Do not Buy Refurbished or used Laptops Sold with less than 1 year warranty in Sri Lanka

According to a research done by a group of IT experts, they say 9/10 second  refurbished (though they say refurbished, they are not refurbished by the company manufactured) or used laptops sold in Sri Lanka with less than 1 year waranty are causing many troubles for the users.


Normally the cost of these used laptops range from Rs. 10,000 upto Rs. 60,000. Their is a place in Dehiwala called Lankalaptopshouse, which gives only 30day warannty which means after that time you will face severe problems. It's not the only place but their are so many palces that sell laptops with poor quality. So please avoid those places.


Problems you will face ;


1. Display goes off after a month or two suddenly as inverter gets burnt (this is very costly if this has to be replaced)


2. Battery cannot hold power


3. Certain keys in the keyboard are not functioning (Sometimes you will notice this only after 30 days warranty is over )


4. Hard Disk Issues when data is copying


5. CD / DVD ROM/RW  sometimes reading but most of the time not


6. Power adapter is unable to provide adequate power to the ystem to function smoothly


7. Not working after restarting / shutdown ( then restart ) most of the time, need to keep it off for 4-5 hours to work again.


8 Difficult to find assoceries for the laptop as most of these laptops are rare on the market (as their had being issues with these types of laptops)


and many more issues...


Also if you contact / Visit them for technical support, it will be the worst technical support that you will get. Also you will notice how rudly they will speak to you if you go with a fault (which they should repair) during/ after the warranty period (though they would talk to you very nicely in a friendly way when you are their to buy a product !)


Finally the research group,  if you really want a laptop... Go for a branded brandnew laptop (If it's too costly, you can go for instalment wise payment) with at least 3 years warannty or go for a factory refurbished (refurbished by the manufatured company & certified by them) laptop with 1-3 years warannty