I love Adorama's refurbed list. It's the homepage on one of my tabs. I attempted a few times to get an EF 50mm f/1.4 USM. Someone always beat me to it. They (Adorama) seemed to have caught on to how quick it was moving and raised the price on that item. So, Isettling for,a refurbed EF 50mm f1.8 II, which I've enjoyed.Later I got a refurbed 430EX to go with it. As far as I can tell the only physical difference from new merchandise is the Small "Refurb" sticker. I know the warranty is the only real difference but in my experience, limited though it may be in photography, with other electronics I've found that if it works fine from the start and first few hours of useit will, with almost no exception, outlast the factory warranty anyway.