<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><head><meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></head><body ><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div>I have purchased a couple personally for hobby applications but have not used them at work. In my opinion, in a library they would be best suited for diskless kiosks, digital signage and occasional-use classrooms. Depending on usage patterns and software demands, used might be OK for general public use but I would only entertain that as an austerity measure. At our system we try to adhere to a rolling 4-year refresh cycle and buy new so I usually have some of my own "refurbished" units on hand.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Matthew Kinsey, IT Coordinator, Guernsey County District Public Library<br></div><div><br></div><div style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; line-height: 0px;" class="zmail_extra_hr"><br></div><div style="" data-zbluepencil-ignore="true" class="zmail_extra"><div><br></div><div id="Zm-_Id_-Sgn1">---- On Fri, 04 Dec 2020 11:30:51 -0500 <b>Phil Shirley via OPLINTECH <oplintech@lists.oplin.org></b> wrote ----<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote style="margin: 0px;"><div><p>Have you ever bought refurbished computers from TechSoup, and if
so what did you think?<br></p><p>Have you ever bought refurbished computers at all? I don't think
I ever have.<br></p><p>I would be a little suspicious of the reliability of refurbished
equipment, and I would be worried about being able to get a
quantity (maybe 20 units) of the same kind, or to be able to find
something that I wanted available when I wanted it. However, the
prices I see are very attractive.<br></p><p>Thanks for any input you can give me.<br></p><p>Phil<br></p><p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;" class=""><b><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Phil Shirley</span></b><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><br> <i>IT Manager</i><br> <b>Cuyahoga Falls Library</b></span></span><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></span><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><br> <b>p.</b> 330.928.2117 x109 <b>e.</b> <a href="mailto:pshirley@cuyahogafallslibrary.org" target="_blank"> <span class="colour" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">pshirley@cuyahogafallslibrary.org</span></a> <br> <b>w. </b><a href="http://www.cuyahogafallslibrary.org/" target="_blank"><span class="colour" style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">cuyahogafallslibrary.org</span></a> <b>a. </b>2015 Third Street, Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221</span></span></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/fallslibrary/" target="_blank"><span class="colour" style="color:windowtext"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="24" width="24" src="cid:part3.3FC9E9F3.7F4A722D@cuyahogafallslibrary.org"></span></span></span></a> <span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:10pt"> </span></span><a href="https://twitter.com/FallsLibrary" target="_blank"><span class="colour" style="color:windowtext"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="24" width="24" src="cid:part5.EB309626.1EA0D0D3@cuyahogafallslibrary.org"></span></span></span></a><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:10pt"> </span></span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/fallslibrary/" target="_blank"><span class="colour" style="color:windowtext"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="24" width="24" src="cid:part7.68AF6CB2.B68ABFC3@cuyahogafallslibrary.org"></span></span></span></a><br></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px;"> <br></p></div><div>_______________________________________________<br></div><div>OPLINTECH mailing list<br></div><div>OPLINTECH@lists.oplin.org<br></div><div>http://lists.oplin.org/mailman/listinfo/oplintech<br></div><div><br></div><div>****** Ready to move your library's site to something you don't have to manage? https://oplin.ohio.gov/webkit ******<br></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div></div><br></body></html>