It should be understood that, in the electronics/electrical industry,
the law is very clear: even if the only thing that happened to a device
is that the package was opened or the tape ripped, it cannot be sold as
"new". And that includes ALL of the contents of the device. So it goes
back to a service depot of some kind and is checked out by a
"technician" and then re-packaged and sold as "factory refurbished". And
if, for instance, the case was damaged in transit but the guts are fine,
those guts cannot be included in a "new" unit - at most, they have to be
part of a "refurbished" piece. The reality is that failed components are
never actually re-worked these days. If, for instance, the video board
failed in a new computer, the board is discarded, a new board is
installed, the unit is tested, and it is sold as "refurbished". So the
customer is getting a product that is "new" for practical purposes but
"refurbished" for legal purposes. I suspect that, in most cases, the
manufacturer is happy to break even on a "refurbished" unit, but that is
better than writing it off as a loss.
Of course, the above is a generalization, but it was true for 90% of the
companies when I was a product manager in the industry.
Mike
Tom Piwowar wrote:
I had no idea you could still pay pretty close to new price for a
used/refurbished camera. Yes, it does say "refurbished by NIKON
includes warranty" but I don't think that justifies the price.
Same thing is true for refurb Macs. You get a couple of hundred bucks off.
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