I used to drive past one of the Sony outlets (Woodbury Commons) on my way upstate quite often and was surprised at how far they marked things down.  This is where my M37V came from. Most "outlet" stores are a farce (Bose comes to mind) but many of the small items like the M37V were almost half-price.  If you live near one I would check it out (check the store directory). Now that I'm out on L.I. I see there's one in Riverhead. Off today so maybe a quick trip to the East is in order. I will report back.
On Jun 23, 2011 9:00 PM, "Jay Heyl" <yahoogroups@...> wrote:
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> I bought two of these refurbs a few years ago when Sony was running a free shipping deal. One was okay but the other was junk. I opened it up and re-positioned the antenna pick-up coil and tweaked the alignment. After that it was decent. Not quite up to the standard set by the original one I purchased, but very close. 
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> It would seem their idea of "refurbishing" consists of verifying it comes on and that all the parts are there.
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