B&H selling returned products: Question for Mr. Henry Posner

They are usually samples for that intended purpose.

Common sense.  Many stores have a policy that states unopened packages are accepted.  The reality today is that many people have the means to repackage items as new!  Women take things back to dress shops and even Goodwill with the tags still on because they have the mechanical tagger at home.

This is why the used prom dress market games girls that don't know the ropes!  They think "still has tags on dress" means that the dress couldn't have been worn before, when in fact it might've been worn to several proms.

I think B&H is great; one of my favorite stores.  But that doesn't mean they're perfect and because they are so large, they can, and do (like other large stores) do things that aren't often in the best interest of the consumer.

Unfounded?  I've spent large amounts at B&H, but receiving obviously used items isn't  an "unfounded" claim that people are making that's for sure.

Incorrect.  Every store doesn't.  More than one has restocking fee and discounts previously received items.

Of course not-  they usually put it right back on the sample rack with the other samples... and since the local camera store is more apt to have batteries that have been on the shelf for 2 years (speaking from experience), and prices that make you cry faster than an onion, I buy almost exclusively online.

I would not buy a "new" camera from a local store that looks like it's been taken out and tested like a floor model.

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Teila K. Day
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