I recently took the plunge and purchased a refurbished Palm Pilot direct
from Palm.com. It is working just fine.
Dave Dougherty
----- Original Message -----
From: "Winsor Crosby" <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 10:05 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Help Me Again!
>I did buy a refurbished non- Olympus 35mm camera once about 15 years
>ago and it is still working fine, but it was before the days of the
>all-electronic wonders.
>
>That said, even though I had a good experience, I usually avoid at
>all costs refurbished electronic items. My theory is, a 'good' unit
>will give you years and years of reliability, but a 'lemon' that
>needs repairs under warranty will nag you forever. I do think the
>manufacturers do try to do a thorough job when they repair them, but
>we all know that electronic problems can be quite intermittent and
>some of the problems may not make themselves apparent when being
>tested, and may be sent out that way.
>Just my opinion and experience...
>
>George S.
>
Just to balance that. Many "refurbished" electronic items are just
returned items because of buyer's remorse, open box items, etc. with
nothing wrong with them. On the other hand, many times, refurbishment
consists in labelling the box as such, and giving a short warranty to
get things fixed that don't work out of the box. The old practice
of disassembling the camera and remanufacturing it as Leica did years
ago is a thing of the past.
--
Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California
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