First time I ever heard the term "pre-owned" was at a lexus dealer perhaps some 30 years ago. Silly me I asked about used cars- I was corrected and told they sold pre-owned cars. The second correction was when I asked about the shared chassis between the ES300 and a Camry. I was told that the Camry borrowed ES300's chassis. Should have known better- in the early 80's I had a summer job at a camera store- disc cameras were popular but the image quality was not good, though Fuji's disc film was finer grained than was kodak's (we processed all film in house but did not sell Fuji film). One day a Kodak rep came in and asked all of us in sales to voice customer concerns. I said customers complain the images a grainy. The Kodak rep told me to tell the customer the images are not grainy, but rather, granular. Like that made a difference. I told customers to buy Fuji film but bring it to us to develop (in that town, we had the only full on-site photo lab).
Has "politically correct" killed the used audio market?
Previously loved, slightly demo'ed....etc.
Gosh, when I sell the old car I should not list it as "used" ....perhaps "formerly observed", "slightly touched", "once considered", "only driven by a Little Old Lady from Riverside, Ca."
But thankfully no items sold are "used" any longer, really helps my faith in the market.
"Creative writing and the Internet" should be a required course for all "Semi-liberal arts" degrees"
Gosh, when I sell the old car I should not list it as "used" ....perhaps "formerly observed", "slightly touched", "once considered", "only driven by a Little Old Lady from Riverside, Ca."
But thankfully no items sold are "used" any longer, really helps my faith in the market.
"Creative writing and the Internet" should be a required course for all "Semi-liberal arts" degrees"