ebay laptops to good to be true?

Question

has anyone every bought a laptop on ebay for about 70$, well i was thinking og buying one on ebay for a low price, i just want the laptop so i can use it to play some games, i have one laptop but it has no more memory and i use the internet for it, so i was wondering if u ever bought a laptop on ebay, it sounds too good to be true don't u think

how do u check who is selling it

Answer 1

I've bought several. Old Toshiba 2060s and such. I usually have a little extra memory around and put Windows 98 2nd Ed on them. They get you on the internet and perform all the basic computer stuff just fine. Not everybody needs a gaming computer. Ebay sellers are generally honest. They'll say "As is" if they haven't tested the computer. A lot of old ones will have NT or something on them, so you need to be able to install a new OS from scratch. They might not come with the hardware drivers to do that. But if a seller has 1256 good comments from buyers and no bad ones, he's probably OK.

Answer 2

I have bought several laptops off ebay, Read the description carefully. Some laptops come without a OS, hard drive, memory, floppy, CD drive, battery, or power supply. For the cost of refurbishing something like that, yiou might as well buy a new laptop.

The cheap ones are usually quite slow and have very limited software, if any.

If there is a good laptop out there, the price will get bid up.

The only consolation is that if it's not quite what you thought, you can sell it again on Ebay.

Answer 3

the rule of thumb is, if it sounds too good to be true, it usually is.