Refurbished or Used Xbox One - Which do you recommend?

[Sn0wGl0be]

Hi everyone, if you had a choice between buying a Refurbished or Used Xbox One for the same price ($350), which would you go for? I've been looking into this and there seem to be plenty of pros/cons for each.

In my case the seller of the used Xbox One says it's only been used a couple of times (but obviously there's no way of knowing) and it comes with an extra controller and 5 games. The Refurb comes with 3 games (2 are digital) and a one-year warranty.

My guesstimate is that the Refurbished MIGHT be a little more safer since, unlike the 360, it hasn't been out for so long so there's less chance the console was Refurbished from major technical issues. But again there's no way of knowing.

I never bought a Refurbished Xbox (or anything) in my life before so if anyone has, please give your opinion.

Thanks.

 

[OriginalCadaver]

I typically only get refurbished if it's significantly cheaper than a new device. In your case it looks like the "new" xbox is still being sold by someone and you really don't know what has happened to it. Is the refurb from a legit game store like Game Stop or is it from another Craigslist/Ebay type? If you're willing to drop 350 bucks you can get a brand new xbox in store.

 

[yatys93]

I'm just gonna mention that you can get a brand new 1 for the same price http://www.amazon.com/Xbox-One-Assassins-Creed-Unity-Bundle/dp/B00NFXON1Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1424474358&sr=8-1&keywords=xbox+one

yes you get a little less with it so it is up to you, is the refurb straight from mircosoft? if so then it's a fairly safe bet, just gotta wonder why it needed sending back within a year.

 

[Sn0wGl0be]

Thanks for the replies!

Yeah the refurbished is coming directly from Microsoft (through Best Buy) so it's legit. I was considering buying a new console, but here in Canada they're still around $500 and the cheapest one (the Assassin's Creed bundle minus Kinect) is $400, but out of stock in all stores where I live. I could also order one online from either Canada or the U.S but after the shipping and handling, taxes, and exchange rate on our currently dreadful Canadian dollar, the price still ends up around $450-$550.

So I think I'll go with the refurbished model.That's true it could have been refurbished from a major problem (this was my main concern), but still there's probably a higher risk with a used console that has no warranty at all and who-knows-what kind of condition it's really in. It's kind of a gamble either way, but I'll go with the refurb and see how it goes.

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[yatys93]

if its coming from microsoft then I wouldn't worry, like you said you get a warranty which they are really good at actually letting you use, I get a replacement 360 after it RROD twice, just shipped a new one straight out, any major issues will have been sorted and parts will be replaced with new ones if they were faulty so you are probably ok.