Question Is it okay to buy used RAM?

[giancua0]

I want to buy used Corsair RAM off eBay, but am not too sure if it's reliable. Does anyone have any experience with buying used parts? And can let me know if it's reliable? Thanks!

 

[USAFRet]

I want to buy used Corsair RAM off eBay, but am not too sure if it's reliable. Does anyone have any experience with buying used parts? And can let me know if it's reliable? Thanks!

You're not buying "from ebay"
You are buying from some dude, on the ebay platform.


How much reduced is this vs the actual price of the exact same new parts, in your local market?

 

[giancua0]

You're not buying "from ebay"
You are buying from some dude, on the ebay platform.


How much reduced is this vs the actual price of the exact same new parts, in your local market?

I mean that's pretty obvious I'm buying off someone else on eBay, that should go without saying not sure why you brought that up.

 

[USAFRet]

I mean that's pretty obvious I'm buying off someone else on eBay, that should go without saying not sure why you brought that up.

Not everyone internalizes this.

"is it reliable"?
You're trusting that particular dude.

Some things from fleabay are great.
Some are outright cams.

 

[Flayed]

I bought the ram in my system used from ebay. No problems so far.

 

[giancua0]

I bought the ram in my system used from ebay. No problems so far.

Thank you!

 

[USAFRet]

I bought the ram in my system used from ebay. No problems so far.

Which is meaningless.

Other people bought RAM "from ebay", and been ripped off or gotten defective parts.

 

[USAFRet]

I've bought multiple things from the ebay platform.
Almost all 100% good.

But there is no dividing line of "used RAM is OK".

 

[USAFRet]

Thank you!

Again, what is the price diff between this "used RAM from some dude on ebay", and "new from the store RAM"?

 

[giancua0]

I've bought multiple things from the ebay platform.
Almost all 100% good.

But there is no dividing line of "used RAM is OK".

Which is meaningless.

Other people bought RAM "from ebay", and been ripped off or gotten defective parts.

 

[giancua0]

Again, what is the price diff between this "used RAM from some dude on ebay", and "new from the store RAM"?

Question is already answered thanks tho

 

[Flayed]

Which is meaningless.

Other people bought RAM "from ebay", and been ripped off or gotten defective parts.

You pays your money and takes your chance with used parts. At the time I bought my ram here in the UK I could not find any decent 32GB kit to order new. Now there are loads and they have come down in price.

 

[SamirD]

I want to buy used Corsair RAM off eBay, but am not too sure if it's reliable. Does anyone have any experience with buying used parts? And can let me know if it's reliable? Thanks!

It depends on what you are buying. Are you buying something fake that someone else is trying to pawn off because they got ripped off? Are you buying an outright fake? Are you buying something defective? Or is it just a nice used part that will work great? The skilled buyer will get the last one--the newbie can end up ripped off.

The price tells you a bit about what you are buying. If it's used and not at least 1/2 the cost of new, it's not worth it imo as a new part comes with a guarantee of authenticity (when bought from a legit retailer) as well as a warranty.

But other times, used is a significant discount. Like ddr3 server ram that I usually can buy for under $1/gb shipped--you won't find that anywhere new unless it's fake. And ram generally doesn't fail so you're pretty safe with used parts.