Review on Kodak P811BK Personal Negative Scanner by David Sharma

The scanner itself is pretty decent and surprisingly good for its size and its price. 15 randomly selected 4x6 photos and printed scan results as regular 4x6 prints. They are almost identical. If you want to scan photos with exceptional quality, you probably need something better. That being said, a warning, DO NOT purchase this scanner as a "refurbished" unit from "TheFactoryDepot", I tried twice - and in both cases the units I received were NOT refurbished and working Not. (Based on my findings, the supplier only ships units to retail customers in the hope that they will work, but with no actual testing, let alone "refurbishment". Also, you will get a refund from the supplier even after you send the defective unit back at your own expense , apparently it's YOUR responsibility - if you haven't seen them, you might not get them at all. The 'refurbishment' was obvious. The unit was in its original packaging with the original warranty (usually refurbished units have other warranties) Some of the Supplied accessories were open (torn plastic bags, badly twisted power cord, etc.) and the SD card was missing The unit was not working properly and only the power light was working When I contacted the seller (TheFactoiryDepot ), they refunded my money but stated that the device HAS been repaired. You agree that pay for the return of the device. Test 2 - ordered the 2nd used locomotive, allegedly also "restored". " but when it arrived it was clearly a defective unit that no one checked. Came in a torn box with everything scattered around. It was DoA too. The seller told me I had to pay for the return and I would get a refund No word of apology or confirmation of their misleading description I sent it back - and awaited my refund - but I only received it almost 3 months after grumbling about it P.SI will update this review with negative scanning results , I don't have high hopes as all the negatives have an orange cast that is very difficult to remove in software.