I did, and a coworker bought two for him and his wife. Ordered them last week on Friday, shipped on Tuesday because of Labor day and got them in yesterday (south east US).
Except for the "refurbished" markings, everything seems identical to the new one I purchased several months ago as far as condition and the packaging. "Refurbished" appears to have been printed on the box by Microsoft so my assumption is that the refurb was performed by them.
I honestly wasn't happy with my last one for $499, but was going to reconsider if they got down to $299 w/cover. So for $199 I'm extremely happy with it.
I bought one as well, 32GB Microsoft Surface RT Tablet bundle with Black Touch Cover, $199, minus quadruple e-bucks, $16 - what a deal!
"Refurbished" stickers were easily removed, and the item did not show any previous handling.
I've been looking for my next computer for several months and thought the chromebook would be the ticket: liked the security feature, auto-updating, and cost. However, I just couln't get past the lack of MS Office.
Surface RT with touch cover created sticker shock . . . until an
eBay alert got me to view this deal . . . and I jumped on it.
I could not be happier!!!