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What happens with TVs returned after the Super Bowl?

Just wondering if anyone in the woot community knows what happends to all those big screen TVs bought before the Super Bowl and then returned afterwards. I know WallyMart has problems with it. Do they package them back up and sell them as "new" or do they end up in the clearance aisle or do they end up on Woot?

by smasumur
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They can't sell them as new, since they aren't new

hobbit
2 years ago

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Many stores now charge a restocking fee. It is intended to discourage this type of activity.

bsalusa
2 years ago

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@bsalusa: so are you going to be watching the superbowl from the two you got in your BOC? Or did one not work? Did you get it fixed?

sgoman5674
2 years ago

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They get sent back to the manufacturer who checks them over, cleans them up and sells them as refurbished. These refurbished TVs will turn up on some manufacturers discount sites, Woot!* or other random stores.

Some online stores like Amazon(http://www.warehousedeals.com/) or Newegg will take returned products such as these and if they are still cosmetically flawless, they check them over to make sure they still function and sell them as open box.

*Note: I have no idea how Woot! procures the products they do, so I'm not sure where on the chain Woot! is.

catbertthegreat
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