Used Computer Equipment

A much cheaper alternative to fix your PC is buying used computer equipment; components do have previous owners though. So it’s advised to keep an eye out if buying used computer equipment.

Buying used computer equipment

Buying used equipment has lots of advantages and pitfalls. The advantages are that they can be “Green Friendly” and save you lots of money.

The disadvantages would be the potential of having little warranty or be so outdated as to not be useful.

If you decide to buy used computer equipment from a newspaper add or from Craig´s List. Then you most probably wouldn’t see any warranty. And the buyer would definitely need to beware of what they are doing if they don’t want to be scammed or otherwise disappointed.

Where can you get used computer equipment?

That it’s rather easy to get scammed or otherwise do a bad deal, doesn’t mean that there are no good deals.

“Computer Renaissance” is a store that sells good used computer equipment and other hard to find parts. “Budget Computers” in Beaverton is yet another place that sells used computer equipment, especially for laptops and both companies also have in-house repair.

Then of course there are newspaper ads and public sites such as “Craig´s List” which allows private computer owners to buy and sell used computer equipment, this is where the buyer needs to beware of what he or she is going to buy.

When should I buy used computer equipment?

There are places where used computer equipment shouldn’t be bought, that for example being if it’s for a gaming machine or a business computer.

There are tons of reasons for this, but the main reasons would be that you would want to have up to date parts and warranties that actually work in case something goes wrong. You can buy used computer equipment for your kid’s computers or for a computer which is used only to email and surf the net.

If it’s something important that you want to save, spend some money on a USB drive and take a backup of your important photos and documents just in case.