what's the difference between a reconditioned power tool and a new tool?

Question

I'm looking for a circular saw and a drill and I see that that reconditioned tools are quite a bit cheaper. are they worth it? and what exactly do they mean by reconditioned?does it mean that someone used it and took it back or what?

Answer 1

It depends on the brand wheather they are worth buying.I sold power tools for Lowes and Home Depot.Sometimes contractors will buy a cheap drill,burn it up and return it within the" 30 day" return period,get another and the whole cycle repaets itself.The tool Has been used,repaired to 'Factory Condition' and sold.If it were me,Stay away from Skill and Black n Decker.They are "Homeowner" grade tools with low quality parts.Contractors snag these up because a lot of thier 'expensive tools', get stolen,SO they buy the cheap stuf.It is cheaper to replace them AND the home centers have a "30 day,no quibble,return policy".As long as they return the unit (after they beat it to death) with-in 30 days,They will get a new one.

Answer 2

Yes it usually means that someone bought it prior. Sometimes people buy things just to use once and then take it back to get their money back. They think this is best, rather than renting, but it isn't fair to the consumers that in the end, have to pay higher prices. But sometimes a product has poor results when first made, and these can end up sent back to the manafacturer for repair. And some stores also re-sell items that have been opened in the store.

My husband is an Engineer and loves tools of any kind. I have bought him several that I thought were a "good" buy, and it turned out to be a good gamble! Just make sure that what you buy is used right away to ensure that it is working. Stores that sell these types of products marked this way will usually take them back within 15 or so days, so make sure to really use this item a LOT as soon as you purchase it. Also ask the store what their return policy is before you buy.

We got a new computer not long ago that was marked as a "demo", and we were perplexed by this as we knew that this store NEVER had real computers for demo purposes. So we asked why. It wasn't marked with a price either. As the next hour or so passed, we learned that it was sold by the store as a Christmas item special, and was returned after Christmas. The store Manager said that they use to mark everything returned as "reconditioned" but people didn't seem to trust those words. They tried other "words" but still yet, the inventory stayed on the shelves. So they started "Demo". Well in the end, it was the manager who was realy upset because we were sold the computer for just over 300.00 dollars and the store computers said that the original price at Christmas time was over 3,000 dollars! We got a top shelf HP computer for next to nothing and the manager was upset that there wasn't another one in the store for him to buy.

Happy shopping!

Answer 3

If you are going to use your tool everyday or lots of time like a cordless screwdriver or drill you will probably want to buy new if it is a tool that you are only going to use a few times try the reconditioned one good luck

Answer 4

Reconditioned means it wasn't working properly so it was sent back to the factory to be repaired. It was probably a product return (or a recalled product) and was sent back to the factory to be repaired.

New means it was never sold previously.

Answer 5

they repaired tools returned with issues and sometimes thats a good bet to buy them also unless you get a special extended warrantee those new ones and the old ones are covered the same about 30 to 90 days unless otherwise stated

Answer 6

Reconditioned: USED, went bad, repaired, now YOU buy it.

New: Well, does that really need an explanation?

Answer 7

reconditioned is used and repaired and had better be cheaper