Ed Pawlowski wrote:
"dpb" wrote in message ...
ransley wrote:
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... I wonder what broke on the PC compressor, and was the
defective part fixed with the same cheap chinese part. Things are not
like they used to be. Now if there is an issue with the compressor is
there a PC shop nearby, do they offer and honor any warranty?
There may have been nothing really wrong with it -- a lot of reconditioned
tools are the old or obsolete models, some are stock from failed
distributorships, etc., there are the returns from the "buy, do the
weekend project, return didn't satisfy/work" crowd and then there are the
actual defective or early-death returns. It's not necessarily possible to
know which any given unit is other than sometimes one can figure out the
discontinued.

Or it is brand new from the factory, never been opened. To keep the regular
full price distributors happy, some tool and appliance makers sell brand new
items marked "reconditioned" at a discount and sometimes a little shorter
warranty. Just take a look around at the stock of "reconditioned" tools in
some outlet stores, times the number of outlet stores in the US. Do you
think they really get that many units sent back?

I have no way to compute how many get into the chain via what route. I
think as noted before that a great many get there via liquidation
route--I suppose that could include something such as you suggest. As I
noted before, it's impossible to determine other than occasionally old
models are identifiable that way. I do know a couple of refurb'ed
nailers (Bostitch) had cosmetic scratches that the new paint didn't take
out but had all new bumper kits, handle cushions, etc. They had clearly
been returned/refurb'ed.

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