
The keys were very worn on the keyboard and the battery holds less than 75% full charge of the design capacity with over 750 charging cycles. It says “service battery”. I would think when the item is “refurbished” the battery would’ve been changed. Will be returning it and won’t buy “refurbished” from Best Buy again. It was more like a “used” MacBook that had tons of use.
Posted by Dawn
I'm typically not into writing reviews but this purchase was terrible. I do not recommend buying a renewed item. It comes from a company called JemJem. They also sell on Amazon. It looks like from what I've read it is a bunch of mixed reviews. You either hit the jackpot with your purchase or it is god awful. Let's focus on the purchase itself. The item which is 800 dollars was shipped in a box with a single layer of bubble wrap where the power brick, the cable and the cord was all loose. It was shipped UPS ground from California to the East coast city of Boston! The box itself was dented, crushed, it was filmsy. I'm amazed it got to point B. The charging brick was dirty and appeared heavily worn. The laptop itself had a dent on the bottom of the case, corners were chipped/dented in. There is al a lot of filth that stuck to the screen which is likely from the keyboard. The keys on the keyboard was heavily worn and also had food material stuck to it. I thought to myself, let me check it out anyways. Well, it didn't even turn on!!! I left it on the charger for about 30 minutes. NOTHING!. I definitely picked the "jem" of the crop. I immediately started a return of the item. You get a way better quality from Open Box items.
This review is from Apple - Macbook 12" Certified Refurbished - Intel Core M - 8GB Memory - 512GB SSD - Gold
Posted by JayC
I was as very Excited to get this computer and had a lot of options that I was looking for… However it did not tell me what years produced and that I could not really update it very much from where it was already. I was able to buy a brand new one for $200 more.
Posted by Jslamo
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