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Your misusing terms. You are using the term refurbished but you really mean remanufactured. Remanufacturing is the rebuilding of a product to specifications of

Your misusing terms. You are using the term refurbished but you really mean remanufactured. Remanufacturing is the rebuilding of a product to specifications of the original manufactured product using a combination of reused, repaired and new parts. It requires the repair or replacement of worn out or obsolete components and modules. Remanufacturing is a form of a product recovery process that differs from other recovery processes in its completeness: a remanufactured part should match the same customer expectation as new machines.

sjwright 8y ago
You might be right from an industry wonk's perspective, but what matters is consumer expectation. For example: Apple themselves uses the term refurbished to describe an iPhone that—but for the packaging—appears identical to a brand new item as far as any regular consumer could tell. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refurbishment_(electronics) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refurbishment_(electronics)
- sjwright 8y ago
  Actually if Wikipedia is anything to go by, the term remanufacturing doesn't apply here. The term "remanufacture", however, is a distinct term used for products that are returned to the identical-to-new condition in industrial closed-loop processes, and which often possess the same warranties and guarantees as a new product. I am definitely not talking about remanufacturing.
  - baldfat 8y ago
    Well what term are you using for a repair? If your using parts that are not under warranties nor is it the same as it was when it was manufactured? When I buy parts off of ebay I don't expect them to be the same, no matter what the label is on the part. Just like buying "OEM" batteries on Amazon. You better know you have close to zero chance of having the same battery as you bought before.
    - sjwright 8y ago
      I'm not the one defending the use of the term refurbished. The fake-glass chop shops are the ones who are using it, and I think they should stop doing so.

sjwright 8y ago

You might be right from an industry wonk's perspective, but what matters is consumer expectation. For example: Apple themselves uses the term refurbished to describe an iPhone that—but for the packaging—appears identical to a brand new item as far as any regular consumer could tell. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refurbishment_(electronics) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refurbishment_(electronics)

sjwright 8y ago
Actually if Wikipedia is anything to go by, the term remanufacturing doesn't apply here. The term "remanufacture", however, is a distinct term used for products that are returned to the identical-to-new condition in industrial closed-loop processes, and which often possess the same warranties and guarantees as a new product. I am definitely not talking about remanufacturing.
- baldfat 8y ago
  Well what term are you using for a repair? If your using parts that are not under warranties nor is it the same as it was when it was manufactured? When I buy parts off of ebay I don't expect them to be the same, no matter what the label is on the part. Just like buying "OEM" batteries on Amazon. You better know you have close to zero chance of having the same battery as you bought before.
  - sjwright 8y ago
    I'm not the one defending the use of the term refurbished. The fake-glass chop shops are the ones who are using it, and I think they should stop doing so.