[Hidden-tech] buying a used mac from Gainsaver.com

[Michael Billingsley]

Hi Andrew

I have no experience with Gainsaver (they look very competent) but  
have used many Mac models for about two decades.

I can say that my recent survey of CraigsList for Western Mass,  
Burlington (VT) and New Hampshire all turned up incredible deals of  
software-packed Macs.   My guess is that this will just increase as  
the economic downturn increases the pressure to downsize holdings of  
any but the most essential computers.  Look through what you see in  
Gainsaver (price, that is) and see if anything on Craigs looks  
significantly better in terms of performance v. price.   You'll be  
buying local so you can probably extract a written 30-day "return if  
it fails" owner warranty, and probably also arrange a check out (at  
your expense) on a local Mac dealer's bench.

A final option.  SmallDog Electronics in Waitsfield, VT is (I think)  
the region's largest Apple-licensed dealer of refurbished Macs.  They  
have demos and factory-refurbished with full Apple or similar store  
warranties, and all the hardware, manuals, disks, etc. that you would  
find with a brand new product but sometimes at significant savings.   
Depending upon factors like product launches and other  
unpredictables, pickings can be slim or rich.
http://www.smalldog.com/specials   (bottom of list)

Good luck
Michael Cerulli Billingsley
Straight Arrow Recordings
Location Recording and CD Mastering since 1984 - http:// 
www.cafepress.com/straightarrow
440 Canal Street, Brattleboro, VT 05301    802-254-2504

On May 22, 2009, at 4:47 PM, andrew bellak wrote:

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