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waforear
18th of April 2003 (Fri), 23:48
Hi
I'm new to the site, so please forgive me if this topic has been discussed before... l'm seriously looking at a buying a refurbished 1D to replace my D60, but $3,250 is a lot of money to invest in a item that did'nt pass QA the first time round... Or did it? What is the definition of a refurb. Appreciate any advice offered.
Thanks,
Wally
gdstaples
19th of April 2003 (Sat), 01:37
Wally:

Spend the extra $300 and get a new one. B&H sells them for $3599.00 new.

Duncan
waforear
19th of April 2003 (Sat), 01:52
Yeah, sound advice Duncan, thanks, I may end up going that route. Curious on how refurbs are marketed, are they such a risk... No info on the canon site.
Cheers,
Wally
robertwgross
19th of April 2003 (Sat), 02:00
waforear wrote:
What is the definition of a refurb.


It is supposed to mean that the product is taken by an authorized factory service center and is retested or tweaked so that it passes original factory specifications. The original manual, cables, and packaging is replaced. The whole thing is cleaned up, and slight normal usage wear is ignored.

What happens in some marginal operations is that the product is looked at. Somebody says "It looks good to me" and the product is shipped as refurbished.

One marginal operation got a complaint about one of its "refurbs" that was extremely crappy. The purchaser was screaming "How could you call that refurbished?"

The marginal operation said "We never called it _refurbished_. We called it _refurb_. Doesn't that mean it is partly refurbished?"

We've got to run operations like that out of business!

---Bob Gross---
Slow
19th of April 2003 (Sat), 03:34
robertwgross wrote:
waforear wrote:
What is the definition of a refurb.


The marginal operation said "We never called it _refurbished_. We called it _refurb_. Doesn't that mean it is partly refurbished?"

We've got to run operations like that out of business!

---Bob Gross---



Its like the "lifetime guarantee" that I got on an exhaust system for my car. It started blowing nearly three years later so I took it back and the guy said "Yup, it's reached the end of its lifetime, time to buy a new one!"