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Is it a good deal.. samsung i3 laptop by a dealer

11 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/is-it-a-good-deal-samsung-i3-laptop-by-a-dealer.157344/

Saahib
Saahib Original post #1
May 21, 2012 at 7:24 PM
Hi,

I have been offered laptop by a dealer citing that he can sell it for discount price if I can compromise with some scratches on body etc..

The laptop is : Samsung RV NP-RV518-S01IN Laptop: Flipkart.com: Compare, Review Samsung Notebook

He is quoting Rs. 23K for it..

Should I go for it , its almost new, dealer says that he used it for display just to show.. since it got scratches , he want to sell it on discount as there are btter deals from samsung..

I was originally going for Samsung ci5, 1GB Nvidia 520mx, 750 GB / 4G RAM for 35K ..

Need advice soon, he said offer for me is for today only !
aroraanant
May 21, 2012 at 11:01 PM
For 23k not a bad deal at all, and you will also get warranty with it.
Saahib
Saahib #4
May 21, 2012 at 11:54 PM
Alright..
Grabbed... !!!


It is confirmed that it was never used other than for showing off... It has FreeDOS installed which came from manufacturer ... I don't think dealer will take trouble to install FreeDOS on it to pretend its never used..


I spent good two hours at dealers place to verify things.. looks good apart of battery which needs to be calibrated.

He even said that I can use it for 2-3 days and if any issue he will take care !...

Lets hope for good !
dashing.sujay
May 22, 2012 at 12:19 AM
i3 + 3gb + 500 gigs @ 23k, hmm Is it even a deal? For some hundred bucks more, new ones are available.
Saahib
Saahib #6
May 22, 2012 at 12:27 AM
You left out GT520 M .... i3 are mostly around 30K and its new only with some scratches (those are visible to me only as I know about them) ...

But its just for time being.. you know about my crashed hdd !!
dashing.sujay
May 22, 2012 at 12:42 AM
520M isn't a big deal. Marginally better than hd3000. i3 is available around 23 something. Anyways you saved ~1k.
aroraanant
May 22, 2012 at 1:07 AM
^^^^
Bro but considering the same config from same brand costs around 5k or + more.
So considering that it is not a bad deal at all
Saahib
Saahib #9
May 22, 2012 at 1:22 PM
No issue in it, I can still return it and get another one !
So what are the options ... bcz I see similar configs in 30K range .. if something for which I don't have to pay more then I can do it... !
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aks1993 #10
Jun 27, 2012 at 10:24 PM
great man you had a nice deal. I too own a samsung laptop with almost same config but mine is i5 a i bought it from U.A.E and it costed me around 30k. but did you thought about upgrading its ram? can it be upgraded?
cyanide0007
Jun 28, 2012 at 8:29 AM
No issue in it, I can still return it and get another one !
So what are the options ... bcz I see similar configs in 30K range .. if something for which I don't have to pay more then I can do it... !

looks good deal. but have a look at this model Asus K53SD-SX110D / 2nd Gen Ci3/4GB/500GB/2GB Graphics/Free DOS: Flipkart.com: Compare, Review Asus Notebook

for 30k range you can't get anything better than this.. :p

and 2GB graphics Wow... (i know its 610m just renamed 520m)