Friday, 23 October 2020

How to buy refurbished gadgets

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge

Buying a refurbished tech product will save you money compared to buying it new. It also gives a device a second life instead of sending it off to be recycled. And especially during these times when demand is high for all kinds of tech, buying refurbished is sometimes the only way to get your hands on a product when retail channels are strained or just completely out of new merchandise.

Those are all good things — yet “refurbished” is still a loaded word for a lot of people. New means new, a product that nobody else has used. On the other hand, buying something refurbished can be a gamble, despite the fact that the product is probably more affordable.

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source https://www.theverge.com/21258681/refurbished-tech-products-gadgets-how-to-buy-used-repair-e-waste

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