Looking at purchasing a new gps device and can see a considerable saving on a warehouse deal. Warranty is my only worry , no manufacturer warranty! Anyone bought say a Garmin device via this route and successfully registered it ? Even though technically it’s used ?
Amazon Warehouse Deals
- Thread starter MrGrumpy
- Start date
Page may contain affiliate links. Please see terms for details.
400bhp
Guru
No, it's 90.
wonderloaf
Veteran
I've bought a couple of items through warehouse deals, a Garmin 200 (which is still going strong a couple of years later) and a 2nd generation Kindle.
Both were meant to be 'refurbished' to be as new with some cosmetic marks but as far as I could see they were both brand new, the packaging didn't even look as though it had been opened ... maybe I got lucky and they sent me new as they had run out of refurbished items.
After a few months I noticed on the Kindle tiny cracks in the front bezel, they didn't stop the unit from working or anything but thought I'd try it on with Amazon anyway and to their credit they replaced the refurbed unit with a new one without any arguments.
I've not had any problems with the Garmin so far, but going on past experience if I was looking for a new GPS I'd certainly consider warehouse deals if the price was right.
Both were meant to be 'refurbished' to be as new with some cosmetic marks but as far as I could see they were both brand new, the packaging didn't even look as though it had been opened ... maybe I got lucky and they sent me new as they had run out of refurbished items.
After a few months I noticed on the Kindle tiny cracks in the front bezel, they didn't stop the unit from working or anything but thought I'd try it on with Amazon anyway and to their credit they replaced the refurbed unit with a new one without any arguments.
I've not had any problems with the Garmin so far, but going on past experience if I was looking for a new GPS I'd certainly consider warehouse deals if the price was right.
Changed then, mind you they have just changed one for me that was 14 months out of warranty, good service in that instance.
400bhp
Guru
It was 90 days when I had a previous refurbished 705 unit back in 2013.
MossCommuter
Guru
- Location
- Salford
I bought a phone on a warehouse deal. It was broken (actually it was locked to a Scandinavian network). Amazon gave a full refund and paid return postage.
I do not know where I got the idea it was 30 days, many thanks for correcting me. My refurbished have only been my swim watches.
