When I wanted an Ipod in high university so I could listen to our music at university, they were beyond our capacity to afford the purchase. Most of our extended family members were terrible so I didn’t actually get money for birthdays or holidays that I could save for larger purchases. Luckily, I l earned about factory refurbished Ipods that were 35% less than the brand modern 1s. My parents were skeptical that I’d be getting a broken unit that only worked for a few months at best, but it arrived plus looked love it was brand new. That factory refurbished Ipod lasted for numerous years of bi-weekly use until I left it on a cruiseliner inadvertently. For all I know, it would have survived for much longer had I not lost it in the end. So when I needed a modern window a/c for our home plus realized it would cost a lot more money than I initially realized, I figured it wouldn’t hurt to look for a factory refurbished machine before settling on something needlessly more costly. I was delightfully surprised to suddenly find a marketplace for factory refurbished appliances plus scored a deal on a name brand window a/c for $50 less than the normal retail device. This amounted to a 25% savings overall, plus the refurbished machine works perfectly fine. The corporation who made the machine did a good task making sure it was working love a brand modern model. There were no smells in the window a/c plus little to no sign of use.