Everything available through eBay's certified refurbished program comes with a 2-year warranty. I know they cover the period of time least likely to need warranty coverage, but I also think peace-of-mind is important, too. I'm neither for nor against extended warranties.
That's why retailers love to sell you an extended warranty: it's pure profit for them. What’s more, there’s no real difference in price between refurbished and second-hand models.
That means you're actually less likely to suffer from a breakdown with a certified refurb than you are when you buy something new.Īlso, that flat part in the middle of the bathtub curve? That's when a product has the least likelihood of failure, but is also the period of time covered by extended warranties. If you go for a refurbished MacBook Pro rather than a second-hand MacBook Pro, there’s no risk involved because these products are sold, delivered and guaranteed by Apple. Refurbished items already suffered their most-likely failure, and have been repaired and re-certified. It's called the bathtub curve because it's shaped like a bathtub. It starts off high, drops suddenly, flattens out for a while then ramps back up again near the end of its life. In engineering, there's something called the "bathtub curve" that models when something is most likely to suffer a catastrophic failure. when an item is refurbished, that means it already experienced a break-down at one of the most likely failure points of its lifecycle. Apple Macbook Core M3 12' 1.1GHz (Early 2016) 8GB 256GB Space Gray.
It has been fully tested and works perfectly. This product is in very good cosmetic condition with only light signs of use. Why buy something that was already fixed once? Well, ACTUALLLLLLLLLLY. Apple Macbook Core M3 12' 1.1GHz (Early 2016) 8GB 256GB Gold. When recommending refurbs, I always run into hesitancy, which is understandable.