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Old 12-09-2010, 02:53 AM   #25279
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Originally Posted by kennyc View Post
Why is anything refurbished? If your droidx breaks you'll get a refurbished one....
If I break my DX I deserve to get a refurb. If DX's had a recurring problem that broke mine and may well have been the reason my refurb is a refurb in the first place, then no, I'll want a new one and I will likely be...erm, insistent about it. After all, why would I trust Asurion to fix a problem that Moto/Google/VZW couldn't find?

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Originally Posted by phenomshel View Post
I think he means how badly was it broken, and how well was it fixed. Kind of like using that site to find out if a used car you're interested in has been in a bad wreck, y'know?
That too. Shel's first Blackberry was an Asurion Special. 6 months later the backlight was out.

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Originally Posted by kennyc View Post
Yes.

Same deal with iPad, Droids, etc. etc....

Refurbished means returned/remanufactured/repaired and like new with the same warranty (usually).
It's that "same warranty" part that gets weird sometimes. I did check (and I did mention) that the refurb iPads carried the same warranty as a new one, for which I applaud Apple.

Moot point in my case; $50 off isn't enough for me to justify one.
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