Thursday, January 26, 2012

Understanding Canon Refurbished Cameras Better

By Joanne Hendricks


It has been a popular observation that Canon refurbished cameras as just as good as the new ones if not better. Some customers therefore prefer to buy a refab camera to a buying a new one because of the fairly better prices.

You may ask where these cameras come from. Such a camera will mostly be a retail return. Those devices with issues are normally sent to the company recycling plant and the company will not simply repair a defective product and resell it as new. Therefore, the refabs in most cases come from overstocks, have been returned from retailers or may have had their packaging tampered or with minor damaged.

Definitely, as a customer, you may not be willing to buy cameras with bent boxes. This implies that both a refab and a new camera is in perfect working order except for a few issues with the refabs ones. However, no matter how the working condition a refab camera may be, they are not considered new and customers will get a price-cut on them most of the time.

Once cameras are returned to the company, they are serviced with standards which are more stringent than those used in manufacturing new products. Each piece of equipment in Canon refurbished cameras is tested in a rigorous manner and the adjustments are made as required. Depending on the cost of the camera, more repairs will be involved to ensure that the product passes the quality control requirements.

A product that have undergone refurbishing comes with a different warranty even with same models of the camera. This implies that as a customer, you should ensure you have read and understood all terms. One of the differences that may appear on the warranties is the duration which will also make a significant difference in the final retail price.

Be sure to note a stamp with refurbished scarlet letter on all refab devices. The packaging of these devices might not be similar though. However, everything is carefully packaged and each camera comes with new software CD, user manuals and cables.

Try to inspect the body of the camera and you will be surprised to see a truly brand new product which has not been tampered with. You will also realize that the menus are set to default and the firmware upgraded. You will definitely like these products regardless of the fact that they are technically old redone devices. Canon refurbished cameras prices are greatly reduced by several dollars from the actual cost of the new ones.




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