Don't buy Refurbished Canon Digital Cameras

I hope that I don't irritate a lot of folks by responding to this spam.
But I would like to share this data point.

A few years ago, I bought a refurbished Canon S80. This camera had a
serious defect. Video captures all featured a continuous, high pitched,
loud audio tone. I found many posts on usenet, and sites such as DPReview
regarding this issue. It appeared to me that this was a design defect,
rather than a sample defect. So I decided against going through warranty
service. Instead, I asked my vendor to take the refurbished S80 back
for credit, and sell me a new S80 instead. I was fortunate that he
agreed, although of course I had to spend additional money.

I can find no defect in this S80.

Based on this experience, I suspect that the word "refurbished" is
sometimes a succint code word for "defective early designs that were
corrected later." I will hesitate to buy any refurbished product that
is as sophisticated as an S80.
--
David Arnstein (00)
arnstein+usenet@pobox.com {{ }}
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