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It's a new trend in electronics retail: Stores (Best Buy is the most recent) offer to buy back your gadgets when you're ready to upgrade. Sounds fine on the face of it—but just how good a deal is a buy-back program? Consumer Reports decided to investigate.
Find out what we really think of these programs, and who might benefit from them—and whether you're in that group. (Hint: most people aren't!) See our story, Buyback programs for consumer electronics, at Consumer Reports Online.
—Carol Mangis
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