Originally Posted by jim-bob
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."
Yeah right, that term was only created after ebay arose
"new" is easier to type than "we just got this product that was only manufactured recently and just came onto the market" as well.
My guess is that the term is a bit older especially since its so universally used.