answer:I bought a refurbished video game console for my son. We purchased directly from the manufacturer’s website, after being assured by several reliable sources that the company has a refurbished goods department of legendary quality. We have a 1-year warranty and saved $60, and all I sacrificed was a colourful box (ours had plain white packaging) and a trip to a big box store on Black Friday. I have searched that console high and low for signs of damage and can’t find anything, so props to Nintendo.