Isn’t it strange how there seems to have been an explosion of refurbished GPS devices on the market, within just about any given ecommerce store that can be found by doing a google search? This shouldn’t come as a shocker to anyone, finding quality GPS devices, especially those that you can use in your car, for a low price is definitely something that consumers want.
So why are there literally thousands, if not 10′s of thousands of refurbished GPS out there? Well, that brings us to the important points of WHY so many GPS devices (along with any electronic devices in general) end up being labeled as “refurbished”. Some refurbished GPS are still in their pristine, pre-production condition and haven’t even left their own packaging. Take a look at these reasons why any product could labeled as “refurbished”:
1. The product was a “return” by the customer that purchased it, which means that they returned the item to the store that they bought it from within 30 days of the purchase date. There could have been some defect in the GPS, but this can also not the case; buyers remorse sets in and they decide they need to return the product.
2. The manufacturer created too many of the specific model and needs to get ride of some of their inventory to make room for more. Here a store could simply mark down the product since it was opened and put it back out for customers to purchase, or send the product back to the manufacturer; once the company that made the product get it, the manufacturer will, in come cases, label the product “refurbished”, and then sell the “refurbished” product to specific retailers/wholesalers for a greatly reduced price. The funny part about this is the simple fact that the product is still literally brand new, and has never even been opened at all.
3. The product was a “demonstration” or “display model”. Display models almost always get sent back to the unit maker; the producer checks out the navigation unit for any defects or damage and then sends it back out to be sold as a refurbished GPS.
4. The device’s packaging was opened by a customer. If this happens and the store doesn’t want to deal with the unit themselves they send it back to the manufacturer who reseals it and labels it refurbished.
5. Shipping damage. Sometime boxes get crushed or dropped by shipping personnel, if the damage is major or minor, components or just cosmetic, the unit is shipped back and labeled refurbished.
6. And finally, a reason for a product to be labeled refurbished is that there was an actual defect in the unit. How common this is depends largely on the product and how many mistake the manufacturer made in creating the product. The problems could be cosmetic, like a scratch on the display, or they could be mechanical, like a broken part, and anything that was broken or defective is replaced with brand new parts; when the process is complete, the product is literally brand new again, and some might say it is now actually less likely to become defective than the non refurbished products sitting on the shelves of WalMart; this is due to the fact that refurbished products under go very extensive testing.
Refurbished GPS units represent a value to consumers that they should take advantage of. Not every device out there is going to be great, but there are a lot of excellent units just waiting to be purchased at rock bottom prices.
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