Framework Laptop prices go as low as $639 thanks to refurbs and “factory seconds”
arstechnica.com
Factory seconds, returned products, and B-stock can all save a bit of money.
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    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    Part of Framework’s sales pitch is that the company’s modular laptops are a (somewhat) more sustainable, responsible alternative to buying a hermetically sealed and non-upgradeable model from one of the big PC makers.

    The company has attempted to encourage reuse and recycling by offering refurbished models and 3D-printable cases for repurposing laptop motherboards as tiny desktop computers.

    Earlier this month, the company took another step in that direction, opening up a Framework Outlet section in its online marketplace to sell refurbished products and things that have been returned by their original buyers.

    The company is also expanding its “factory seconds” offerings—it previously offered some 11th-gen Core i5 Framework Laptop motherboards this way, but that’s now expanded to Core i7 motherboards and some complete Framework Laptop models built with bodies and screens that have minor manufacturing defects.

    “With the excess displays we received from the factory, we found a subtle cosmetic defect on some of them,” wrote Framework CEO Nirav Patel.

    According to Patel, offering its discounts mainly by pointing buyers toward refurbished and B-stock products is an alternative to offering limited-time deals like the ones you’d see on (the now-unending, November-spanning) Black Friday, Prime Day, or other real or invented shopping holidays.

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