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.