Digital Photography

After Christmas we are all looking for special prices.  Refurbished or reconditioned in the description of the product is a good way to buy electronics.  Here is a explanation of what  recondtioned digital cameras means.  Product qualifies as refurbished, as the internal mechanisms that may be unaffected by the cosmetic damaged are still checked.

Demonstration Units - Defect During Production - In any assembly line production process, a specific component can show up as defective because a faulty processing chip, power supply, disc loading mechanism, or other factor. Most of the time, this is caught before the product leaves the factory, however, defects can show up after the product hits store shelves.  As a result of customer returns, inoperative demos, and excessive product breakdowns within the warranty period of a specific element in the product, a manufacturer may “recall” a product from a specific batch or production run that exhibits the same defect.  When this occurs, the manufacturer can repair all the defective units and send them back out to retailers as refurbished units for sale.

Overstock Items - Most of the time, if a retailer has an overstock of a particular item they simply reduce the price and put the item on sale or clearance. However, sometimes, when a manufacturer introduces a new model, it will “collect” the remaining stock of the older models still on store shelves and redistribute them to specific retailers for quick sale. In this case, the item can be sold either as “a special purchase” or can be labeled as refurbished.

Panasonic lumix DMC-LZ4 Anti blur

What All Of The Above Means For The Consumer

Basically, when an electronic product is shipped back to the manufacturer, for whatever reason, where it is inspected, restored to original specification (if needed), tested and/or repackaged for resale, the item can no longer sold as “new”, but can onlin the electronics world, it is not so obvious as to what the term “refurbished Customer Return - Most major retailers have a 30-day return policy for their products and many consumers, for whatever reason, return products within that time period. - Most of the time, if there is nothing wrong with the product, stores will just reduce the price and resell it as an open box special. However, if there is some sort of defect present in the product, many stores have agreements to return the product to the manufacturer were it is inspected and/or repaired, and then repackaged for sale as a refurbished item. ” actually means for the consumer.  Why be sold as “refurbished”.  le. However, they cannot be sold as new products, so they are relabeled as refurbished units.  “Good as new!”