Can we just agree on what NOS means please!

[mk one]

The answer to the original question in the title appears to be no btw!

 

[Imlach]

I never gave it much thought

I always assumed it was just term slapped on everything in remotely decent condition with a mangled or non mangled original box to get people to click the listing

 

[CassidyAce]

I'll tell you what NOS is

An oxymoron

Quite. If it's new, it's not old, and if it's old, it's not new. 'Unused old stock' would be better. But then, what counts as 'unused': a part that's never been fitted to a bike, or a part that's been fitted but never used for it's intended purpose?

 

[Imlach]

This is proper mental gymnastics for folks with a penchant for pedantry

 

[ferrus]

Yup, and we can talk ourselves into missing the relevance.
A NOS part might be technically unmolested, but it’s scratched to fck through years of disrespect.
An unused take-off might’ve been touched by a spanner once but there’s absolutely no impact whatsoever.
Notion vs Reality

 

[Uncle Grumpy]

See, this is why we should always save the packaging.

Take a flogged out component, clean it up real nice using the "refurbishing" method of hot soapy water and wipe down with a microfibre cloth, put it back in the box and voila, NOS*.

*Now Old. Stuffed.

Grumps

 

[The History Man]

So. V or canti? Are we doing that one next?

 

[Imlach]

V

 

[novocaine]

So. V or canti? Are we doing that one next?

Disc

 

[novocaine]

So. V or canti? Are we doing that one next?

no wait, caliper.