As the title states, has anyone had bad experiences with buying a refurbished unit on eBay?
I am looking to buy one as a Christmas present & don't want to get screwed.
Also have been reading some reviews with returns. Have experience with a unit going bad within a year for whatever reason?
Refurbs only have a 90 day warranty. Keep that in mind
I would be hesitant to try a refurb unit. IF the issue was the hard drive, Pioneer would have just swapped that for the user.
I bought a refurb Z1 unit and purchased a 2 year warranty via SquareTrade. I've read over what's covered and seems like a good deal at $150 for something that costs nearly $1000. If it cannot be fixed they give you a full refund of your purchase price. I can't see anything drastically going wrong with a head unit that sits in your car (except for software or motor issues with the LCD)
I get mine installed next week so hopefully everything is good with it
Be careful of the seller and check their feedback. I purchased a z1 8 months ago and never recieved it. Good luck
I just received my Z2 refurbished unit from ebay for under $900. The unit is installed with rear view camera, bluetooth, and ipod adapter. Everything works great, couldn't be happier. 
BTW, this was custom installed on my 04 E60. I'll post pics if I get a chance.
I bought a refurb n1 back in the day that came with a gex system for only 1k. It worked great. 
I would just like to inform everyone about an eBay purchase I made from a seller by the name of player4ever1987 on January 07, 2008, I was the winning bidder of $793.00 and it has now been, I have yet to recieve my item, and have opened a claim with eBay as well as paypal, anyone else have a bad expierence?
Bought my refurb unit from electronicsoutlet.com (ebay seller) Unit arrived with no issues.
Bought my refurb unit from electronicsoutlet.com (ebay seller) Unit arrived with no issues.
I used these guys a few times, I live near them and pick it up. Their items are brown boxed refurbs directly from pioneer and still sealed from pioneer.
They also sell new, for more of course...
I bought:
Avic z2
GEX-P10XMT(xm with navtraffic)
CDIB100II (ipod connector)
XDV-P6 (6dvd changer)
I HIGHLY recommend them.
Bought my refurb unit from electronicsoutlet.com (ebay seller) Unit arrived with no issues.
I bought a refurb unit from electronicsoutlet.com also. I brought it to get it installed and when the installer turned it on it did not work. I email electronicsoutlet and no problem, they sent me another unit and it seems to be working fine. I highly recomend them if you buy a refurb.
I also got one off of electronicsoutlet off of ebay, I got the z2 with the bluetooth and xm tuner. Will be getting it installed on the 3rd. will let you know how it works.
I got a referb from electronicsoutlet also and it works great. They are reputable and shipped it out very fast. BUT, BEWARE Other sellers, the first time I ordered a new one from a different seller, I never received it! The thing to do is - as someone else advised - check the feedback. Also look at the lower right and see what the "Check how you're protected" banner says. You are looking for "Up to $2,000 in buyer protection", if it says "$200" or less that you are paying, move on to another auction.
Happy bidding! I love my AVIC-Z2.
I purchased a refurb from millionbuy on ebay and paid $839. The unit came in the original Pioneer sealed box. Installed and works flawlessly. He even offers extended warranty.
I bought a few smaller-ticket refurb items from hifiaudioonline (i think thats their username). Each one offered the squaretrade warranty too. They had a Z1 and Z2 for sale as well, and the warranty was only $100 on the $800-900 sale price. Not bad, imo, but I went with a new D3 instead.
Dont know how far along any of you are with "refurb" units but long story short, Pioneer refurb units are supposed to come with a 3 year warranty now... at least thats what "CCS" says as they are a pioneer direct supplier (for many insurance companies). i believe they valued a refurb Z2 at about $950 w. the 3 year warranty which is 2 years more than a "new unit" warranty...which didnt make much sence to me, but whatever. this is what i am told so im passing it along
chris
I would just like to inform everyone about an eBay purchase I made from a seller by the name of player4ever1987 on January 07, 2008, I was the winning bidder of $793.00 and it has now been, I have yet to recieve my item, and have opened a claim with eBay as well as paypal, anyone else have a bad expierence?
Wow that sucks. But I don't think I would have gone with someone with that seller name. He sounds like a 20 year old who thinks he is a lot cooler then he really is. Hope you get your $ back.
I bought a refurb Z2 for $739.00 from 99cartoons on ebay. They shipped very quickly, and was packaged and sealed directly from Pioneer. I installed it in my '08 Dodge Quad Cab and it works just like new. I couldn't be happier with my purchase. Always check feedback before buying anything on Ebay.
You guys have to remenber that if you buy a radio like the Z2 and is nothing wrong with it, you decide to returned to the store because you need money at the moment or couldn't really buy it because you max your credit card etc. Most of the people says the unit is damage, is freezing etc etc so they can have their money back faster. most of this unit goes to Pioneer to be checked and QC once again, they don't find anything wrong with it after testing it, they can't sell it as new by law so they label them refurbished. I work on a company that does the same steps when we receive "damage items" and we don't only test them by just powering and looking at it. We open the product and test the internal boards with special fixtures that tells us wich resistor, diode, chip etc. is damage, and if we find something wrong we change the complete PCB board and do hard test to it. This goes to radios too.
Just make sure to buy REFURBISHED ITEMS refurbished by the Original Company and not other companies. Companies like Pioneer pays $10,000 for a fixture that test let's say amplifier boards, and they pay much more for more complex PCB boards. other companies doesn't have that equipment they just check the items manually .
I bought a z1 from one of those large ebay stores (can't remember which, but they had a feedback rating of 10K) over a year ago. It was a refurb and the funny thing was that it still had the first owners finger prints all over the screen. It also had that persons music on the drive and their home address in the navigation and the local circuit city (which was in Pennsylvania) saved in the address book. My guess was that it was a circuity city return...evidently the first owner (who was into hardcore rap) didn't like his unit. CC took it back, sent it to Pioneer and they did little more than confirm it worked and sold it out the back door to the ebay store.
A year later and the unit works great...no issues.
I bought a z1 from one of those large ebay stores (can't remember which, but they had a feedback rating of 10K) over a year ago. It was a refurb and the funny thing was that it still had the first owners finger prints all over the screen. It also had that persons music on the drive and their home address in the navigation and the local circuit city (which was in Pennsylvania) saved in the address book. My guess was that it was a circuity city return...evidently the first owner (who was into hardcore rap) didn't like his unit. CC took it back, sent it to Pioneer and they did little more than confirm it worked and sold it out the back door to the ebay store.
A year later and the unit works great...no issues.
Sometimes they send this units to third companies to refurbish them. Look always for people selling SEALED BY PIONEER, they should have a brown tape with pioneer on it, I just received this week 2 refurbished by Pioneer amplifiers and they came in a brown box with the pioneer logo on the side and the pioneer tape to seal the box, and I bought this on ebay from 2 different sellers. I'm waiting on my Avic Z2 refurbished also. by the way the amps doesn't have any marks of previous intallations and they look spanking new
I know it's a bit off topic but... I just got my Z2 from this ebay store...Electronicxpert Inc. I don't want to sound like an advertisment for them, but they were awsome! I was kinda nervous about buying from a basically anonomous seller, as I'm sure others are, so thought I'd help out by letting you all know about my experience with them.
Unit is brand new...1,149.00 total shipped to Canada.
Delivery time...5 days after purchase.
Came with Bluetooth adapter.
So 2 hundred more gets you brand new!