Factory re-sealed

Ken Williams · Post by **Ken Williams** » 7 Jun 2003 11:52 am

I am thinking of buying a factory re-sealed item (about $1000) from an online music store with a good reputation. Have any of you had any experience with buying factory re-sealed products? Are they like new, reliable, etc?The item comes with full warranty but is heavy and would be costly to return.

Thanks,
Ken

R. E. Klaus · Post by **R. E. Klaus** » 7 Jun 2003 8:15 pm

I have been an electronics tech for over 30 years and am very picky about what I buy. "Remanufactured" and "Re-sealed" equipment has been used for warranty replacments in the electronics and computer industries for many years. If the equipment was "re-sealed" by the manufacturer (and that manufacturer is known for quality work,) I would not have any problem with purchasing it. Just my Opinion.
R.E. Klaus
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Bill Crook · Post by **Bill Crook** » 8 Jun 2003 6:22 am

I have purchased factory re-sealed items for my computers,monitors,and other audio equipment for years. So far,I have never had a single failure. Most times, they provide a warrenty just like "New".

I would have no concerns about such a purchase.

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 8 Jun 2003 6:28 am

The quality is probably as good as it was when it was new. But, if they're selling a lot of (this brand) merchandise in this category, then...how good was it to start with? In short, if they had one "refurb" in stock, I might consider it, but if they had half a dozen...forget it!

Oh yeah, make sure you're saving at least one-third over retail when buying this type of gear. Since this is used gear, the prices should be negotiable. (Offer less than they're asking---you have nothing to lose.)

Ken Williams · Post by **Ken Williams** » 10 Jun 2003 11:20 am

Thanks guys for the input. The mixer in my home studio went "belly up" and I was looking for a replacement. I'm still weighing all the options I have with a limited amount of funds.

Ken

Hal Higgins · Post by **Hal Higgins** » 12 Jun 2003 8:58 am

Not on this subject Ken, but do you still live in El Dorado, AR? Going to be in Smackover on the 20th, performing with Sleepy LaBeef @ the oil-field festival (or what ever it is). E-mail me; hsteeler@bellsouth.net HAL

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Gino Iorfida · Post by **Gino Iorfida** » 12 Jun 2003 10:34 am

Depends of course on the company etc. However, sometimes 'factory refurbished' or 'factory resealed' your odds ARE in your favor. Imagine this. You are looking at buying say a brand new Sony CD player. YOu go to Best Buy, and get a new one off the shelf., or you have the option of buying a factory refurb. for $50 less (with a new factory warranty). The truely 'brand new' one, was probably not tested. It rolled off the assembly line with 10,000 others just like it. Out of those 10,000, maybe 10 were tested for 'quality assurance' purposes. Suppose those 10 were just fine. ANd say that the failure rate would be 1 in 10,000, chances are that you have a 1 in 9,990 that you are going to get a bad unit. Point is, you could still get the DOA unit. Now you buy the 'factory resealed' unit. It happened to be the 1 in 9,990 that was bad, I agree, however, the failure was due to a wrong value resistor getting in the mix, and not allowing it to power up. This unit has not only been repaired, it really never saw any use, and furthermore, this one WAS tested before it left the factory, so your odds of getting a DOA unit would now be say 1 in 10,000,000 since all the variables in the mfr. process are out of the equation, and are only stuck with the odds of shipping damage etc.
In other words, let me say this, I have a new DVD player, receiver, CD player, cdrom drive, cable modem, monitor, hard drive, memory, motherboard, processor, tv all in my house that I purchased over the past 2 years. All were factory repackaged/refurbished items. The savings on all these items on the average was 1/2 off. And if the company honors the warranty 'as new' you really would be crazy NOT to seriously consider going that route