On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 16:27:05 -0400, Alex Rodriguez
wrote:

Usually demo equipment comes with the same warranty as a new item, so you
get more coverage from the manufacturer than you would buying from a a
trusted individual.

Usually, but not always. Check out this auction on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=5803220194

The manufacturer offers a 5-year extended warranty on this particular
component. Yet the seller would have you believe that in all that time
(probably 6 years) he only put 50 hours on it. Yeah... Right...

A_C