Outlet

An outlet is only useful if you know why each item is reduced. Here are the four possible reasons, and nothing else.

Why the price drops

• Last unit — the reference has run out and is not being restocked.
• End of line — the manufacturer has stopped making it. It works perfectly; what may get harder over the years is the spare part.
• Damaged packaging — the box arrived knocked about. The product is intact.
• Superseded model — there is a newer version. The previous one still does its job.

What is not here: faulty product or expired veterinary material. An out-of-date medicine is not sold cheap, it is withdrawn.

When it genuinely pays

The outlet is the sensible route for equipment you want to try before committing: a spare smoker, an electric knife, a second extractor. And for backup kit, which in mid-harvest is worth its weight in gold: the day the smoker breaks at seven in the morning, having the cheap one in the van saves the day.

Two checks before buying

If it is a machine, check whether spares are still available. An end-of-line extractor at half price is a bargain until you need a seal that no longer exists.

And there is no restock: if you hesitate, you hesitate once. When it is gone, it is gone.

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