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macrumors 6502a
Yes, it was brand new (silver). It had been bought two days ago, opened, then returned. I insisted on drilling the manager: was it "refurbished"? No. Was it used? No. Just opened.
I guess they prefer to simply mark down the returns 10%. For instance, they had a regular and a wireless keyboard available -- both marked down 10% (I picked up the regular one, though I probably should have bought the Bluetooth one, as well. I only saved $3 on the keyboard, but hey, the $3 covered .3% of the cost of the monitor!)
EDIT: I just saw on the Macrumors homepage that the price of some of the add-ons for the mini have come down. I went to Apple site and checked by order status -- and sure enough, the price of my new mini has been lowered! 🙂
I guess they prefer to simply mark down the returns 10%. For instance, they had a regular and a wireless keyboard available -- both marked down 10% (I picked up the regular one, though I probably should have bought the Bluetooth one, as well. I only saved $3 on the keyboard, but hey, the $3 covered .3% of the cost of the monitor!)
EDIT: I just saw on the Macrumors homepage that the price of some of the add-ons for the mini have come down. I went to Apple site and checked by order status -- and sure enough, the price of my new mini has been lowered! 🙂