Would You Buy A Refurbed Printer From The Manufacturer?

....with a one year warranty?

"justin david" <ustindavid@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> ...with a one year warranty?

In a heartbeat, if the price was right.

Hi!

Almost without a doubt. I've bought a wide variety of refurbished products
(often at a significant cost savings) and never had any trouble.

Some of the stuff that comes out as refurbished may still be perfectly new.
Other stuff is usually a result of customer returns/mistaken orders/etc...it
gets cleaned up, repackaged and sold. Other stuff might be remanufactured or
reconditioned, but is usually sold as such and not as refurbished. In any
case, it is my belief that the manufacturer really doesn't want to see it
come back again, so they'll do a good job of fixing it up before it goes off
to be sold.

William

"justin david" <ustindavid@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> ...with a one year warranty?

It's been my experience a respected merchant will do much better for you
than dealing with the manufacturer. Directly dealing with HP and Canon
resulted in replacements equal to or far worst than the product I was
returning. If this is their idea of refurbished, then my answer is no. I
would not buy a second hand printer even if they swore on a stack of bibles
it was purchased and immediately returned.

or
jalter@phila.k12.pa.us
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>
> "justin david" <ustindavid@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:kmsbp2hombso4jb11fvehffb2qoma2tlpn@4ax.com...
>> ...with a one year warranty?
>
> It's been my experience a respected merchant will do much better for you
> than dealing with the manufacturer. Directly dealing with HP and Canon
> resulted in replacements equal to or far worst than the product I was
> returning. If this is their idea of refurbished, then my answer is no. I
> would not buy a second hand printer even if they swore on a stack of
> bibles it was purchased and immediately returned.
>
>
Over the years I've probably bought 5 or 6 Epson refurbished printers. Each
one has behaved as in 'new' condition. Additionally Epson gives the printer
the same one year warranty that they give to their regular new printers. So
I qualify that perhaps it depends on what company is selling you a
refurbished printer, but if it's an Epson printer you're talking about and
the price is right for you, then go for it.
--
Jan Alter
bearpuf@verizon.net

On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 12:45:42 GMT, "Jan Alter" <bearpuf@verizon.net>
wrote:

>or
>jalter@phila.k12.pa.us
>"mark_digital©" <976-XXX@comcastnot.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> "justin david" <ustindavid@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:kmsbp2hombso4jb11fvehffb2qoma2tlpn@4ax.com...
>>> ...with a one year warranty?
>>
>> It's been my experience a respected merchant will do much better for you
>> than dealing with the manufacturer. Directly dealing with HP and Canon
>> resulted in replacements equal to or far worst than the product I was
>> returning. If this is their idea of refurbished, then my answer is no. I
>> would not buy a second hand printer even if they swore on a stack of
>> bibles it was purchased and immediately returned.
>>
>>
>Over the years I've probably bought 5 or 6 Epson refurbished printers. Each
>one has behaved as in 'new' condition. Additionally Epson gives the printer
>the same one year warranty that they give to their regular new printers. So
>I qualify that perhaps it depends on what company is selling you a
>refurbished printer, but if it's an Epson printer you're talking about and
>the price is right for you, then go for it.

Thanks for the replies; it is an Epson 1800 that has a full one year
limited warranty although there are no exchanges- only if the product
is defective for the same model; the printer appears to be coming down
in price. New Egg has it for $498 free shipping and Epson has it
refurbed for $465 free shipping. I'm wondering if the refurb might
come shipped in perfect working condition and tweaked by the techs as
opposed to a new model that might actually have problems because it
hasn't been tested yet. It's almost a toss up... I'm thinking of
buying their extended one year warranty for 40 dollars which would
make it $5 more than the New Egg but give me an additional year of
coverage, but I'm not sure if Epson will do an extended warranty with
refurbs. Happy New Year.

justin david wrote:
> ...with a one year warranty?

No problem here. My HP PSC 2110 was a factory-refurbished model, sold by
Office Max three years ago. It's worked fine under varying amounts of
use since then. The first year saw the heaviest use, and there were no
problems. There have been a couple of minor bumps in the last year, but
then you might get that with any printer from any manufacturer after
that amount of use and time.

TJ

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"justin david" <ustindavid@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 12:45:42 GMT, "Jan Alter" <bearpuf@verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
>>or
>>jalter@phila.k12.pa.us
>>"mark_digital©" <976-XXX@comcastnot.com> wrote in message
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>>>
>>> "justin david" <ustindavid@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:kmsbp2hombso4jb11fvehffb2qoma2tlpn@4ax.com...
>>>> ...with a one year warranty?
>>>
>>> It's been my experience a respected merchant will do much better for you
>>> than dealing with the manufacturer. Directly dealing with HP and Canon
>>> resulted in replacements equal to or far worst than the product I was
>>> returning. If this is their idea of refurbished, then my answer is no. I
>>> would not buy a second hand printer even if they swore on a stack of
>>> bibles it was purchased and immediately returned.
>>>
>>>
>>Over the years I've probably bought 5 or 6 Epson refurbished printers.
>>Each
>>one has behaved as in 'new' condition. Additionally Epson gives the
>>printer
>>the same one year warranty that they give to their regular new printers.
>>So
>>I qualify that perhaps it depends on what company is selling you a
>>refurbished printer, but if it's an Epson printer you're talking about
>>and
>>the price is right for you, then go for it.
>
> Thanks for the replies; it is an Epson 1800 that has a full one year
> limited warranty although there are no exchanges- only if the product
> is defective for the same model; the printer appears to be coming down
> in price. New Egg has it for $498 free shipping and Epson has it
> refurbed for $465 free shipping. I'm wondering if the refurb might
> come shipped in perfect working condition and tweaked by the techs as
> opposed to a new model that might actually have problems because it
> hasn't been tested yet. It's almost a toss up... I'm thinking of
> buying their extended one year warranty for 40 dollars which would
> make it $5 more than the New Egg but give me an additional year of
> coverage, but I'm not sure if Epson will do an extended warranty with
> refurbs. Happy New Year.

Your call, but I don't think you have to worry about getting an excellent
running machine whether it's refurbished or 'new'. As for the extended
warranty I would give it the same credence as getting an extended warranty
on a Toyota; meaning the R1800 is made quite well.
I've been using a R1800 for a year and a half now with no problems. It has
proved a wonderful printer, with the only exception of it having small ink
tanks (about 11 cc ). The cost of ink is almost to the point of being
extravagent. I would not use it for much text printing. But I'm sure you
know that already. I've gone to the degree of filling using spongeless
cartridges, and that has saved me a small fortune and still given me the
benefits of what it the printer has to offer. I think you'll be very pleased
with what the printer has to offer.

--
Jan Alter
bearpuf@verizon.net
or
jalter@phila.k12.pa.us

The 1800 is $439 at BestBuy [stores and on-line] for the week.

No need to be foolish. Most of the time when printers and other items
are on sale you can get a brand new for just a few bucks more. No need
to get someone elses headaches. Many electronic products act up
intermittently and being refurbish does not always catch the problem.
To save a minor amount is penny wise and pound foolish. Remember the
song Only Fools Rush In.

William R. Walsh wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Almost without a doubt. I've bought a wide variety of refurbished products
> (often at a significant cost savings) and never had any trouble.
>
> Some of the stuff that comes out as refurbished may still be perfectly new.
> Other stuff is usually a result of customer returns/mistaken orders/etc...it
> gets cleaned up, repackaged and sold. Other stuff might be remanufactured or
> reconditioned, but is usually sold as such and not as refurbished. In any
> case, it is my belief that the manufacturer really doesn't want to see it
> come back again, so they'll do a good job of fixing it up before it goes off
> to be sold.
>
> William
>
>
>