refurbished ps3?

are the refurbished ps3's from sony better than a new ps3 from a store?

 reason im asking, my ps3 died and sony offered to rplace it with a refurbished one, or i can take it back to the store and get a new one.

thanks

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Yes.

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Yes.

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mdl207

:evil:  why are you rolling eyes at me, its a serious question, i thought maybe refurbished ones from sony will have less bugs in them then the ones from the store.  so i guess your answer is yes.

 care to explain?

hell no if you get from the store you have 12 month warranty if you take refurbished you have 90 days

i forgot to mention, my game is stuck in there, if i return it to best buy will i get my game back?getboth

I think they will give you a new copy if they can't take the game out.

Edit: If you got the game from them though.

:evil: why are you rolling eyes at me, its a serious question, i thought maybe refurbished ones from sony will have less bugs in them then the ones from the store. so i guess your answer is yes.

care to explain?

getboth

Do you know why they are refurbished? They are refurbished because people like you sent in a defective system. Sony takes a look at it, fixes it, and then offers them back out to other customers with disabled systems.

How would a used, formerly defective system EVER be better than a brand new one?

That's why I gave you a sarcastic answer and an eye-roll. 

lol mdl get ur thong out of a twist he asked a simple question all u had to do was say yes or no instead of being a smart assFlakoSS

I'm of the belief that stupid questions deserve stupid answers. :) 

[QUOTE="FlakoSS"]lol mdl get ur thong out of a twist he asked a simple question all u had to do was say yes or no instead of being a smart assmdl207

I'm of the belief that stupid questions deserve stupid answers. :) 

whatever mrs. know it all

Getboth....The PS3's that Sony exchange with you are not refurbished. I had to exchange mine too and I asked more than one Sony rep specificly if the PS3 I get back is a refurbished one that another customer has returned and had been fixed and the answer was NO. The PS3's they exchange with you has never been in another customers hands, they are considered brand new and you wont find any scratches or anything to give evidence that it has been owned by anyone else. They call it a refurbished console because it is technically a FACTORY refurbished console meaning it is not "out of the store new" but up to Sony standards and from the factory/warehouse.nfglory

Umm...that's exactly the opposite of what I heard from two Sony reps. I called earlier on when my PS3 was having BluRay movie playback issues.

I had the choice of getting a brand new one, getting a refurbished unit from Sony, or sticking with my current unit. (I stuck with the last option as I found a fix for the problem)

The refurbished unit is one that has been returned to Sony (most likely for defect) which means it HAS been used. I was assured the refurbished systems have been fixed and extensively tested to ensure that there were no problems.

But the fact remains, why would I want somebody else's used garbage if I can get a brand new one?

are the refurbished ps3's from sony better than a new ps3 from a store?

 reason im asking, my ps3 died and sony offered to rplace it with a refurbished one, or i can take it back to the store and get a new one.

 

thanks

getboth

I wouldnt trust a refurbished PS3, for those of you who dont know what refurbushed means it means that the ps3 was broken and replaced as how it was when it was new. But I wouldnt trust it man because when its refurbished the life span of the ps3 is shortened you never know what can happy, your better off with a fresh PS3 :-) Hope you were intrigued by my opinion.

how is the lifespan shortened when it is fixed and working like new?nfglory

It is shortened when you compare it to a brand new unit that has no problems at all.

It's like comparing a car that was damaged in an accident and completely rebuilt to an identical car rolling off the dealer's lot.

You'd have to search long and hard to find someone who would pick the damaged and rebuilt vehicle over the brand new one.

Heck, even if the damaged and rebuilt vehicle was a nicer brand and was worth more, you'd have few people going over to claim someone else's used and deformed goods. 

how is the lifespan shortened when it is fixed and working like new?nfglory

 I wish i could explain that but trust me, once a PS3 is broken it'll never be the samehow it use to be cuz anything can happen, I if it was refurbished & under a 1 year warranty then fine, but 90 days isnt anything, because with refurbished items, if its nto fixed good enough, then sometimes after 90 days abnormal things start to happen, If i was in your shoes though, i would compare the price of the refurbished PS3 to the prices on ebay for a PS3, PS3's on ebay are alot cheaper now than retail.

thats a stupid analogy and u dont make much sense. youre contradicting urself in every explanation.

My PS3 broke and I had it since Launch on Nov 17th. They sent me another one within days of mine breaking and it works fine. To be honest, you run a higher risk of faulty system by buying a new one. Each refurbished system is thoroughly tested before being sent out.

are the refurbished ps3's from sony better than a new ps3 from a store?

reason im asking, my ps3 died and sony offered to rplace it with a refurbished one, or i can take it back to the store and get a new one.

thanks

getboth

DUH!!! Sony r the people who made the damn system if anything happened to it they will fix it and make it play brand new. And if they cant fix it they will give u a new system. Sony is the best when it comes to customer service.

hell no if you get from the store you have 12 month warranty if you take refurbished you have 90 days

lajkes

Agreed

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hell no if you get from the store you have 12 month warranty if you take refurbished you have 90 days

MarcRecon

Agreed

that's incorrect. i bought a refurbished system and since it was "refurbished" by sony it has the one year warranty. then i paid $30 bucks for an extended 2 year warranty. works and looks just like a new one. save some money and get a refurbished one.