"Refurb" can also mean "we packed and palletized it, but then there was an update". The three choices are

unpack, update and repackage
unpack, update and sell as refurb
sell cheap, as-is.

I have a phone that fell into category 3, updated by Colin and I.

--dave

On 08/04/17 11:06 PM, Alvin Starr via talk wrote:

Not sure if it helps but the guys at geekbuying are selling a settopbox/router/whatever.

It runs Android and Ubuntuand currently is selling for $96.75CAD.

It does ship fromchina so delivery is measuredin weeks.

http://www.geekbuying.com/item/GeekBox-Open-Source-Cross-TV-BOX-Android-Ubuntu-Dual-Boot-4K-RK3368-Octa-Core-2G-16G-AC-WIFI-1000M-LAN-BT4-1-HDMI2-0-OTG-358067.html

On 04/08/2017 08:00 PM, Stewart C. Russell via talk wrote:

On 2017-04-08 06:47 PM, William Park via talk wrote:

1. Linksys WRT1900AC -- $155.99 reburbished. I don't know what that
means. Why was it returned in the first place?

I dunno why either, but I got mine refurb from Canada Computers. It was
just in very minimal packaging.

Good router, too.

Stewart
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