The best thing just happened to me.. twice

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First off - I posted a spoiler about the Formula 1 race today, then my telly blew up!

Now I suppose you're wondering why the telly splodey thing would be good, so allow me to explain. I have a 54inch non-HD plasma which packed up last year, under warranty, but, despite me trying to bribe the engineer, they managed to fix it. Thing is, if it's jiggered this time I'm entitled to a replacement of similar size/value (about 3kilobucks it cost me) but whatever I end up with it's pretty much guaranteed to be HD!

Today I shall be mostly doing the splodey telly dance
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nick09
Nice, you are gonna get away with a new TV and extra cash!👍
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No idea how it works to be honest. I'll just have to wait and see. As long as I get an HD one about the same size I'll be happy. The price tag is par for the course when you join the "early adopter" phase of product life cycle, most new gizmos I buy are worth a miniscule percentage of what I paid for them within weeks of me buying them. The plasma was the pinnacle of awesome back when I got it then, a couple of months later they announce HD and I was weeping like a little bitch with a skinned knee :grumpy:
 
P3nT4gR4m
I know, that was the going rate for plasmas a couple of years ago but nowadays that's equivalent to a screen the size of my living room wall!
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Working in Tesco you see just how quick the prices of things like TVs drop. You can get a good branded 42 inch HD for approx 500, maybe 600 nowadays.
 
Well the dude was out today, took a look at it and said he was pretty sure the screen was knacked and he'd either be back in the next couple of days with a replacement part or, in a week with a replacement screen.

So I mentioned I would prefer if it (for reasons already stated) didn't get fixed and he told me it all comes down to price. He mentioned that the cost of a replacement screen as far as he remembered was about 1500-1800 quid and if that was the option then I would probably get a replacement model since that would probably cost the insurance company less bread.

Here's hoping...
 
P3nT4gR4m
Well the dude was out today, took a look at it and said he was pretty sure the screen was knacked and he'd either be back in the next couple of days with a replacement part or, in a week with a replacement screen.

So I mentioned I would prefer if it (for reasons already stated) didn't get fixed and he told me it all comes down to price. He mentioned that the cost of a replacement screen as far as he remembered was about 1500-1800 quid and if that was the option then I would probably get a replacement model since that would probably cost the insurance company less bread.

Here's hoping...
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I had a similar scenario to you. I purchased a Sony 50'' HD Ready Rear Projection TV from a well known Retailer (think food) and I purchased there ''what ever happens'' warranty from them. The total cost including the TV and warranty totalled about £1600.00.

The TV failed a few times about 6 months after owning it, various tech's came out but none of them were able to mend it or knew what the problem was or what caused it.

Any how to cut a long story short the warranty company scrapped the TV (it was classed as an un-economical repair) and issued me with some vouchers to buy a replacement TV from one of their well known outlets (think food).

Remember that I originally paid £1600 for the TV including cover, TV price was I think £1350 and I only received vouchers to the sum of about £950. They told me that I could now buy a TV of the same spec as mine for a lot less than I originally paid for the 50'' Sony.

So Mr. pentylalalala beware that you might not receive as much as you are thinking.
 
GTP_DONK
I had a similar scenario to you. I purchased a Sony 50'' HD Ready Rear Projection TV from a well known Retailer (think food) and I purchased there ''what ever happens'' warranty from them. The total cost including the TV and warranty totalled about £1600.00.

The TV failed a few times about 6 months after owning it, various tech's came out but none of them were able to mend it or knew what the problem was or what caused it.

Any how to cut a long story short the warranty company scrapped the TV (it was classed as an un-economical repair) and issued me with some vouchers to buy a replacement TV from one of their well known outlets (think food).

Remember that I originally paid £1600 for the TV including cover, TV price was I think £1350 and I only received vouchers to the sum of about £950. They told me that I could now buy a TV of the same spec as mine for a lot less than I originally paid for the 50'' Sony.

So Mr. pentylalalala beware that you might not receive as much as you are thinking.
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I would sue their ass. I mean, didn't you contract the warranty for 1600?
 
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I would sue their ass. I mean, didn't you contract the warranty for 1600?
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The warranty only covered ''like for like'', basically ''you only get paid the amount needed to replace your existing TV with a newer model of the same spec'' and since TV's are getting cheaper there was nothing I could about it.

Mr.Penty should get a good deal any how because he will beable to replace his non HD TV with a beauty of a Full HD TV :)
 
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GTP_DONK
The warranty only covered ''like for like'', basically ''you only get paid the amount needed to replace your existing TV with a newer model of the same spec'' and since TV's are getting cheaper there was nothing I could about it.

Mr.Penty should get a good deal any how because he will beable to replace his non HD TV with a beauty of a Full HD TV :)
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Oh, ok. That makes more sense then.
 

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