[gg_gg]

Hi All,


This is my first time posting so hope I am doing things correctly

I can't decide on whether to buy a brand new Optoma 65 (or assumed new since I am getting from Costco) including screen priced at $1,000, or Refurbished Optoma 65 including screen priced at $599. Costco offers me 2 years warranty but the refurbished only 3 months!


Any advice?

 

[danimal60]

price out what a 2 yr protection plan would cost for the refurb and then compare the two #'s and see if price difference is enough incentive to go with refurb.

 

[gg_gg]

how would i price out a 2 year protection?

 

[danimal60]

check with some of the forum sponsors I guess or check prices on line. I put my PJ with Square Trade, was something like $70 for two years, but did not cover bulb, just the unit.

 

[gg_gg]

Thanks danimal60!! I'm from Canada, do you know of any similar companies that sells extended warranties like Square Trade? (I checked Square Trade's site, and they said they dont cover Canadian purchases)

 

[Ryan Rhino]

With the economy... be careful with extended warranties. I've been burned with some before. They take your cash then go belly up as the money either heads off-shore or the investments backing claims underperform.


Just a word to the wise.


I got dinged for $1500 on warranty gold extended auto warranties. It's been a few years and I think if they can get any money back - my "award" in the class action suit might cover a case of beer.


Also look at what is going on with the rebate industry right now... a number of the companies (one major one is canadian based) don't have enough to cover the rebates coming in and rebate checks are bouncing.

 

[shawntmartin]

I saw a HD65 for $699 but it too was a refurb with a 3 month warranty. Sounds good, but very risky. I didn't take the chance.

 

[ace5000]

I almost got burned on Ebay on a HD65. It was stated that it had a 90 warranty, bulb and all. The bulb blew within 10 hrs. Optoma said no warranty on reburb unit bulbs! The seller was unreasonable at best, so I had to fight it, and with the help of Paypal, got my money back less shipping one way.

 

[shawntmartin]

Can you PM me with the seller of the HD65? I saw the same Ebay auction and luckily avoided it. Just curious if we were looking at the same auction.

 

[gg_gg]

Thanks everyone for your help! So is $1000 (CAD) a little much for a brand new HD65 nowadays?

 

[danimal60]

I stopped by CC the other day and they had a $100 manufacturers rebate listed for that PJ, so check with your retailer

 

[budwich]

Bought the canada comp deal (ie. refurbished).... at basically half the big box store price. At that price, I look at it as being almost "throw away"... hopefully I will get a year out of it... anything more and its a steal. The unit looks / feels new and probably is a "big box" inventory return cause the units now at the big box are hd640 (canadian models). At the rate projector technology changes and prices come down, it pretty hard to justify paying much for a low/middle of the road unit.... but ultimately, its your money and your "sleepless nights".

 

[metal112524]

I took the HD65 Refurb Challenge and so far pretty good. I ended up using Live CashBack at 30% so price came to $500 for just the unit. 6 months warranty with optoma on refurb units.

 

[jay]

Did the same thing metal did and did not have problems with the projector although I only owned the projector for a month. Got rid of it because of the high fan noise the projector has in high altitude area.

 

[TwoSix]

I got one from CC with a 92" screen and an hdmi cable, 3 weeks and still working!

 

[metablob]

I got a HD7100 refurb from CC for $500 taxes in. It looked and performs as new, lamp had 0 hours on it. Very happy with it.