Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Core i5 / 8GB / 256GB $979

[MiniKnight]

Much cheaper than elsewhere: Microsoft Surface Pro 3 256GB SSD HD 8GB RAM Intel Core i5 Tablet PS2 00001 New | eBay today only deal and these look new.

Amazon and Microsoft are $1249: Amazon.com: Microsoft Surface Pro 3 (256 GB, Intel Core i5, Windows 8.1) - Free Windows 10 Upgrade: Computers & Accessories

A few other places are in the $10150 range.

 

[Scott Laird]

FWIW, the Surface Pro 4 is supposed to be announced next week.

 

[T_Minus]

I've had the i7 for sale even cheaper than this with original box/gear barely used and not 1 person has made me an offer on any forum.... weird. Maybe people really want a warranty!

 

[Peanuthead]

T has a good asking price. Sad part is that I just don't have the funds for it. I have a Surface Pro in front of me that needs a screen replacement. If I could replace the screen I'd rock it.

 

[T_Minus]

How'd you damage your screen?

I personally have an i5 I use all the time, the i7 i'm selling for a buddy, but I'm really surprised on the bigger forums how little interest I've seen, and then an ebay seller unloads a boat load of i5s for more $$$ only thing I could come up with is a wararnty.

 

[Peanuthead]

Previous owner drove off with it on the car. It is an i5 also. I got it for nearly free. From what I can tell the screen can be replaced but haven't tried it yet.

 

[Patrick]

FWIW, the Surface Pro 4 is supposed to be announced next week.

I am excited about the SP4. Might be getting one to replace the Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro.

 

[T_Minus]

Previous owner drove off with it on the car. It is an i5 also. I got it for nearly free. From what I can tell the screen can be replaced but haven't tried it yet.

LOL!! That must have sucked.

Get that thing fixed and start using it. The SP3 is the reason I replaced my flank monitors with 24" 4Ks... once you go higher resolution it's hard to go back!!

 

[Patrick]

My SP1 lost a screen at the start of a San Francisco -> Chicago flight. I had the extended warranty and they replaced the unit for like $200.

 

[iq100]

My SP1 lost a screen at the start of a San Francisco -> Chicago flight. I had the extended warranty and they replaced the unit for like $200.

If you had an extended warranty why did they charge you $200?

 

[abstractalgebra]

If you had an extended warranty why did they charge you $200?

Perhaps a deductible for accidental damage and possibly some labor. Limits users damaging items on purpose

 

[Peanuthead]

Mine is out of warranty and they want $488 for a Surface Pro 1 refurbished. Righttt... I don't think so.

 

[britinpdx]

My Surface RT is held together with Duct Tape after an unfortunate "seat recline" incident on a UA flight. The hinges for the plastic kick stand got busted, hinges are non replaceable and M$ wanted more for a replacement than I paid for the device.

It's interesting, as we advance and drive down manufacturing costs to make next generation devices cheaper, we also pretty much render them as "non repairable devices" as the labor content required to repair the device may be more than the labor content to build it in the first place.

In the past year or so I've sent several Motherboards into Supermicro for repair under warranty and each time I've received a different board with no apparent solder repairs (looking like new actually). Either they put the returned boards into an RMA pool for later repair or they scrap/recycle them and ship out demo/new replacements. If their failure rate is low I have to think that the latter is likely more cost effective.