Refurbished PDA

A refurbished PDA is a PDA that was returned to the manufacturer as being defective. The manufacturer then inspects the PDA, repairs the defection and then attempts to sell it again. Since the refurbished PDA cannot be sold as new, it is generally given to retail outlets to be sold at a greatly reduced price from the original.

Consumers tend to prefer new PDAs over refurbished PDAs. A refurbished PDA has, after all, broken once. This carries with it the stigma that it may very well break again, that the consumer is not getting a "perfect" item. Refurbished PDAs also rarely contain their original packaging, another deterrent to consumers.

However, those consumers that can see past the stigma usually find a very good bargain. Refurbished PDAs are guaranteed by the manufacturer to equal the quality of a new PDA, and 90 percent of all packaging ends up as garbage, so the consumer is not missing anything. The refurbished PDA can also be returned if the computer does not perform to the user's expectations.

Many electronics retail outlets sell refurbished PDAs. However, the outlets may insist on an altered version of their return policy with refurbished PDAs, so check with the store salesperson on what the store will and will not allow. In some cases, the user may have to send the refurbished PDA back to the manufacturer directly.