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It it fraud or just laziness? 10 years ago I stopped buying open-box items from NewEgg. They never, ever worked. I had a theory that it was cheaper for them t
by bluedino 5y ago
It it fraud or just laziness?
10 years ago I stopped buying open-box items from NewEgg. They never, ever worked.
I had a theory that it was cheaper for them to ship it to another customer, and then if it got returned a second time, mark it as defective, vs doing actually DOA checks etc on their side.
- thedougd 5y agoFor computer components, especially, this must be true.
- Mountain_Skies 5y agoThat lately has been my experience with Amazon's "tested and refurbished" outlet items. The last three items have all been defective or missing parts despite Amazon's claim that they were thoroughly tested and checked for quality. The funny part is one of the items was bulky and would cost $45 to ship at retail rates. I know Amazon gets a bulk discount but it still couldn't have been cheap for them to process the return. They paid that $45 (or whatever is their discounted rate) at least four times on the item that cost under $200. Wonder if it went on a returns pallet, sold to a liquidator, who then sold it on Craigslist or someplace similar.