$259 21" Trinitron Monitor

[Incredulous]

Beware of refurbished monitors from places like Dell and Gateway. I bought this exact same model a couple years ago refurbed (not from this company) and it died after about 4 months. I tried contacting Gateway and getting them to fix it. I couldn't even pay them to fix it (no use of warranty). Basically, Gateway (and Dell I know too does this) won't even talk to you, let alone fix it, unless you bought something directly from them and have an order number, customer number, etc. It costs me a little under $200 in shipping/parts/labor to fix my monitor. I'll never buy a monitor again unless it has a warranty with it. These things cost too much to ship back and forth and get worked on. Bottom line. That's my take on the situation. So whoever's buying a monitor, I only suggest to buy new with a nice manufacturer's warranty.
-Incredulous

 

[Garster]

I've purchased 7 or 8 monitors from Secondwindpc and all worked great.I got one of them Cornerstone 21" for $269.00 a few months ago and it arrived looking brand new.Nice people to deal with also.

 

[Wag]

secondhandpc looks interesting. Some of those monitors seem like really good deals, even if they're 4yrs old. If they're in as good a condition as people say I might take a chance.

Some of the monitors say "boxed". What does that mean?

 

[nitros]

Thanks for the info squisher.

If my deal has problems I can go to secondwindpc and pay a little more and get that NEC 21" for $300. Nice.

 

[ElDiablo]

Anybody have some ideas on what the best monitor to get from this secondwind place would be?? is that cornerstone pretty good? I've got a 19" ctx but I'd like to replace a 14" I have with something large.

thanks

Drew

 

[Squisher]

I went to CNet, at the Hardware Reviews section typed in "21 inch monitors" then hit Previous Reviews about 100 times(at least it felt like it) to back up to 1997. Wish I had saved the link. They really liked the Cornerstone. I like it too.

 

[DDamage]

how do u like the CTX??ElDiablo