the.com/refurbishment
Capitalism's way of selling you someone else's regret, slightly cheaper.
means The process of repairing, cleaning, or updating a used item so it can be sold again as good-as-new.
from Built from 're-' (again) plus 'furbish,' an old verb meaning to polish or brighten up, especially weapons or armor. Furbish itself traces back through French to a Germanic root related to 'furb-,' connected to making something bright or clean. So a refurbished toaster is, etymologically, getting the same treatment once given to a knight's sword before battle — just with lower stakes and a warranty sticker.
- warranty reality
- often longer than new-item warranty, oddly
- origin
- usually returns, not defects, from indecisive buyers
- grading trick
- grade A can mean literally unopened box
- savings
- typically 15 to 40 percent off retail