Recovery techniques: how to save and not to be disappointed in buying

Buying remanufactured device, you can get a good discount. The main thing - to make the right choice.

Which means "recovery techniques"

Recovered or Refurbished - goods that are returned to the manufacturer after the sale. This status is obtained in a few cases:

• Returns after purchase for any reason, including marriage.
• Return during the warranty period.
• Use your device as demonstration models in the store.
• Return after damage during shipping.
• Review the party because of the mass defect.
• Review of products for the upgrade.

Manufacturer diagnoses device eliminates the disadvantages, if any, and then sends the goods to the market with a good discount - from 15 to 40%. However, the sale of the recovered art is not confined to the producers (Manufacturer Refurbishment), but both sellers (Seller Refurbishment). They have different approaches to work, and it should take into account when buying.

At the manufacturer's lot more resources and opportunities for recovery equipment. The device runs diagnostics, and then experts troubleshoot and again check the gadget.

Reconditioned equipment is checked even better than new, because it was already married, and a major manufacturer just do not want to repeat the mistake.

The seller at the best addresses in the service center, and then again put up for sale the device. So before you buy be sure to clarify who held the recovery procedure.

where to buy

Reconditioned devices are available in most online stores, including Amazon, eBay and AliExpress. But there is likely to stumble upon recovery from the seller and the short warranty period. To ensure that the equipment was restored according to the rules and carefully checked, buy it on the manufacturer's website, for example: Apple, Canon, Dell, Epson, Nikon, Nintendo.

Carefully examine why the product has been in the list of recovered and sold at a discount. For example, Dell devices can be divided into three parts:

• new - and returned by the canceled orders;
• certified refurbished - restored and verified the quality control department at the factory;
• scratch and dent - there are cosmetic defects.

Status depends on the size of the discount. You just have to decide whether you are willing to put up with any cosmetic flaws or like device that was fully restored in the workplace, but is slightly more expensive.

That we can take after the update, and it is not necessary

You can buy after recovery:

• smartphones
• tablets,
• laptops.

If equipment manufacturer has been restored and it is distributed on a long warranty, the risk of a defective unit is even lower than when buying a new gadget. If the reduction is carried out seller, it is also a good chance that the quality was conducted repairs - for these devices is easy to find components.

Be wary buying after recovery:

• photo equipment,
• TVs,
• gaming consoles,
• printers, scanners and other office equipment.

If the recovery performed by the manufacturer, which gives a guarantee on the device, it should be no problem: the company has all the tools and components for high-quality repairs. With vendors situation is more complicated: for the same TV is difficult to get the details of the large number of different models and serious control of the market by the manufacturers.

Some devices are cheaper to recycle than to restore, for example, routers. In this case, most of the routers return because of user error, not a factory defect and damage. However, the cost in routers is that much easier to buy a new device with all the guarantees of the manufacturer.

Have you purchased recovery techniques? Share your experiences in the comments.

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