Originally Posted by highpants
but still, New Old Stock it a funny little term, isn't it? i mean, i pretty much understand that it means un-used old stock, like a frame from the 1980's that got moved into a backroom to make room for new stock or whathaveyou, but it still strikes me as an odd term.
I think it's an ebayism. "NOS" is easier to type then "we've had this thing hanging around since it was new, but nobody's bought it yet."