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post #1 of 5
5/6/04 at 10:53am
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Has anyone had any experience with warranties from a third party seller? The seller is on eBay and claims the unit is in a factory sealed box? with the 3 year warranty. However when I spoke to IBM they said they do not warranty units that are not sold through other than authorized dealers?

I’m skeptical

Regards

mark
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post #2 of 5
5/6/04 at 11:25am
it is very healthy to be very skeptical about anything bought on ebay.

look in his feedback and find someone who bought an ibm in the past and send a email asking if they could warranty it. Pick someone with good feedback.

Also only buy from people with huge amounts of positive feedback from selling big ticket itesm who have been members for a long time, there are a lot of scams in ebay laptops.
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post #3 of 5
5/6/04 at 11:28am
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Thank you, I'm new to this game.. He has very good feedback, however, I'm always nervous when I hear international warranty and when I look at the feedback I don't see that is says who purchased what.
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post #4 of 5
5/7/04 at 1:37am
You should really be concern about this, thats because the seller can't really give you any warranty on the unit. If the seller has close to perfect ratings meaning 99.9 percent then I would go ahead with the purchase. One good suggestion is ask the seller. I always ask the seller if I want a question answered. I purchased many things from eBay and if you purchase from a good seller you will not be disappointed.
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post #5 of 5
5/7/04 at 1:51am
I would follow the advice that both Jason Chan and TonyinLA provided. I have done both. On some DVD purchases (not as expensive as a laptop), I have contacted previous buyers to see what they thought and if the quality was real (when the item was questionable). The worst that will happen is they won't answer, but I have received an answer quite often.

Just keep in mind that it is your money, so if asking around is something that makes you feel a bit more comfortable, then I say go for it.
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