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Workshop & Performance
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Location: Hewett SA
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Afternoon all, I don't usually unload publicly but I'm throwing this one out there. Maybe its a industry thing, but my happiness with Samsung is not at a all time high.
Buy a 58" 3D plasma mid 2010 just released cost around $2700. Beautiful TV physically and brilliant quality pic. Except....pink speckles on the screen out of the box. Anyway, go through the warranty process and the display is replaced. Not the best start to our relationship. Anyway...clock goes forward to last September. My youngest swings something at the display and smashes it. Annoying, but its only a TV and at 2yrs, its just a big shiny thing to whack ![]() Anyway, get it in for repair thinking no worries, take it on the chin teach me to have kids and large screen TV's....$2800 to replace the display. When a new 59" model of the same series is under $2K. If its an industry thing, its a rip. If its not, so be it. But Samsung is not on my replacement shopping list. Thank you, I feel better now ![]()
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: South Australia
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Generally the way electrical appliances are these days, its it out of warranty its not worth fixing. Think you will find every brand will be the same.
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: In my own little world..Everyone here knows me :)
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Vent away venty!
![]() Did you pay for it to get repaired or are you going to just get a new one? Silly how the cost of repairing one is dearer than a new one. Electronic gear is a rip in general! We were discussing printers yesterday at work as there was a little Canon printer in a catalogue for $38. Problem with those things is the printer may be cheap...but the ink certainly isn't! Cheaper to buy a new printer everytime the ink needs replacing ![]() ![]() Cheers Col
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: outback S.A...hiding in a workshop
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way of the modern world unfortunately.....throwaway society and all that!
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Where to next??
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Sydney
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Problem is, the screen is a major component of the system. It will probably take up 70% of the cost of the item as a whole.
Once you take into consideration the cost per hr of a western repair person to take apart, repair and re-assemble there is the last 20-30%. It's a pain, I know..... |
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XR & FPV Owner
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: On the Dark Side of The Moon
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I do understand your point but:
The screen is 95% of the device. Removal and fitting of a new panel would cost a fair amount, while the automated process at the factory would cost far less. Resulting in the fact that a new(er) unit can come in at a lower price than a repaired one.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: The Shakey Isles
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Do you have insurance ?
Contents insurance would cover the repair/replacement cost. |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Tanunda S.A
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Lake Macquarie, Newcastle NSW
Posts: 3,164
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Buy a slab and move on. It's just a replaceable TV. Life is short.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: republic of wa
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Challenge to ALL aff members, turn it off for a week and see how much better your guality of life is ?
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Barossa Valley, South Australia
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Just claim it on your home and contents insurance if your have accidental damage coverage.
As an example, the motor in our air conditioner has just burnt out. Quoted $1200 to fix. Going to cost up $100 for our excess.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Miranda, NSW
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Why did you authorise repairs at that price level without first seeing what it would cost to replace the thing?. Makes no sense....The cost of TV's is dropping as fast as teh US dollar a. The 42" LG plasma I bought in 2007 for $2,300 you can now get for $500 new
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: May 2010
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A decent plasma can be had for a few hundred $$ these days, you're better off just cutting your losses and buying a new one. In reality, you're better off without the bloody thing. I haven't watched TV in years and don't miss Mel & Kochie and all those other awful fake people getting in my face every day.
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Join Date: Apr 2009
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Errr...you will find they only half fill the inks that the printer comes with. They call it a starter pack.... ![]() |
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Location: Geelong - Go Cats
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It is a sad but real reflection of our current society that a $3,000 electrical device is disposable.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: May 2010
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With any brand you will be paying that cost for the screen. The only 2 companies that make the screen are Sony and LG (i think).
I pulled apart a cheapo DVD player the other day because of a jammed DVD, and the laser and dvd spinner were all branded Sony. |
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