Before you buy it inspect it if you can, if it looks trashed and roughly handled, I wouldn't get it. Also I NEVER recommend buying preowned hardware over the internet.
alot of shady kids trade in there semi broken systems at EB Games/ GameStop..so those would be the last places i would buy my second hand consoles.
4NGoods
exactly. Seems to be the story with a lot of ps3's that have ylod. You temp fix it and sell it before it has time to fail again. That is SOOOOO wrong on so many levels though.
I was wondering if i bought a preowned 80 gig ps3 (because thats all i can afford) would it fail on me?.deawsomekurt
If you can spring for a new one, I highly recommend it. There is a chance, and it definitely doesn't happen to everyone, that your system will fail somehow and you'll be caught in a chain of Sony sending you refurbished systems and those systems breaking down. And if breaks down after the warranty, you're out 150 bucks. In the long run, it's a much better investment buying a new one.
It probably won't, although i wouldn't recommend buying hardware second hand.mysterj
This. When it comes to electronics, I prefer new. However, it's easy to understand limited funds, and PS3's are usually very reliable, so you should be alright. Where are you getting it from?
no...hell no... **** no. i bought a refurb ps3 fatfor 220 and within 3 months the fan constantly was running and it was just acting up. game stop offered me 200 trade in credit twoards a new slim.. my advice would be to stay away from those refurbs
I would never buy hardware like a PS3 second hand, especially ones without a warranty. Believe me, by the time it breaks you'll have spent more buying one second hand and repairing it than buying a new one altogether. Though this is probably different for other people, my PS3 broke twice within 2 years which included my warranty, thankfully.
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