I don’t understand - you bought something sold as a 2021 model - and now that someone with an interest in acquiring it at the lowest possible cost makes up a reason why they can’t give you more for it - citing the manufacture date not being 2021 - you want to know what “recourse” you have ? Simple - say no to their offer and move on.
In manufacturing - a MODEL YEAR refers to the specs of a model - not the calendar year of its original build. Most often found in autos - you will see 2024s on dealer lots now (or shortly as the strikes effected intro of new models overall). Not uncommon for redesigns to be introduced a year before the actual calendar year. My 2021 truck was built in June 2020 - it just means that my truck has features introduced with the 2021 MY - and is missing those from the 2020 MY. I’ve seen. Products made in April 2014 sold as 2013s - because they have 2013 specs (manufacturer had a surplus of parts - so instead of just warehousing/destroying - they ran a 2nd line building 2013 specs and sold at a lower price point than the new/updated 2014 spec).
It’s not a living thing - it does not have a “birthday” - it’s mechanical and model years are commonly used to identify common specs. Hour meters/odometers are used to indicate usage on mechanical things - and in general less use = better as it’s presumed to have a typical expected useful life before requiring refurbishment/rebuild. Yes - in theory a 2020 could be more “aged” than a similar unit built in late 2021 for example - and fail slightly sooner - but that’s all just speculation and honestly the expected failure rate in general doesn’t spike by any meaningful amount - it’s all physiological at best.
Quit trusting the opinions of someone trying to buy something from you - even if they are employed by the same person who sold you that item. Their “opinions” will change by what interest they have in the item. Guarantee if he had your “2021” - the opinion would be it’s a 2021 and “only 2 years old” - because people seemingly can’t count when calculating model years vs calendar years - yes it has been less than 3 calendar years since 2021 ended - but 3 MYs have passed since then 2021, 2022 and 2023 (again - possibly 4 if 2024s are out now. Amazing how people lose the ability to do simple math when describing things they have a financial interest in.
In manufacturing - a MODEL YEAR refers to the specs of a model - not the calendar year of its original build. Most often found in autos - you will see 2024s on dealer lots now (or shortly as the strikes effected intro of new models overall). Not uncommon for redesigns to be introduced a year before the actual calendar year. My 2021 truck was built in June 2020 - it just means that my truck has features introduced with the 2021 MY - and is missing those from the 2020 MY. I’ve seen. Products made in April 2014 sold as 2013s - because they have 2013 specs (manufacturer had a surplus of parts - so instead of just warehousing/destroying - they ran a 2nd line building 2013 specs and sold at a lower price point than the new/updated 2014 spec).
It’s not a living thing - it does not have a “birthday” - it’s mechanical and model years are commonly used to identify common specs. Hour meters/odometers are used to indicate usage on mechanical things - and in general less use = better as it’s presumed to have a typical expected useful life before requiring refurbishment/rebuild. Yes - in theory a 2020 could be more “aged” than a similar unit built in late 2021 for example - and fail slightly sooner - but that’s all just speculation and honestly the expected failure rate in general doesn’t spike by any meaningful amount - it’s all physiological at best.
Quit trusting the opinions of someone trying to buy something from you - even if they are employed by the same person who sold you that item. Their “opinions” will change by what interest they have in the item. Guarantee if he had your “2021” - the opinion would be it’s a 2021 and “only 2 years old” - because people seemingly can’t count when calculating model years vs calendar years - yes it has been less than 3 calendar years since 2021 ended - but 3 MYs have passed since then 2021, 2022 and 2023 (again - possibly 4 if 2024s are out now. Amazing how people lose the ability to do simple math when describing things they have a financial interest in.
