"New" Refurb 15" MBP DOA

With some trepidation after reading about many cracked screens I ordered a 15" refurb MacBook Pro. I set it up for pick-up at an Apple store vice home delivery so that I could check it out before taking possession. Good decision! Went to pick it up today and told them I wanted assistance with set up. Opened up a brick. Would not power up. Had several associates and a tech look at it and it just sat there dead. So I returned it.
It's going to take "up to three business days for the refund to to credited to your account". Strange, a purchase is instantaneously dinged on account, but a credit takes three days. Oh well, gives me three days to reconsider buying a piece of kit with all the cracked screen, black screen, dead key issues documented here and on other forums.

Refurbs are essentially the same as new when it comes to the warranty, refund/return policy goes. There are countless people who purchase refurbs and have no issues, but can some occur? Absolutely. You've returned the machine, and will have the refund (more a banking/theft/scam policy than anything else, and oh, everyone does this) to either purchase another Mac or something else.