Buy old hi-tech, go to 'tradesman' also tricked!

" Never get used to buying old technology for acquaintances if you don't have a clear idea " - that is the advice of the 'experts' hunting old things after their 'bloody' experiences.

' Frankly speaking, buying electronics like' delicious, good, cheap 'is only' lucky than wise ', no one dares to say for sure what their quality is - including workers ', Mr. Hung - one Technology reporter in Hanoi - confirmed.

Whether the whole thing is from a computer, laptop, phone to a digital camera, his lens has absolutely no new 'genuine' purchases, all second-hand (used items). or portable goods. But after a few times working as an "expert", he did not dare to accept the offer to buy together or "see goods" for friends and relatives.

One of Mr. Hung's 'bloody' experiences was once to buy a phone for . his father-in-law. In 2006, his favorite music fan loved the Samsung T400 but the machine stopped production. Thanks to his close friend who had a phone store to look for a household, he finally found a 'display shop' that was in store. Using the whole experience to look at the 4-year-old phone, he and his friend felt like they were after the afternoon of sitting around.

The only thing is that both of them did not bring things to open the phone, but Hung did not want to tear the beautiful FPT stamp in the snail. After a few days, the charger started to get worse. He urgently asked his friend for another charger for his father-in-law. But using the new charger, the whole day is not full, but the withdrawal is only about 1 day after the battery is fully discharged. Once again he had to ask his friend for help. After a few times, it didn't work, the old man didn't say anything but lost his excitement. My wife 'corrects' the sentence: 'How long have you been doing technology, buying old stuff without choosing your father '?

The older IBM T4x computers were favored because of their low price, long-lasting performance and the ability to look up Lenovo's basic web source and configuration. It's also troublesome to buy digital gear, but Mr. Tuyen (Thai Ha, Hanoi) has trouble with the laptop. Being a computer repairman for many years, he got a friend from an old laptop to work with. The requirements are: inexpensive, small and light, just enough to run office, chat and email applications.

After a week of searching, he also earned a delicious IBM X41 for her friend for 6 million VND. The only thing is that this machine uses French keyboard and French Windows because it is portable. The thin knowledge of the newly graduated student makes the device always in a state full of virus spread via USB port. So, again, install it and install it again. This model does not have a CD drive available, so every time you reinstall it, you must remove the hard drive. If you install antivirus software, it will reduce your computer's performance, you don't know how to update it.

After 2 months of "the mercenary, the laborer" with the X41, the stomacher gave her a loan to exchange a new computer "for good".

Thieves were also deceived

Not only users, even repairers sometimes have to deal with "goods" at the store when buying floating items. Han Thanh Quang (Hanoi) tells about a "trick man" at the store more than a year ago. At the time, he had an O2 Atom phone. After a few strong falls, the sensor will "die" at the bottom half of the screen.

When you bring it to the store to fix it, the worker changes 3-4 other touch pieces but still cannot fix the "hemiplegia". Suspiciously, the mechanic who replaced the old touch plate on his computer to another store is still operating normally. So the conclusion: not by touch but by control circuit. Replacing the touch panel is a common disease of O2, only about 150,000 VND is fixed. But touching the circuit is a big problem, sometimes up to 500-600 thousand VND and still not guaranteed, the chain effect may cause damage to spread to other devices.

Technology items in shopping centers also have the ability to "retire" from old goods if buyers are too cheap and inexperienced. Photo: VNN The mechanic said: " In short, your machine can only be sold to workers, not sold to users. If you want to sell the price, let me show you how ." Quang agreed. So the Atom was secretly cut by the workman's two touch-control wires, disguising the broken variety. The entire circuit on the mainboard is not touched.

Quang took the phone to another mobile phone store on Thai Ha street and asked for the sensor. This disease is so common that this shop receives immediate corrections. Waiting for the mechanic to open the phone to change the touch panel, Quang complained about O2 phone trouble and quickly damaged, expressed his desire to exchange another phone and sell it to the store. The deal is very quick. The owner of the shop checks the call, charges the phone, the speaker, . doesn't see anything but the "half-paralyzed" problem caused by the price of 1.8 million dong while the price of an old Atom is out of the market. over 2.2 - 2.5 million VND. Quang complained about bargaining up and down a bit and nodded. So the transaction is done.

" Then the phone was refurbished to be sold back to the customers, no store suffered. But when the workers were tricked, the user was always a chicken ," Quang said.

Black red buy second hand

The most difficult thing when buying floating electronics is to determine the exact level of the product remaining. But the buyer is only allowed to see the external speaker, not to open the device to see the internal components in person, so the risk is inevitable.

' When you buy a laptop, you can only see it: how is the scratched shell, cracked, determine the old / new level of the device through the opacity of the keyboard, does the LCD screen have any dark spots? if there are no dead spots, screws with open traces, hard drive sound running, is the sound of the fan quieter, etc. But when asking the store to open the machine to see if there is welding, is the board changed or changed color? Don't talk, 'Hung said. ' Myself when buying things also determines that buying old goods is subject to risks '.

The reason that the store refused to open the device for visitors is very reasonable: loss of 'zin' of the machine. But it is these that decide whether the laptop is good or not. Is it even a 'build up' (goods assembled from components that still operate from many broken machines).

" Good, good, cheap" items are really rare to be bought by buyers, "Tuyen said. " Old goods often contain an error that causes the old owner to change, including the goods that are labeled refurbish and imported from abroad. It is important that I find out what it is and have lived. It's okay with it or not ".