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'fleabay' Shcrodinger's Cat question (laser printer)
July 26, 2023 at
07:36 AM
When you buy something that you thought was new, only to get the box and see "refurbished" on it, what to do?
I purchased a Brother laser printer on Ebay, thinking it was new, because it said "new" up at the top by the price. However, now that I go back to the full description, I see that the seller inserted the word "restored" down in the longer description, in between Brother and the model number. Because that is there, I guess the seller is probably covered with the discrepancy.
It still doesn't make me feel better, because I still feel like it was a switcheroo. I guess this is a case where the printer is supposed to be new and refurbished at the same time? And I'm guessing that if I wanted a refund, I would also be stuck paying the $25 or so to send it back, too. Ugh.
I purchased a Brother laser printer on Ebay, thinking it was new, because it said "new" up at the top by the price. However, now that I go back to the full description, I see that the seller inserted the word "restored" down in the longer description, in between Brother and the model number. Because that is there, I guess the seller is probably covered with the discrepancy.
It still doesn't make me feel better, because I still feel like it was a switcheroo. I guess this is a case where the printer is supposed to be new and refurbished at the same time? And I'm guessing that if I wanted a refund, I would also be stuck paying the $25 or so to send it back, too. Ugh.
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I purchased a Brother laser printer on Ebay, thinking it was new, because it said "new" up at the top by the price. However, now that I go back to the full description, I see that the seller inserted the word "restored" down in the longer description, in between Brother and the model number. Because that is there, I guess the seller is probably covered with the discrepancy.
It still doesn't make me feel better, because I still feel like it was a switcheroo. I guess this is a case where the printer is supposed to be new and refurbished at the same time? And I'm guessing that if I wanted a refund, I would also be stuck paying the $25 or so to send it back, too. Ugh.
You should be able to see how many pages the printer has on it by going into the printer settings and look at the page counter. Search for "Page Counter" in the user manual to see how to do this.
If the page counter is low, there is no apparent physical damage, and it prints some test pages fine, you are probably better calling it a day.
If the printer has a significant number of pages printed you could have a case if you want to contest it.
Good Luck
I purchased a Brother laser printer on Ebay, thinking it was new, because it said "new" up at the top by the price. However, now that I go back to the full description, I see that the seller inserted the word "restored" down in the longer description, in between Brother and the model number. Because that is there, I guess the seller is probably covered with the discrepancy.
It still doesn't make me feel better, because I still feel like it was a switcheroo. I guess this is a case where the printer is supposed to be new and refurbished at the same time? And I'm guessing that if I wanted a refund, I would also be stuck paying the $25 or so to send it back, too. Ugh.
I purchased a Brother laser printer on Ebay, thinking it was new, because it said "new" up at the top by the price. However, now that I go back to the full description, I see that the seller inserted the word "restored" down in the longer description, in between Brother and the model number. Because that is there, I guess the seller is probably covered with the discrepancy.
It still doesn't make me feel better, because I still feel like it was a switcheroo. I guess this is a case where the printer is supposed to be new and refurbished at the same time? And I'm guessing that if I wanted a refund, I would also be stuck paying the $25 or so to send it back, too. Ugh.
i do buy refurbs and gray market stuff but if i want new and buy new i'm not going to accept something that isn't new.