Hardware Analysis Community Forums http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/68457/ 2008-11-22T17:04:24-05:00 http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/68457/ http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/halogo.gif text/html 2007-08-29T03:54:20-05:00 Whyu Wannakno http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/68457/#0 I worked the retail industry selling computers, fax machines, printers, scanners, and most other types of office equipment. I know for a fact that several of the companies out there give refurbished machines, as a replacement, to their customers when the customer has a machine needing repair. Most customers think, when they hear the word &quot;<i>replacement</i>&quot;, that they'll be getting a brand new machine. Sadly this quite often is not the case.<br /> <br /> Who's to say they aren't taking returned, or repaired, items and selling them as new after they have been repaired? I don't know if they actually do it, but it wouldn't surprise me. <img src="http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/smilies/smile14.gif" width="14" height="14" border="0" alt=":angry:" title=":angry:">