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G-Rex · 01-28-2011, 07:33 AM

That sucks. I'm guessing 1 person in 50 even knows that you can check those things. I guess they thought you'd be one of the 49 that had no clue.

Although, they should have at least cleaned off the fingerprints if they were going to do something so blatantly stupid.

Papa_Complex · 01-28-2011, 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by G-Rex

That sucks. I'm guessing 1 person in 50 even knows that you can check those things. I guess they thought you'd be one of the 49 that had no clue.

Although, they should have at least cleaned off the fingerprints if they were going to do something so blatantly stupid.

Since demand for this camera (Olympus E-5) is heavier than expected, I suspect that this body was called back from one of their other stores. They probably played with it for a while, at that store. It's not the Canadian press demo unit, as a friend informed me that body would have a hell of a higher shutter count than 16K, based just on the short time that he reviewed it.

derf · 01-28-2011, 08:39 AM

I've bough stuff that was refurbished that the store didnt know was refurbished, because it was done at the factory. At least it sounds like the store is taking care of you so really thats cool, sounds more like its an inconvienience than anything else.

But yeh it does bug me when shit like that happens, it has only happened twice, both times at best buy, once with a digital picture frame that came pre loaded with some dudes pictures, and once with a computer game that came with save data already written on the disk (3.5" floppy disk, it was a few years ago). Plus who knows how many other times I have bought stuff and just didnt know about it yet

01-28-2011, 07:33 AM	#1
G-Rex Where to next? Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: OK to the C Moto: TL1000R, Hayabusa, R1150RT Posts: 1,333	That sucks. I'm guessing 1 person in 50 even knows that you can check those things. I guess they thought you'd be one of the 49 that had no clue. Although, they should have at least cleaned off the fingerprints if they were going to do something so blatantly stupid. __________________

01-28-2011, 08:39 AM	#3
derf token jewboy Join Date: Nov 2008 Moto: CBR 900, KLR ugly ass duckling, Gas Man Posts: 10,799	I've bough stuff that was refurbished that the store didnt know was refurbished, because it was done at the factory. At least it sounds like the store is taking care of you so really thats cool, sounds more like its an inconvienience than anything else. But yeh it does bug me when shit like that happens, it has only happened twice, both times at best buy, once with a digital picture frame that came pre loaded with some dudes pictures, and once with a computer game that came with save data already written on the disk (3.5" floppy disk, it was a few years ago). Plus who knows how many other times I have bought stuff and just didnt know about it yet __________________