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Jessops - Worried what they have sent me has been opened and used before

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  • Grumpy_chap
    Grumpy_chap Posts: 19,433 Forumite
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    Would a shop display item be considered 'legally new'? Because I don't think most consumers would regard a display item as good as new hence why they are often discounted. Equally, I quite often see retailers listing things as 'open box' at a discount which I presume means it was returned but not faulty. 

     
    I always thought "open box" meant the same as "ex-display"
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  • tightauldgit
    tightauldgit Posts: 2,628 Forumite
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    Would a shop display item be considered 'legally new'? Because I don't think most consumers would regard a display item as good as new hence why they are often discounted. Equally, I quite often see retailers listing things as 'open box' at a discount which I presume means it was returned but not faulty. 

     
    I always thought "open box" meant the same as "ex-display"
    It probably does in some cases, but then again I see it with online only retailers who don't have display items I presume. 

    The thing for me is that if I went into Currys and bought a tablet say and they took the one off display shoved it in a box and handed it to me I think I would dispute that it's 'new' so I would probably apply the same logic to an item that's obviously been returned to a retailer and resold.
  • user1977
    user1977 Posts: 18,833 Forumite
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    Would a shop display item be considered 'legally new'? Because I don't think most consumers would regard a display item as good as new hence why they are often discounted. Equally, I quite often see retailers listing things as 'open box' at a discount which I presume means it was returned but not faulty. 

     
    I always thought "open box" meant the same as "ex-display"
    "Ex display" to me suggests something which has had dozens of grubby hands poking at it, rather than just one person opening a box and putting it back.
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