Is a Best Buy Refurbished Laptop Trustworthy?

[SplashHero]

Hi, I've recently started looking into buying a new laptop, as my old one is starting to become very dated. I found on the best buy website a Lenovo Y50 that has been refurbished by from what I can tell some third party company, and then tested by the Geek Squad.

"Geek Squad® Certified Refurbished products are thoroughly, painstakingly and lovingly tested, so you can be sure that your device will work right, right away."

Has anybody had any experience with this before? I trust Best Buy as a seller that would allow me to receive a replacement if anything did end up going awry.

 

[USAFRet]

Geek Squad® Certified Refurbished products are thoroughly, painstakingly and lovingly tested

The one refurb machine I bought from BestBuy, long long ago, had supposedly been wiped and refreshed.
When I got it home and started looking around, the original owners personal info was still in the Registry. Name, address, credit card num, etc.

The machine worked just fine, but " thoroughly, painstakingly and lovingly tested" doesn't mesh with actual GeekSquad practices.

But it will probably be OK.

 

[clamp]

I would suggest that unless its being sold to clear you will probably be overpaying. I got a really good deal on a lenovo through Amazon but that can be hit or miss. Can you supply the specs and price for the bestbuy deal?

 

[geofelt]

Refurb should not be a problem from a trusted seller.
Another solid place is the Lenovo outlet store.
http://shop.lenovo.com/outlet_us/laptops/#facet-1=1,2,3,4

I usually look for one with minimal hard drive and ram.
I replace the hard drive with a ssd and add ram if necessary.
It costs less that way.

 

[dudeman509]

Bought one in 2009, a lowly HP Pentium dual-core. Still going strong with a SSD installed. Zero issues with it.