How do you tell from REFURB DELL from NEW DELL products?

[carasage]

so how do you tell???


I have a service tag from a seller who claims his is NEW and not refurbed? So how do you tell?

 

[Erik]

I would say dial it into Dell's support website? Just a wild guess.

 

[Kage_]

Ask him to provide you with the service tag of the machine and then look it up on Dell's site. You can see when the warranty expires/d to give you an idea if it's used.

http://support.dell.com

Kage_

 

[morriefisher]

Doesn't it say so on the product, perhaps on the bottom?

 

[Erik]

I work on some older Dell units that are refurbished (1.8GHz models) and there is a large red sticker on the back, but it could always be removed.

Either way, if you do get it, it's pretty easy to tell a used computer from a new one. Look for dust, etc.

 

[morriefisher]

Some are just returns. You know the customer changed their mind without using the computer, so they are still sold as refurbed.

 

[MrGovernator]

I have a service tag from a seller who claims his is NEW and not refurbed? So how do you tell?

ask him!....

 

[nigdonht]

Our church bought a used Dell LCD, and apparently it had come from a College, and Dell hadn't even removed the College's Inventory Tag