Alt Beer wrote:
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article .com,
wrote:

Anybody know the difference between the words:
a) Refurbished
b) Reconditioned
c) Remanufactured
d) Rebuild



Refurbished and Reconditioned are grand words intended to give confidence to
prospective purchasers. In some places, Refurbished and Reconditioned means
they've just polished the outer case of whatever the item is. In some
other places they just mean faulty customer returns that have been repaired.






In some cases, take for example Hewlett Packard and Toshiba,
Remanufactured means that the original units were either overstock at
the importers, or overstock at the resellers (high street retailer of
your choice) When a newer model is introduced, the old models can no
longer be sold at a profit so the units still in stock are returned to
the importers or manufacturers agents who repack them and sell them out
at a much reduced price to firms who specialise in stacking them high
and moving them fast. In the UK www.morgancomputers.co.uk for example.

It can also mean the the unit was returned as faulty and replaced by the
store who then returned to unit for repair to the manufacturer or their
agent who returned the unit to as new condition.

Ron