www.spartantech.com Review: Another Fraud Web Site. This Site Sells Old Repaired Hardware As New & At A Price OF New And If Somebody Finds Out It's Old Repaired Hardware Sold As New They Show You A Word (Like "PULL" in my case) In The Listing Somewhere Which Is Printed With Some Very Light Color Small Font Which Further Open Up A Window upon clicking on it As Popup (I was able to see it but if you have a pop blocker you might find it difficult to see) Which Further Says  
"Pulls - Pulls were previously installed in a computer system and "pulled" from that system for resale. Some of these systems were in use while others were new systems that never sold. In addition, since most of these items are sent through a reverse supply chain (e.g., from a retailer back to a centralized warehouse), they can show signs of further handling"  
You don’t see anything in product description or on your invoice and you end up paying shipping restocking and all that for no reason if you end up returning. I purchased 15 hard drives from them they charged my card on 7-2-08 and shipped it finally on 7-17-08 15 days after making calls to them. I had a real BAD experience with them.  

Ordered Intel D865PERLL mobo. Ontime delivery and in good condition. Will use Spartan again.

i received 18 AtlhonXP 2.6 in horrible state.  
with broken crystal and some of them seriosuly damaged.  
 
they are PULLS = Used.(was what said one person from spartantech)  
whats the difference between used X pulls???they are on pricegrabber and pricewatch selling NEW itens. tehy never call it "USED".  
 
Sumary: all CPUs are used and sometimes it is damaged. (my result is: 3 damaged cpu)

This review was modified by its author, mako12, on 6/8/05 10:18 AM.

Good prices on certain items, super fast delivery, great packaging. Had a problem, quickly aknowledged and replacement shipped extremely fast. Will definately use them again.

This review was modified by its author, broen61dawg, on 2/8/05 6:37 PM.

in spite of the bad reviews about getting used products from spartantech.com, i decided to take a chance and order 2 oem cpus, 2 cd-rw combo drives and 1 motherboard.  
order arrived in less than a week and all products are working fine.  
i did not notice any used products that other reviewers encountered.  
the 2 oem cpus arrived in bubble wrap and the whole thing was inside an anti-static plastic. i don't know if it is a good idea to put bubble wrap first and then the anti-static plastic after. since the oem cpus were working, i did not complain anymore. they also put the cpu package inside of the motherboard box for added protection.

I purchased a 128MB stick of PC100 SDRam from Spartantech. After inspecting the stick of ram, which arrived in a used anti static bag from a previous, different stick of ram, I saw that the ram was clearly USED. There were marks on the all the contact pins from general use, as well as what looked like rust spread across the bottom of 4 of the pins.  
 
If I wanted used memory, I would have went somewhere else, which is what I would advise you to do, if you plan on purshaing from spartantech.

This review was modified by its author, _John_Lennon_, on 1/18/05 4:56 PM.

I have dealt with spartentech more then 20 times now. I find this seller to have reasonable pricing and solid customer service. I had to return a $250 motherboard due to an error made by spartentech in there listing (honest copy paste mistake if you ask me). When they were alerted of the problem they responded quickly and a replacement was sent out promptly.  
 
I am writing this review because I feel that this is an honest seller with great service and their rating here does not reflect this.

This review was modified by its author, jhofmann, on 1/4/05 1:22 PM.

Ordered an Athlon XP 1700+ OEM CPU and the package came moderately fast. The CPU was sandwiched with bubble wrap with no kind of static deterrant wrapping, which is unacceptable. Closer examination of the CPU shows previous use and discoloration upon the die cast surface. Using rubbing alcohol did not remove what seems like thermal paste that's been permanently stained on the CPU. However, the CPU works and that's all I really care since it's not for me.

Spartan advertises products that are in stock that are not. If you order, they will try to find it to ship out. If they can't find it, they may send a substitute product or cancel your order. I have ordered from them many times and this has always been the mode of operation. I have put up with it until now but after receiving an order today that is not what I ordered, I believe I am finished with this company.

This review was modified by its author, ronscomputers, on 5/2/04 7:11 PM.

Lied about having Presotts in stock. Cancelled my order and they never credited my Paypal account (yet). Steer clear of this site at all costs.

Well, the only reason I ordered from Spartantech is because they claimed to have the Prescotts in stock. Their web site didn’t, in no way, shape or form state that the Prescotts were not in stock. It said “Ships in 1 day”, it did not say, not in stock or waiting on shipment to arrive but I repeat, “Ships in 1 day”. When I spoke to Tim yesterday I was told that they were waiting for the Prescotts to arrive, the shipment hasn’t arrived yet, well… that is considered false advertisement. Now, a day later the web site says, “ETA 2/06”, if they didn’t have the Prescotts in stock Spartantech could have easily said so on their web site. As far as I’m concerned that is not good business practice. I’m sure many individuals will make there feeling of discuss known as I have.  
 

Great experience....items shipped out the next business day and I recieved the order the day after that. Called their toll-free tech support (hard to find many online companies that even have tech support) and they helped mw with a problem I was having wiht my video card. They were recommended to me by a co-worker and I would recommend them to others.

I've bought several SCSI hard drives from these guys. The delivery has always been on time and the prices are very competitive.

Good Price but you are better off using Amazon or Buy.com. At least those companies seldom charge you 15% restocking fees for a returned product!

This is the worst service I have ever received from an internet business. Four of the items I ordered were not in stock although all but one showed in stock. When I called or e-mailed to get information it was just a run around. No one knew or seemed to care about finding out the status of the order. I called and changed one of the items while talking to Tim on the phone and when I called back the next day I was informed that it was not in stock. Even though I was on the phone confirming the item would be shipped. If you want your order order from somewhere else.