Must say my experiences with Amazon have been pretty consistently positive despite heavy purchasing. Plus I buy mostly warehouse open box stuff which is extra risky. Couple of lessons learned:
* Warehouse deal laptops don't get checked for batteries. So it might boot & be good but dies if you pull the plug
* Warehouse deal laptop have a increased chance of thermal issues (bad binning / bad thermal paste / whatever)
* Open box / used is basically untouched like half the time. They rarely show actual signs of wear despite a billion warnings about 1/4 scratch on front and 3/4 on back and what not.
* Pay careful attention to appliances that require both water and electricity. A cheap mini rice cooker was my 1 and thus far only genuinely sketchy Amazon encounter.
* Warehouse deal laptops don't get checked for batteries. So it might boot & be good but dies if you pull the plug
* Warehouse deal laptop have a increased chance of thermal issues (bad binning / bad thermal paste / whatever)
* Open box / used is basically untouched like half the time. They rarely show actual signs of wear despite a billion warnings about 1/4 scratch on front and 3/4 on back and what not.
* Pay careful attention to appliances that require both water and electricity. A cheap mini rice cooker was my 1 and thus far only genuinely sketchy Amazon encounter.
* Camelcamelcamel FTW