Used monitor advice

[2013]

Hi i was just looking for some advice on buying a used monitor

What to look at when picking up a used monitor ?
some people are not always honest, so could someone share some advice what to look out for ?
how old should a monitor be, I know some can last years and other may not last as long.

any other advice is helpful

 

[2013]

Just ask in advance to see it working, how thoroughly I'd check it would depend on how much I was spending.
Most monitors in my experience will work far past their warranty.
Had a lot of in warranty issues with Samsung tvs and monitors so I'd personally probably avoid them used.

Thanks, it would be a larger screen so I assume £100+
most warranties are 12 months, but most used monitoirs are 24+ month

to buy from another PC enthusiast who bought it recently and decided it is not for them

the last time i bought from a business i tried the monitor and all was fine.
but i did not test it enough or long enough and it had a screen fault that comes and goes sometimes.
by the time i seen the fault it was too late to return and i lost £130.

This is what I mean.
the last used monitor I had looked at ( used for 20 hour only till we got a TV, but age kept changing from 18month to 3 years no invoice) but was the only one in the size I wanted local to me.

This is why I wanted to ask