emusonacid! legacy

i was just on the emu's site. and they had a bunch of thier samplers for sell. i am thinking of getting another 5000 anyway. but something bothered me. it appeared that a refurbished 5000 cost the same as the on sale "brand new" sampler.

this confuses me, and also concerns me. if i go and buy another sampler, i want a new one. not a refurbished one. i have dealt with refurbished products and they never quite work proper.

has any one seen this on the site too? Or, did i just misunderstood what i was reading. one would think that a refurb, would be cheaper then a new one. i don't know, maybe it is because it is on sell.