Staples sells refurbished Epson printers as new!
Bob Nedved
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> I was in Staples yesterday, buying paper, and because I'm looking to
> buy a new color printer, I walked down their color printer aisle. I
> saw a few Epson models on display, and some inventory boxes beneath
> them. Every inventory box was clearly marked "REFURBISHED." Sounds
> fishy to me. To the best of my knowledge, they don't mentioned that
> the units are refurbished in any of their advertising. Are the
> supposed to?
Yes, they are.
It's suprising, actually, if you look at the number of refurbished epson
printers for sale. Many people claim that epsons are JUST as reliable as
other machines, but I dont think so. You can walk into almost ANY retail
store and see hundreds of refurbed epsons in inventory. The only place you
find refurbed Canons, HPs, or Lexmark's is at computer shows or manufacturer
direct.
This tells me that epson does a *LOT* of repair work and/or has a HIGH
return rate.
Bob.
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Eric
> I was in Staples yesterday, buying paper, and because I'm looking to
> buy a new color printer, I walked down their color printer aisle. I
> saw a few Epson models on display, and some inventory boxes beneath
> them. Every inventory box was clearly marked "REFURBISHED." Sounds
> fishy to me. To the best of my knowledge, they don't mentioned that
> the units are refurbished in any of their advertising. Are the
> supposed to?
Yes. Do they?
What model number and what price were these? What does their latest
advertisement claim these are? I didn't notice any Epsons in Sunday's
ad. This might just be a localized special.
The "SUBJECT" header that you used is quite misleading, no? Where do
they claim these are new?
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Eric
> It's suprising, actually, if you look at the number of refurbished epson
> printers for sale. Many people claim that epsons are JUST as reliable as
> other machines, but I dont think so. You can walk into almost ANY retail
> store and see hundreds of refurbed epsons in inventory. The only place you
> find refurbed Canons, HPs, or Lexmark's is at computer shows or manufacturer
> direct.
>
> This tells me that epson does a *LOT* of repair work and/or has a HIGH
> return rate.
Or that the refurbished or returned Canons, HPs, or Lexmarks are being
packaged as new.
Or that Epson sells a heck of a lot of printers.
Or both.
Brian Mathews
but they were absolutely brand new inside and out. I was told by my supplier
that when they discontinued a certain model and started pushing the "new and
improved" model, they would box the remaining new stock in refurb boxes and
sell them off through different distributors than they could sell the "new"
printers. It makes sense in the quick-to-discontinue world of inkjet
printers that a manufacturer could make a lot of enemies of their authorized
dealers and distributors if they are suddenly selling off to wholesalers for
$50 the same printer they shipped to authorized dealers a week ago for $100.
All they need to do is call them refurb and they prevent a major problem.
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Kevin W
months ago. Got REALLY tired of Epson's print heads, cleaning cycles, etc.,
etc. Sure they print nice images . . . . WHEN THEY PRINT CORRECTLY!!!
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> "Dr. Joel M. Hoffman" <jo...@exc.com> wrote in message
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> > I was in Staples yesterday, buying paper, and because I'm looking to
> > buy a new color printer, I walked down their color printer aisle. I
> > saw a few Epson models on display, and some inventory boxes beneath
> > them. Every inventory box was clearly marked "REFURBISHED." Sounds
> > fishy to me. To the best of my knowledge, they don't mentioned that
> > the units are refurbished in any of their advertising. Are the
> > supposed to?
>
> Yes, they are.
>
> It's suprising, actually, if you look at the number of refurbished epson
> printers for sale. Many people claim that epsons are JUST as reliable as
> other machines, but I dont think so. You can walk into almost ANY retail
> store and see hundreds of refurbed epsons in inventory. The only place
you
> find refurbed Canons, HPs, or Lexmark's is at computer shows or
manufacturer
> direct.
>
> This tells me that epson does a *LOT* of repair work and/or has a HIGH
> return rate.
>
> Bob.
> www.reinkkit.com
>
>
>
Dr. Joel M. Hoffman
I was in Staples yesterday, buying paper, and because I'm looking to
buy a new color printer, I walked down their color printer aisle. I
saw a few Epson models on display, and some inventory boxes beneath
them. Every inventory box was clearly marked "REFURBISHED." Sounds
fishy to me. To the best of my knowledge, they don't mentioned that
the units are refurbished in any of their advertising. Are the
supposed to?
-Joel
willy
Dr. Joel M. Hoffman wrote:
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> buy a new color printer, I walked down their color printer aisle. I
> saw a few Epson models on display, and some inventory boxes beneath
> them. Every inventory box was clearly marked "REFURBISHED." Sounds
>
Epson like many OEM's will sell refurbed items to many stores. NO, the
seller can't sell them as "new", but don't confuse that with "like new" as
many do advertise it as. If Staples sells it as "new" then you have a
legal point, but I'm no lawyer. One reason that the item is going to
cheaper to be sold a greatly reduced price is because, it's refurbished.
There clear as mud... You may want to visdit Staples website and see how
its advertised there??? hope this helps
good luck -----Willy
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Dr. Joel M. Hoffman wrote:
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I just bought one of those refurbished Epson 900 printers.It was just put
on display and had to be price scanned for me.It cost me $99.95 and is a
great bargain.You get new ink cartridges still in the silver wrappers and
the printer can't be told from new.It works perfect.You get the same
warranty but you don't get the included software bundle,just the driver cd
which also has the status monitor driver on it.All in all, you just can't
beat it.The store that I went to,didn't advertise them as new.
Frank Sweeney
the stores they burn off excess inventory by marking new product as refurb.
It keeps their distribution chain happy and moves the inventory quickly.
Frank
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wigwam
says...
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> Dr. Joel M. Hoffman wrote:
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> >
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> on display and had to be price scanned for me.It cost me $99.95 and is a
> great bargain.You get new ink cartridges still in the silver wrappers and
> the printer can't be told from new.It works perfect.You get the same
> warranty but you don't get the included software bundle,just the driver cd
> which also has the status monitor driver on it.All in all, you just can't
> beat it.The store that I went to,didn't advertise them as new.
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You _can_ beat that deal! Goto www.techbargains.com, grab a staples.com
discount code and get an extra $25 off. Shipping is free, too.
Life on the internet is good!
-was
Dennis
over stock, repacked product due to the box being damaged, returns that are
checked over and repaired if needed, but very seldem damaged product. The
damage products are ussally throw out due to cost of the repair over price
of product.