In apple's refurbished store, there seems to be always some powerbooks in there, and they are almost the same price as the refurbished macbook pro. Does apple expect anyone really to buy them at all? I don't see any reason to buy them in the presence of the much more powerful macbook pro asking for the same price. What kind of sale strategy is this?
Because they're trying to pull a fast one on you!
But really, sometimes the refurbs will say something like:
Refurbished 15" PowerBook...1.5 Ghz G4 processor (or whatever specs you'd expect to find here).
Original Price: $2500
Refurbished Price: $2250.
Save 10%!!
So yes, the original price was $2500....until you realize that Apple lowered the price of the 1.5 Ghz PowerBook from $2500 to $2200 when they upgraded the top-end 15" PBs to 1.67 Ghz, which makes the "original price" rather deceiving, since the selling price of a NEW 15" PowerBook cheaper than the refurb, even if it has great specs.
This is just an example used to illustrate a point.. I didn't use real prices or specs. This does happen though, especially with iPods.