I don't know if the monitor was reconditioned or not, but he did tell me that when he saw the burn-in on the one in mine when I got there, his words were "I just always swap one of those out with a 'new' monitor". The unit definitely looks brand new so I'd be surprised if it was a reconditioned unit. And it's a million times cleaner than the one that came out!
I am so happy after all of the down-time.
VINTAGEGAMER