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Buying a Refurb Flat Panel LCD HDTV Can Save You Tons of Money

February 6th, 2008 Subscribe To Our Feed

Get a Like-new HDTV With a Factory Warranty at Half the Price

It is not unusual for a factory reconditioned product to actually be better and more reliable than a new one right out of the box. It will also be much cheaper; buying a refurb flat panel LCD HDTV can save you as much as 40 to 50 percent off the cost of a brand new one. If you purchase it from a factory authorized reseller or from the factory itself, a refurb flat panel LCD HDTV will even come with the original factory warranty.

Often times, a television is returned to the retailer when there is nothing wrong with the unit. Usually this is because the person had trouble setting it up or did not have high definition capability in the home and thought the television was not working properly. A returned unit is checked out by the factory or an authorized repair center and once it is determined to be working properly, it is sold as a refurb flat panel LCD HDTV.

Refurbished products cannot legally be sold as new, so instead of trashing the unit they are sold as refurb flat panel LCD HDTVs to the next consumer a much better price than a new one. Essentially, the consumer is getting a television that was gone over by a qualified repair technician who has determined it to be in perfect working order, and now does not have to worry about how to dispose of the original box, which some people find so important when buying a new television.

The Warranty is Very Important for Refurbished Merchandise

When a product is returned to the manufacturer, it goes either to the factory or to a third-party authorize center, where an inspection is performed. If there is something wrong with the unit that will cost too much to fix, the whole thing is usually trashed. But, if it is determined that it can be fixed and returned to like-new condition, then repairs are performed and the unit ix boxed and sold as a refurb flat panel LCD HDTV.

The federal laws governing the sale of refurbished equipment state that all refurb flat panel LCD HDTV units must be clearly marked as such. Many retailers will treat them as used and send them back to the factory; however, some will have them checked out by their own technicians check them out before selling them as used. In either case, purchasing a refurb flat panel LCD HDTV should include the factory warranty. If it does not, don’t buy it and either go to another retailer or spend the money on a new one.

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