Refurbished devices are not devices that are drained to the maximum extent of their life usage by their previous owners or dug out from the depts of electronic hell buried by metal carcasses in darkness where the sun don’t shine (garbage). Here are some fact checkers. Refurbished devices might me cheap but refurbishers do not work for free, they want to earn. And how do they do that if they repair a device that is far from a usable condition and is steps away from death’s door? The replacement parts itself would cost as much as a brand new device or even more! This is why refurbishers do not and never will waste their time or money on these devices that are never going to sell. Most refurbished devices are used devices that are in good condition that just needs some tuning and minor replacements that are mostly physical. Refurbishers obtain many of their devices from customers that are unhappy with their own devices for reasons like minor defects, scratches, dents & cosmetic blemishes, or they simply do not like the product. Many refurbished devices are pretty much new and lightly used. Such devices will be tuned, repaired, tested, cleansed and re-packaged by refurbishers to be released for sale into the market with a much lower price.