What does "B-Stock" mean?


I see items for sale with this designation, but don't have any idea what it means about the item.
pbredi
It means that the little guys on K-Mex (dressed up in the bee costumes) have partied with this particular piece of equipment. They go through a lot of gear.
Also on occassion they are actually new units that are being cleared out to make room for a new model. In these cases B stock units usually have a shorter warranty period which lowers the company's future warranty repair costs, so they can reduce the price even further to clear them out faster.


You see this a lot with stuff on Ubid.com

I thought the name derived either from being "non-A" stock, or a shortened form of "blem" for blemished.