What does the term BNIB mean?

kevtrader
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I'm looking at mobile phones on Ebay and on a few of the listings is the term BNIB. What does it mean?

Thanks
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  • haziec
    haziec Posts: 379 Forumite
    I have always taken it to mean "brand new in box"
  • jaffa30
    jaffa30 Posts: 19,263 Forumite
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    Yeah it means
    brand New In Box

    Jaffa
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  • soolin
    soolin Posts: 73,844 Ambassador
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    If you are not sure what abbreviations mean then always ask seller to make sure they aren't being tricky.

    We all think BNIB means brand new in box but a dishonest seller could turn round and claim something substantially different afterwards. There was one on here recently were a buyer bought something BNWT which I would take to mean 'brand new with tag' but which the seller insisted was 'brand new without tag', quite different!

    Soo
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  • Mark7799
    Mark7799 Posts: 4,806 Forumite
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    I always thought 'brand new without tag' was BNWOT
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  • danmanchester
    danmanchester Posts: 1,272 Forumite
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    I thought it was.." I don't really want to sell my treasured possessions But Now I'm Broke"......
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