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Originally Posted by eitakura 
For the types of problems that have been reported (I think all the defective players have pretty much been DOA or stuck on welcome), I agree these should have been caught even with a very non-stringent refurb inspection process.
I went ahead and split into 3 groups so we'd have a bit more granularity, but I agree there shouldn't have a difference between the 1st and 2nd batch. There was some speculation earlier that the 1st batch for $129 were true refurbs and the 2nd batch were new being sold as refurbs (sold for the most part at $199).
I placed one of the first (if not the first) order in the 2nd batch (mine is the only I'm aware of in the 2nd batch purchased for $129). Another user believes he's one of the last orders in the 2nd batch. So we'll calc the # of orders. If we ignore all other items bought during this period (i.e. assume all orders were for our players) and even add a multiplication factor (1.5x? 2x? to account for the fact that some people bought more than one), I'm speculating that we'll find the # of players purchased was low 100's at most. This was over a roughly 8hr period.
For the first batch, the # of players was likely even less, since the sale only lasted like 1.5hrs? (Not sure, but we can reference back to the sales thread). Though at the lower price, probably more people purchased multiples.
For the types of problems that have been reported (I think all the defective players have pretty much been DOA or stuck on welcome), I agree these should have been caught even with a very non-stringent refurb inspection process.
I went ahead and split into 3 groups so we'd have a bit more granularity, but I agree there shouldn't have a difference between the 1st and 2nd batch. There was some speculation earlier that the 1st batch for $129 were true refurbs and the 2nd batch were new being sold as refurbs (sold for the most part at $199).
I placed one of the first (if not the first) order in the 2nd batch (mine is the only I'm aware of in the 2nd batch purchased for $129). Another user believes he's one of the last orders in the 2nd batch. So we'll calc the # of orders. If we ignore all other items bought during this period (i.e. assume all orders were for our players) and even add a multiplication factor (1.5x? 2x? to account for the fact that some people bought more than one), I'm speculating that we'll find the # of players purchased was low 100's at most. This was over a roughly 8hr period.
For the first batch, the # of players was likely even less, since the sale only lasted like 1.5hrs? (Not sure, but we can reference back to the sales thread). Though at the lower price, probably more people purchased multiples.
I got mine the first batch at was new with a refurb sticker slapped on it.
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