buying digital camera from refurb website?

I'm buying a digital camera online. I'm looking for the best bang for the buck. Right now, I'm looking at a cool site called epinions dot com

On this site, I search for price range, model, and compare cameras and find the best prices online (with shipping included) and have them delivered to my door.

My best search brought up a Canon Powershot A520 on a site called Refurbdepot dot com (forwarded site from epinions dot com) for only 100USD - that's for a new camera

link to camera here
http://www.refurbdepot.com/productde...rerid=dealtime

My question is this:
Is buying a a refurbished/remanufactured digital camera from the web a good idea if the price is considerably cheaper than in-store or other online deals?

If you don't know about refurbs you can learn about them on the site. I'd like to know people's experiences in buying refurbed digital cameras online

I mean the Canon Powershot A52 is supposed to be the best value vs. price at around only 100USD. How can I not buy it?

note: I used epinions dot com, is there another site (similar in focus) that'll help me track down the best online deals?

thanks!

Hi,

I work with a lot of different cameras, I have found most refurb dealers to be unreliable and very risky, especially online.

I have purchased powershots from online refurb dealers only to find out they put in a new battery and sent it out, or they have purchased from return processing companies that are in charge of destroying the return and just sell it instead.

Remember that even if they offer a warranty, refund or exchange to read the fine print.

Kodak and Canon (Canon is my fave next to Nikon) both have very affordable cameras.

If you look online at Ritz Camera or Wolf Camera (same company) they have great deals.

You almost would come out better on Ebay as well.

Look around before you buy, epinions is good, for more detailed info go to http://www.steves-digicams.com he offer great reviews and detailed pros and cons.

Good luck!