I saw the homepage deal on Ebay.com
Price for one of these (in Brand New) in Australia at the moment is $528+ at TGG.
“Factory Refurbished item, Under HTC warranty.”
http://www.ebay.com/itm/HTC-ONE-GSM-Unlocked-PN07120-M7-SIM-…
a brand new one
But this is a refurb, so you aren't saving $180 then.
How much do these refurbs normally sell for ?
If you don't know how much refurbs normally cost, how do you know this is a bargain?
If you don't know how much refurbs normally cost, how do you know this is a bargain?
but if you don't know how much they normally cost, how do you know it's NOT a bargain?
innocent until proven guilty? ozb members will decide whether they think it's a bargain with votes I guess, but there's sometimes a hype train with deals. But can we at least put AUD prices?
~$353.15 AUD. Not sure about paypal exchange rate. A decent deal I guess.
ozb members will decide whether they think it's a bargain
You're supposed to show why this is a bargain when posting, not post random products without justification just so 'members will decide whether they think it's a bargain'
for the record I agree that prices should be compared before posting. but then there's deals like this which can't really be comapred as there are no other stores with stock remaining. But one which ozb community have decided was good value; whether hype or not it was +'d up.
to Jv: base on your theory, if someone can't find a product that is in the similar condition with a price tag, you won't call it a bargain?! I reckon majority of the refurb. listings on OZB aren't qualified as bargains in your eyes then. Perhaps you can suggest this to the MODs and make it as a policy. All in all, whether a product is a bargain or not, it is NOT only for you to decide. Seeing most of the time you just COPY and PASTE the same question over and over in this forum on several deals, you intend to make it that way (to discourage some members to post new deals). Good on you! You have done a good job.
Warranty is not even offered, at least with TGG, you'll be covered by two years ACL. The comparison in savings with a new one shouldn't even be made.
Yep, a ex-ATT refurb off a US ebayer and the price isn't all that great.
"Two years ACL".
Wat.
What made you think this? You'll get one year, and have to fight for anything longer.
ACL Claims are the worst thing to fall back on. I swear the people who who dust their hands together and say, "it's Aus stock, i'm covered forever", have never had to make a claim.
Phone manufacturers now bump up their warranties to two years anyway because of the consumer law. Samsung and Apple do this to avoid a hassle with customers, it wouldn't surprise me if HTC does the same.
And yes, I have had to make claims on my equipment using ACL.
you can buy brand new from hongkong on ebay for $452
your is comeing from over seas and without any warrenty your asking for some trouble.
It says under HTC warranty on the title of the listing.
It says U.S warranty in the listing.
Got to applaud them for being able to refurb it, apparently those things are a pain in the ass to get apart. Hopefully they put a new battery in there while they were at it…
A second hand phone from an overseas EBay seller in US dollars and most likely no local warranty. Are people really this desperate?
I suppose all manufactured refurbished products mean second hand to you?! You may want to think twice. In some cases, the refurbished products are just as good as new because a manufacturer wants to give deep discount to offload large amount of cancelled orders or old stocks without damaging their brand.
https://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=200810142345…
Is that relevant to this listing?
It is relevant to your reply.
refurb=restored to original, the phone doesn't care that it passed between hands.
refurb also mean to repair any faulty problem. imho, sometimes i prefer refurb than a new one if the price slash in half because refurb has been checked more in details (and tested over and over again to make sure the previous problem is totally gone) and fix accordingly. not applicable if refurb done by third party.
true point it congrues with my understanding Manufacturers rather refurb a product to additional surety, not in standard/lower or god forbid unqualified inexpert handling. ∴ I don't see the dissenter's argument over a product of reviewed assurance & with a marginal advantage '$434.80 less '$329.95 USD,' as it were. I am spooked by a conundrum of sending outbound lithium item, but we are not alone against this new phenomenon, and presumably whatever required route around could still prove feasible.
You could buy from DickSmith eBay store and pay $434.80 as they have 20% off which expires tomorrow ($548 * 80%).
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/HTC-One-Unlocked-Smartphone-/2614…
No Deal!
Refurb might as well be second hand, same same.
In saying that most refurbs are just returned phones with no faults.
Find a good secondhand local one would be better, still could have plenty of warranty and support local bands.
No LTE in Australia on this
Good point. As it's an AT&T phone, it operated on the 700MHz LTE band, which no Australian provider uses.
Do TGG sell refurbs ???