THE BORE
General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Bildi on September 13, 2008, 08:31:34 PM
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Short version: After being without a TV for four months due to being screwed around by both Samsung and Pioneer, I'm getting a Pioneer 50" 1080p plasma that retails for AUD$6,000 (best price people have got it for is around AUD$4,500) for AUD$2,100. :omg :hyper
Long version:
- four months ago my 1.5 year old Samsung plasma broke down. Came back a month later with one fault fixed, one remaining, and four new faults. Went back the next day. I'm still fighting with them four months later to get it repaired properly. :maf
- about four months ago mum said she needs a bigger TV because she can't read the text in Lost Odyssey and some other games on her CRT. I said I'd buy a new TV and she can have my Samsung when it's repaired.
- bought the outgoing 42" Pioneer in mid-June. Got a great price since a friend and I were buying two - AUD$2,100 each. The salesman said it would be here in early August. He rang a few days later and said Pioneer confirmed all 42" orders for Myers will be fulfilled.
- we rang the salesman in early August, and he checked with Pionner where the screens were. Suddenly Pioneer changed their minds and said they have none left. He got pissed off at them, then oddly Pioneer said they had one new one which my friend would get. I was offered a 'first' (screen that's been barely used) - I said it depends on the price and how many hours it's been on, so they were going through the 'firsts' checking hours supposedly. My friend had his new 42" delivered a couple of days ago - the stand was dusty and he suspected it wasn't new. On top of that, it was dead out of the box anyway. He sent it back and rang the salesman.
- The salesman was now getting rather pissed off and rang Pioneer. Half an hour later he rang us back and said Pioneer will supply two new 50" LX508s for the price we paid for the outgoing 42" TVs, and they will arrive within about a week - :o.
Fingers crossed this screen actually materialises. Maybe someone finds themselves in a similar situation one day, so it might be useful info. We just kept at it, expressed our disappointment, and were civil. Our salesman was kick-ass too - lesser, more useless ones would have just offered a refund or tried to sell us some other crap.
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that's awesome -- hope it pans out. i'd love to have one of the new 1080p kuros, but i can't really justify the expense. i'm waiting for the 5 lumens/watt pannys that may be out by spring 09 -- or i may go with an led-backlit lcd, which would be more compatible with my weird gaming habits
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funny you mention that
my dad just had a stroke
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j/k
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Bildi :bow2
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that's awesome -- hope it pans out. i'd love to have one of the new 1080p kuros, but i can't really justify the expense. i'm waiting for the 5 lumens/watt pannys that may be out by spring 09 -- or i may go with an led-backlit lcd, which would be more compatible with my weird gaming habits
My problem with the Kuros is their price tag too - there's no way on earth I could buy one at their normal price, so I feel like I've won the lottery! I hope it comes through.
The Panasonics looks awesome indeed. It's great to see some significant change in the technology which has really just been getting incrementally better for ages.
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funny you mention that
my dad just had a stroke
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j/k
:rofl
That's awesome, Bildi. I hope you actually get 'em.
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Thanks guys.
Yes, mum is a bit of a gamer. She always liked them but got into it more last gen when she got hooked on SSX. She has a Wii (for Zelda pretty much) and a 360. She mostly plays the 360 because the Wii "has too many of those childish games" :lol
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Oh that's so awesome!
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your mom is a true gamer. we accept her, and if she's hot, we'll run a train on her. :-*
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I guess it's better than having a stroke.
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Having luck stroking is also good.
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Having luck stroking is also good.
send this luck whore my way. I'm ansty in my pantsy
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your mom is a true gamer. we accept her, and if she's hot, we'll run a train on her. :-*
:lol
I dunno about hot - but she did think Assassin's Creed was the best game last year. :rock
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Thanks guys.
Yes, mum is a bit of a gamer. She always liked them but got into it more last gen when she got hooked on SSX. She has a Wii (for Zelda pretty much) and a 360. She mostly plays the 360 because the Wii "has too many of those childish games" :lol
:bow