i bought a refurbished pc for £200 from a magazine that guarantees its advertisement’s ok.
ive had it about 8 months and it blew the power supply,so had it apart and fitted a new one now works fine again.
refurbished? i think not as the inside was caked with dust and other crud that would have taken at least a few years to accumulate.
its a hp 7100 which i think is haunted anyway,it will not shut down every time i want it to what ever fixes are done to it,it seems to be able to edit the registry with no help from me downloads disappear into oblivion for some reason.
not going to buy refurbished ever again just build new custom stuff for what suits me.
so beware of second-hand and if you do, have a look inside and make sure its clean.