On 9/18/2015 7:21 AM, Boron Elgar wrote:

>
> Interesting. Thanks for tracking down the info.
>
> I have never bought anything listed as " reconditioned," as it has
> always implied "used" to me. This was just an impression I had with
> nothing to back it up. I many not have been 100% correct, but this
> confirms my choices over the years.
>
>

In some cases you are correct. It was used or damaged. OTOH, I told
the story before how some merchandise is perfectly new, good, tested,
but marked refurbished to sell at outlet stores. I've seen this first
hand at a few companies I visited.

As an aside, the same goes for many things sold with different model
numbers. Staples may carry one number, Best Buy another, identical but
for some added accessory.

On Fri, 18 Sep 2015 23:42:22 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 9/18/2015 7:21 AM, Boron Elgar wrote:
>
>>
>> Interesting. Thanks for tracking down the info.
>>
>> I have never bought anything listed as " reconditioned," as it has
>> always implied "used" to me. This was just an impression I had with
>> nothing to back it up. I many not have been 100% correct, but this
>> confirms my choices over the years.
>>
>>
>
>In some cases you are correct. It was used or damaged. OTOH, I told
>the story before how some merchandise is perfectly new, good, tested,
>but marked refurbished to sell at outlet stores. I've seen this first
>hand at a few companies I visited.

Yup. This gets around MSRP price breaking and soothes retailers who
keep to such things.

>As an aside, the same goes for many things sold with different model
>numbers. Staples may carry one number, Best Buy another, identical but
>for some added accessory.


And makes price comparisons tricky, which is its goal, I believe.