SB> MS>     RS display items have typically been pawed over by just about 
SB> everyone
SB> MS> from inept clerks who never read the manual but are trying to 
SB> demonstrate 
SB> MS> the item to kids wandering through the store wanting to be 
SB> "entertained" b
SB> MS> pushing buttons.  You don't know their history.
SB> 
SB>         As a fairly "ept" Radio Shack "clerk," I'll point out that
SB>         demonstrators & customer returns both get sold with a
SB>         double-length warranty, up to an additional year, to protect
SB>         the customer against any wear & tear that may have occured.
    Do you want to have to spend your time going back and forth to the store 
after any and every problem from such use?  
    On some many-featured models, RS customers may not use that defective 
feature in its warranty period...or twice it, and then get a rude surprise.
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