Officially refurbished Sony PS3s are great though, almost no different from a new. They replaced my damaged PS3 with a refurbished one 2 and a 1/2 years ago and I haven't had a single problem since.
Did they ever fix the glitch with Deus Ex that caused the game to freeze your entire system if you don't turn off internet access off before you play it?
I bought Deus ages ago but deleted it because I didn't feel like dealing with that all the time. But that was like a month and a half ago and...