You are getting a 25% discount with a 90 days warranty for the 3170 refurb. If you purchase at full price you get a 1 year warranty. Either way, it's a good decision, provided you know the difference. Guido Guido D. Corona IBM Accessibility Center, Austin Tx. IBM Research, Phone: (512) 838-9735 Email: guidoc@xxxxxxxxxxx Visit my weekly Accessibility WebLog at: http://www-3.ibm.com/able/weblog/corona_weblog.html "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 05/26/2004 02:10 PM Please respond to bksvol-discuss To bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx cc Subject [bksvol-discuss] Re: scanner I notice the Epson 3170 available on their site at closeout is a refurbished unit. Any comments on buying such a unit? At 01:54 PM 5/26/2004, you wrote: >Ah yes, WMD syndrome all over again! >You may want to monitor periodically the EPSON refurbished / closeout >page, as they sometimes have some really good deals. Expect more price >drops by September, as a new wave of of scanners are likely to be >released by then, and the old ones will be discounted. > >G. > >G. > > >Guido D. Corona >IBM Accessibility Center, Austin Tx. >IBM Research, >Phone: (512) 838-9735 >Email: guidoc@xxxxxxxxxxx > >Visit my weekly Accessibility WebLog at: >http://www-3.ibm.com/able/weblog/corona_weblog.html