial number to a guy at the Apple retail store and he said it was purchased 12/1/11. And at another store said it was a "replacement" which meant it could be new or a refurb. I would have bought a refurb online with Apple but had a nontransferable gift card for Amazon. I don't mind having a refurb if but I don't want to pay the price of a new one for it. Any clues how to discern the difference?
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Mr.Woppit
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None that I know of. Apple does Very well refurbishing products though. I got a refurb iMac 27" and it was like new! Till my son 4 year old son got to it... Now its pretty he says... Purple sharpie all over the front and back... Gotta love kids!notsavvy said:
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I own a few websites that deal with refurbished ipads and in doing research involved with creating sites I would say it all depends on who is refurbishing your ipad. There are lots of companies out there that refurbish iPads and some do a better job than others. Many companies have a really high customer satisfaction rate around 96% while others are lower. I would do some research on the company before buying a refurb from them
McTablet_T2C
iPF Noob
We bought a few Refurb Ipad2 and had no issues with them.
Always nice to hear that reconfirmation of refurbs!
i've got a refurb ipad2 64gb wifi+att3g. looks and works just like new. wouldn't hesitate to buy refurb again. in fact, i might do so again soon, as a gift, once the ipad3 is official and, hopefully, ipad2 refurb prices drop.
McTablet_T2C
iPF Noob
mk4 said:
May want to stick to apple with the above. Not all refurb are made alike.
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boomer1
iPF Noob
McTablet_T2C said:
I think that is prudent advice.
The refurbished Apple products that I have purchased (2- MacBook Pros, 1- Airport Extreme router, and this iPad 2) have all been from Apple.com. I have had NO service issues with any of them. I would buy refurbished products from apple.com without hesitation.
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Hayles66
iPF Novice
Well, mine is a refurb iPad 1 and it's still going strong. I'm still getting 10 hours. What pc can say the same! Wow that must mean its nearly 2 years old. Doesn't time fly when you are having fun!
sorry that i didn't specify.
the on-line apple store is where i got my refurb ipad2. that's where i'd go again. i was speculating that the ipad2 refurbs might drop in price when ipad3 is announced/starts shipping.
Gabriel1
iPF Noob
iBenji said:
I'll second that, the only reason that my iPad 2 is new is that I got it on Black Friday when it was cheaper than a refurb. I have a number of Apple refurb products and they are indistinguishable from new.
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