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Used/ Refurbished?

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Keyjibs
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Ok I"m planning on buying a Xbox360 from a local game store. They have both a used and refurbished ones for $200. What does refurbished usually mean? Also do you think I should look on ebay for better deals or get the one at the local store cause the ones on ebay usually go past 200 even the used ones.

Dec 5 2007 2:35PM
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japanada
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refurbished ones are usually tested to see their conditiion, or they were broken ones sent bad to microsfot, they got fixed, and are now sold as refurbished.
Dec 5 2007 2:38PM
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_dy-lan_
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I would go with refurbished. That means it was sent back to microsoft and made "good as new". A used one might have some problems. If they're the same price refurbished is a better buy.
Dec 5 2007 2:38PM
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comeatmebro
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Dec 5 2007 2:47PM
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[tightpants]
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Yea between used and refurbished I'd go with refurbished for sure.  One thing you might want to consider though is that refurbished xbox 360's come with a 90 day warranty I think, while if you spend an extra 150 for a new one you get 3 years.  Thats something you would have to decide for yourself whether its worth it, but if you buy a refurbished one for 200 and it breaks after a year, you're going to end up having to buy another one and spend more money than you would have just buying a new one.
Dec 5 2007 3:05PM
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b-kul
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refubished is basically new, anything defective was replaced with new stuff.  used is just that, used.
Dec 5 2007 3:28PM
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