Meaning of refurbished ?

oh your right.
you rule d00d.
i dont know what im talking about or maybe you just cant read
i dunno. twenty years in the industry could mean ive only
been dreaming of ISO standards.
again..i bow to your mastery of the subject

On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 21:15:50 GMT, techumseh
wrote:

oh your right.
you rule d00d.
i dont know what im talking about or maybe you just cant read
i dunno. twenty years in the industry could mean ive only
been dreaming of ISO standards.
again..i bow to your mastery of the subject


Regardless of what you want "refurbished" to mean, unless
you can manage to FORCE everyone else to go along with that,
there will be no guarantee that anyone selling something as
"refurbished" means it's _ISO_ refurbished to your narrow
interpretation.

Personally I agree that it would be nice if it were an
adhered-to standard, but the proof is out there... when all
is said and done, on average if you go to a website and buy
something "refurbished", you are not guaranteed to be
getting something meeting your criteria for refurbishment.
It might very well meet that criteria, but it's not implied
nor guaranteed to, it would have to be explicitly stated as
such (more than merely "refurbished") and from plenty of
reports from people who buy "refurbished" gear, I can relay
that it wasn't "refurbished" at all in your definition of
the word.

The distinction is between ideals and reality.

techumseh wrote:

oh your right.
you rule d00d.
i dont know what im talking about or maybe you just cant read
i dunno. twenty years in the industry could mean ive only
been dreaming of ISO standards.
again..i bow to your mastery of the subject

Is this your standard reaction to failure to agree completely?

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