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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I remember buying a small electronics "box" at Fry's. It didn't work. I also noticed that something inside (loose screw?0 rattled when the box was shaken. I returned it and got a refund. There were no other of the same item in stock so I left empty handed.<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">A week later, I went back hoping to find a new unit. There was one box on the shelf. It rattled.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">BTW, what happened with Central Computer on El Camino near 85? It was more convenient than driving to Santa Clara.<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Sunday, September 15, 2019, 6:48:07 PM PDT, Rick Moen <rick@linuxmafia.com> wrote:
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<div><br></div>One of the dirty little secrets of hardware is provenance and grading.<br clear="none"><div>I won't point fingers, but certain vendors in the Valley historically<br clear="none">were known for low prices but seemed to generate a lot of returns,<br clear="none">leading to two speculations: (1) Maybe their wholesale sourcing<br clear="none">included a lot of 'seconds'. (2) Maybe their RMA returns tended mostly<br clear="none">to get re-shrinkwrapped and put back on the retail shelf instead of<br clear="none">being returned to the wholesaler. Retailers get rewarded for low<br clear="none">wholesale-return rates with pricing. The incentives tend to encourage<br clear="none">poor quality practices.<br clear="none"><br><div class="ydp6ba340aayqt0441572700" id="ydp6ba340aayqtfd04916"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">conspire mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:conspire@linuxmafia.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">conspire@linuxmafia.com</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire</a><br clear="none"></div></div>
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