Digital BW, The Print

I've had both refurbs and new. I think there's a lot of merit in a
general principle: If the original product design was excellent,
refurbs will usually be as good or better than new and save some
money. If the original was crap, refurbs are proly supercrap. 
   Good refurbs undergo more exacting quality control than new units
(often there never was anything wrong with the unit, just user
ignorance, etc.). With bad designs, the refurbs are apt to be the
worst of the bad, and no amount of patching will make them a good
design. 
   Only consider refurbs if you really need to save money (and not for
mission critical purposes unless you get several).
   This list is one of the best places to tell the difference. If
these folks like and use a unit, it's a goodun.
   And all generalizations are wrong!

My <.02 worth.
Jim