04-16-2007, 08:49 PM
Buying open-box at Fry's is an art...[/]
Buying CLOSED box is an art.
I learned early on never by a fry's re-boxed item. It's almost always a customer return, sometimes marked as a return, always at full retail, and may be defective or missing parts.
I've returned a couple of defective things only to find them back on the shelf later.
And finding a NEW, closed box has become a little easier, but many times I've found items with the seals broken and the contents pawed through. I was looking for a Pioneer drive that had a free CDRW inside only to find that all were opened and missing the CD. Another store had the drive, unopened, with the CD.
If I could have trusted fry's not to have put questionable product back on the shelves, I would have saved myself a trip and not worried about a free CD.
I'm not as thorough as GGD, but I only buy when it's on sale.
Buying CLOSED box is an art.
I learned early on never by a fry's re-boxed item. It's almost always a customer return, sometimes marked as a return, always at full retail, and may be defective or missing parts.
I've returned a couple of defective things only to find them back on the shelf later.
And finding a NEW, closed box has become a little easier, but many times I've found items with the seals broken and the contents pawed through. I was looking for a Pioneer drive that had a free CDRW inside only to find that all were opened and missing the CD. Another store had the drive, unopened, with the CD.
If I could have trusted fry's not to have put questionable product back on the shelves, I would have saved myself a trip and not worried about a free CD.
I'm not as thorough as GGD, but I only buy when it's on sale.