B&H selling used as new? Bottom line..

For me its obvious that generous return policies have a cost.

Imagine many buyers use their cameras for a few days and then return it.

Companies are, in turn , forced to sell such cameras at a ver reduced price.

Someone must bear the cost of such loss of income.

Either the companies will go bankrupt.., or they must raise significantly the price of the new cameras in order to cover the losses they have when they sell used ones.

In this case the fellows who benefit : The people who buy refurbished cameras. ( they buy them at discounted price).

The ones who bear the costs of such policies : People who buy new stuff. They pay a significantly higher price in order to subsidize the discounts of the refurnished items.

Of course such system is unfair.

As a consumer, aware of that, I have no problem buying an used item as new.

Knowing full well many people return perfectly working cameras, and aware sellers cant bear the cost of such gestures.., I have no problem bearing the cost of generous return policies.

The cost is to buy as new a slightly used camera.

That is a small cost for the benefit of having the possibility to return a camera if I really do not like it.

It is unfair that sellers bear the cost of whims of guys that return cameras just because they do not like the color.., or the plastic body or God knows what.