Well I hope you are not completely correct on this! I just bought a Mits at a store that I have purchased Open Box items with sucess in the past. I suppose it comes down to whether you trust the people you're deal with.
There were 2 open box items I was interested in. One was a Toshiba and the Mits. I was told that the Tosh was a demo model that had been on display for about 8 months, while the Mits was a return item from a customer who had gotten it in his home and decided to get a larger model - salesman said he's returned it the same day. It had been back in the store a bit over a week.
The model was a 48311 at $1529. I waited a few days, went back yesterday and talked to a different salesman. The story was the same: the Tosh was a demo, the Mits a recent return. However, in the meantime the store was having a sale and the Mits had been lowered to 1299 (the Tosh was 1399). I bought the Mits.
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