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07-06-2003, 01:20 PM
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Can the returned goods, like video cards be advertised and sold as new?
I plan to buy Radeon 9500 non pro, so I want to know what's a chance of getting a returned card (and therefor nonoverclockable one...)
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07-06-2003, 01:46 PM
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slim to none...most of the returned products will be sent back to the manufacturer to be replaced with new..
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07-06-2003, 02:23 PM
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You can buy repackaged stuff all day long at any of the Fry's Electronics stores---they give it a glance over at the return counter and re-shrink it...
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07-06-2003, 05:48 PM
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Thanks, folks.
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07-09-2003, 05:56 PM
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Best Buy & Circuit City also resell returned items as new.
I have on more than one occasion opened a product at home only to find a completely different product or plainly abused product sealed in there just like it was new from the original MFG. I don't believe for a moment so many MFG would have such occurances. But rather BB & CC selling repakaged items as new. And THEN you get to get treated like the thief when you return them...just a lovely experience all-together!
I believe such fraud deserves jail time, but that's because I purchase so many items and have had it happen so often, I am plain sick of it.
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07-09-2003, 08:56 PM
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I wasn't aware of Best Buy and Circuit City doing what Fry's considers as common as drinking water, now I don't trust any walk-in store!
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07-09-2003, 08:57 PM
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| Quote: Originally posted by ArcticFox
I wasn't aware of Best Buy and Circuit City doing what Fry's considers as common as drinking water, now I don't trust any walk-in store! | They usually rip you off anyway.
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07-09-2003, 09:07 PM
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That's why you should order online, especially since the price is almost always better.
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07-10-2003, 07:09 PM
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I can say that even though I've had a huge amounts of headaches from online vendors, the walk-in record is no better.
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