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Originally Posted by Uncle Robin
My Kobo store had a sale on refurbished devices a few months ago and they were very clearly labeled as refurbished....
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Thanks Robin, that's reassuring...
THIS however, is churlish and unnecessary...beneath the Robin I know
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Originally Posted by Uncle Robin
...since you've already made your views on Kobo's quality control painfully and tediously clear
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Originally Posted by Uncle Robin
As for your concerns about spending a lot of money and having difficulty returning it, caveat emptor. "You pays your money and you takes your chances" if you choose to buy from outside your country and outside the protection of your country's consumer protection laws...the consequences are of your own choosing.
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And this is just illogical and an idea that can only lead to bad results. You are clearly implying that it's my problem if I buy a dud (including based on the misconduct of the seller).
Imagine if we followed this to its end-conclusion. Sorry to be extreme, but: do you say that about the parents that send their kids to Catholic schools too? "Sorry, caveat emptor guys!"
If they WERE acting fraudulently or with misconduct, that is a separate issue to my own due diligence and stands as wrong regardless of the latter!
"Caveat emptor" does not mean the buyer has to take all the responsibility to check the product because it's perfectly fine if the seller does all they can to get an advantage even if its dishonest, reckless or negligent. And if it does, I'll drink softdrink with a snail in it! 
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Originally Posted by Lynx-lynx
I think that your assertion is without basis....
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Not assertion, hypothesis/theory
, which I hoped to be debunked