{"id":27084,"date":"2012-01-17T12:15:46","date_gmt":"2012-01-17T17:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=27084"},"modified":"2012-01-17T12:15:46","modified_gmt":"2012-01-17T17:15:46","slug":"chris-pirillo-5-things-you-should-not-buy-used","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/chris-pirillo-5-things-you-should-not-buy-used\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Pirillo: 5 Things You Should Not Buy Used"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EilKEAywTNU?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lockergnome.com\/mattryan\/2012\/01\/12\/five-things-you-should-not-buy-used\/\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more about this topic<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n<p><b>About Chris:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chris.pirillo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Pirillo<\/a> is the founder of the tech blogging network, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lockergnome.com\" target=\"_blank\">Lockergnome<\/a> and previously served as host of TechTV&#8217;s Call for Help show.  Chris&#8217;s insightful and entertaining how to videos will now be featured in the PC Pitstop newsletters and highlighted at techtalk.pcpitstop.com and pcpitstop.com.<\/p>\n<p>You can <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/chrispirillo\" target=\"_blank\">follow Chris on Twitter<\/a> and subscribe to his Youtube video channel <a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/lockergnome\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/techtalk.pcpitstop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/chrispirillowp.jpg\" alt=\"chris_screen\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"attachment wp-att-6330 alignleft\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To counterpoint five things that you should buy used, there are plenty of things that you&#8217;d be equally wise in investing just a little more money for being pristine and unused. A hard drive, for example, is cheap enough when it&#8217;s fresh from the manufacturer (and will be covered by a warranty) that saving a couple of bucks from some shyster on eBay who may have dropped the thing a couple of times just isn&#8217;t worth the price of your sanity. 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