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by _fat_santa 235 days ago
> Another downside is that the seller might install spyware on your machine

At least in my case it came without a hard drive so there was no vector for attack there. Sure they might have installed spyware at the BIOS level though the practical chance of that happening from a seller that does any sort of volume is more unlikely than winning the lottery IMHO.

Sellers (especially volume sellers) just want to ship you your stuff and make a buck off the margin.