Amazon Warehouse products: what they are and what you should be aware of

Wait, but aren't we already talking about Amazon refurbished products? You will be thinking. That is the first big mistake that many buyers have: not knowing how to differentiate the category renewed Of the call Warehouse. So today we are going to clear up your doubts, explaining the differences, what they offer and, of course, making you a selection of some products discounted from this group that are worth it. Forward.

Amazon Warehouse, what is it?

Warehouse and Amazon Renewed products are often confused. People often think that they are the same thing and therefore the nature of what they are buying is similar. But it's not like that. While the latter have been repaired and tuned up by a technical team to be reused as completely new, the former are products that are considered "second-hand or used" because they have been returned by customers, have the box open, show some small damage or have been slightly damaged during handling in the warehouse.

La opposed As you can see, it is small but it exists and although in the end Amazon considers them all colloquially under the term "refurbished", only the Renewed could be considered as such. Warehouse products, in fact, have their own categorization system to indicate their status, and it is divided into four levels that you explain below.

Of course, because Amazon's refurbished products are unique (they are counted units that have been repackaged), they cannot be replaced, so you will always be refunded the amount of the same instead of making a change for another.

Another important difference with respect to the Renewed to take into account, is that these products they do not have Warranty. Even so, by benefiting from Amazon's return policy, you will still have the possibility to return them up to 1 year after the date of receipt.

How does Amazon assess the status of each product?

From the company they strive to convey to us the greatest possible confidence around these products that are not new and that in recent years they have gained a lot of popularity thanks to what has been called the circular economy, and that advocates for a reuse of raw materials and manufactured products as many times as possible within their natural life cycle. That is to say, do not resort so much to the systematic change and purchase of a new model as to continue maintaining the old one, or reconditioning it, while it enjoys a clear and demonstrable use.

For this reason, Amazon warns that they submit all their products "to exhaustive quality control before selling them." In this way, they examine "the physical condition and operation of each item" and assign it "a specific category before selling it." Obviously they also inspect each of these products “to see if they are missing any accessories or the packaging is damaged" to, depending on the quality control necessary in each case, apply "one of the four categories to describe its general condition: "Like new", "Very good", "Good" and "Acceptable"" .

Nnew: the product has not been opened but the box is damaged.
Like new: the product is in mint condition but "due to box condition" does not meet amazon standards for new products. This is what usually happens, for example, when a product is returned by a customer who has opened the package, but it can also happen that a product in stores suffers from some damage to the packaging, in which case it also goes from new a as new.
Very good condition: the product has been evaluated and works perfectly (this is always the norm for Amazon), but it either has cosmetic defects, or stains, or shows slight signs of having been used, even missing some minor accessory. Its packaging could also have been replaced by another (for better protection).
Good condition: the product has been retested and works perfectly, but has cosmetic defects and/or is missing accessories. Its packaging will most likely have been replaced.

Obviously all these special conditions affect something very important, the price, which is reduced by its classification within the Warehouse products, but maintaining the right of return under Amazon's well-known conditions (those applicable to all its items): if you are not satisfied with something, you can return it without problems.

How to find and buy Warehouse products?

When looking for Warehouse products, you have three options. The first is the easiest and most obvious: enter the Warehouse product category and directly go filtering in the different sections available to take a look at the products they offer. But what happens when you want to know if a concrete product Do you have a version available in the Warehouse? In those cases, you have to make a couple more clicks.

Suppose, for example, we want to buy one Nintendo Switch. We look for it on Amazon and enter its file. Now, to find out if this product has units in the Warehouse, all you have to do is:

Locate the "Add to cart" and "Buy now" buttons with your eyes. A little further down, if the product you selected has reconditioned units, you will see a section with the name "Second-hand:" next to the best offer it has. Click on the button on the left to display this option
Once on this screen, all the information regarding this second-hand product will appear. If it has units within the Warehouse category, it will be marked as the first recommended unit (as is normal).

Each of the offers comes with its price, an indication of state level (very good, like new, etc.) and a description of the defects you are going to find (from damaged packaging to minor cosmetic defects or a scratch on the item).

Another way to find? Enter what you want in the amazon search engine, and when the results appear, go to the left column and select (whenever it is available) the box «Used«. In this way, only results that have Warehouse units will be shown to you and it will be easier for you to find something you want.

Amazon Warehouse products that are worth it

When considering what is or is not worthwhile within the Warehouse, personal tastes come into play a lot. Some will, yes or yes, want the product to be "unpolluted" when purchasing it and others will perhaps not care if they show some damage if they can save a few euros with it.

Also keep in mind where and how we are going to use them. Probably if it's a phone or a TV, you'll want it to look as new as possible and have at least a "Like New" label. But there are other types of gadgets that do not require of this rating. If you are going to buy some accessory speakers to set up a surround sound system at home, for example, and you are going to place these in strategic places in the room that are not in sight, you may not mind that they present a small scratch as long as work well. Or maybe you're behind a monitor for an office whose placement means that you don't care that it shows a flaw in its back; or a apple adapter for which it is worth saving 30 euros.

Warehouse product categories

There are many categories of Warehouse products so you can find what you need:

Warehouse products that can save you

As we said, everything will depend on tastes. However, there are some reconditioned products that can save us a good amount of money if we buy them from Warehouse, especially in the technological field:

Products related to ergonomics: a keyboard, a mouse for the computer, a desk chair… there are many office products that are returned every day on Amazon. Not because they are bad, but because they do not adapt to the user who has bought them. If you know those products, you can save a lot of money on the purchase. If you want to get a mouse to play video games and you know of a model that suits your preferences well, surely you have it in Warehouse at a ridiculous price. And if not, wait a few weeks after Christmas... you'll see the catalog you have available.
Impulse Buy Products: Many people make impulse purchases and then regret it when the box arrives at home. Since Amazon makes it easy to return, these products end up in the Warehouse. As long as you don't repeat the same mistake and you have considered the purchase, you can take that same item at a discounted price thanks to the mistake of a poor devil who didn't sleep on it a couple of times. In these cases, the ideal is to leave some time to analyze possibilities and save as much as possible.

In the end it will be a matter of assessing the type of use that we are going to give to a product and, based on this, know that there are these purchase options with which to sometimes save a lot of money. It remains in you

Are Amazon Warehouse reviews reliable?

When you find a refurbished product On Amazon, the first thing you should check is the state in which the product is located. We have already told you that the cataloging of the state of the product can vary at different levels, but the most important detail should be taken into account in which seller is the one that is offering the second-hand product.

It is best to look for products sold by Amazon Warehouse, and not by third-party sellers, since these tend to have second-hand products in worse condition, and what is more uncomfortable, the return policies are more annoying than the one proposed the giant. If you buy a third-party product and want to return it, most likely you will have to bear the shipping cost and put many troubles to return it. For that reason, it is always best to choose products sold by Amazon Warehouse so that once you receive them you can properly look at them and see if the defect description matches what you receive.

It should also be noted that the defects described by Amazon tend to exceed reality, so the description often looks worse than the actual product.

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