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Wade…What do these retail for new? RR
They were around $300 but they have been discontinued so there aren’t many new ones out there now. Some of the sites will advertise them as “new” but they are remans.
Here’s an explanation of remans from one of my previous posts:
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Remanufactured units are great way to save money. In my opinion, anytime you can get in on a remanufactured product you want, as long as it carries the same warranty as the “new” unit, grab it. This unit carries that same one year warranty as “new”.
Here’s how this works. When electronics are manufactured and come off the assembly line, about one in ten are tested for quality assurance at most places. If that batch meets QA standards, the entire batch is put into distribution. Those units end up in the hands of customers and a number of them are dead on arrival, or have technical problems right out of the box. Since they are under warranty, the customer sends the defective unit back to the store, or to the manufacturer. Those defective units are then “remanufactured” (repaired) by the manufacturer, and (here’s the key in my opinion) each unit is tested before it is then put back into distribution. Technically, it can not be sold as “new”. So, they are sold as remanufactured units, usually at a healthy discount. The key for me is that instead of 10 percent of the units being tested, 100 percent of the remanufactured untis are tested before they are put on the market. You’ve got a better chance of receiving a working remanufactured unit than a working “new” unit. And both are covered under the one year manufacturer warranty. In my opinion, it’s a win-win. The unit I have is remanufactured. No one would ever know the difference if we didn’t write it on the box.
That’s a rather lengthy explanation, but I think it’s important that our members understand the advantages of remanufactured units. Again, as long as the warranty is the same as the “new” warranty, you have nothing to lose and can save yourself a few bucks in the process.
