On May 22, 2010, at 6:57 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: > On 23/05/2010, P. J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I've worked in retail, sellling at different times, audio equipment and >> cameras, if we couldn't sell again as new, (i.e. the camera, or other gear, >> looked pristine and the all of the packaging was as new), we wouldn't give >> you all of your money back, and after checking all of the cameras functions, >> we'd sure as hell sell it as new. Some places charge a restocking fee as a >> matter of course. > > I guess that's the difference, here people can sniff out something > that's been repackaged (even carefully) a mile away and will often > demand a discount for taking on shop-soiled items. > That's true here as well. Most packaging today has machine applied tape or shrink wrap. It's not hard to see if it's been opened. I look for a package that is still sealed. And if the opened one is the only one left, I ask for a discount. NIne times out of ten, it's granted. Paul > Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) > Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours > Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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