GreenDust, a marketplace that sells
refurbished and pre-owned products, on
Monday announced that it will sell the
popular Xiaomi Redmi 1S in two
categories - 'unboxed' at Rs. 4,999, and
'refurbished' at Rs. 4,599.
The retailer in a press statement
announced that it will hold its first flash
sale, similar to Flipkart, for the
refurbished and unboxed Redmi 1S units
on Thursday. Currently, the "refurbished
and unboxed" Redmi 1S units are up for
pre-order on GreenDust's official site.
The company claims that it has received
huge response from consumers until no
The Redmi 1S units available via
GreenDust are either unboxed, which are
seal-opened but unused units, or
refurbished, which had "some software
issues" or other problems that were fixed
by Xiaomi. The retailer confirms that the
refurbishments were conducted by officia
Xiaomi service partners and will also be
covered by GreenDust's no-questions-
asked 15-day return guarantee. Both
"refurbished and unboxed" Redmi 1S
units will have a six-month warranty
from Xiaomi.
Commenting on the announcement,
Hitendra Chaturvedi, Founder and CEO,
GreenDust said, "If this pilot is
successful, we will execute all our flash
sales with such amazing products at
amazing price only through our mobile
app - a first in India."
It's worth mentioning that Flipkart is no
longer selling the Redmi 1S in India and
instead will be holding the first slash sal
for the Xiaomi Redmi 2 starting Tuesday.
Earlier this month, Overcart, another
refurbished retailer, had announced sale
of Redmi 1S in India. It also offered the
Redmi 1S in two categories including
refurbished units priced at Rs. 4,599 and
unboxed at Rs. 4,999.
Xiaomi back in January was reported to
be trying its hands on a different retail
model involving sale of "refurbished and
unboxed" phone units and it seems the
company has indeed tied up with few
retail partners. The Xiaomi Redmi 1S
handsets being sold by GreenDust under
the pilot can be expected to be the ones
returned by buyers to Flipkart, the
exclusive online retail partner of the
brand in India.
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