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The Bears are 3-0 so I got a new HD TV.

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I'm sick of living in the CRT age and decided it was time. I actually talked the fiancee into returning the China her mom got us to get the TV. image

I got a 50 inch Samsung LCD from Best Buy. It went on sale today and I saved $300. I was watching it for nearly 3 weeks! Best Buy also had a special for $1000+ TV purchases on-line, you get a free $400 HoMedics Massage chair. I can't wait to get this sucker hooked up!
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  • ajwajw Posts: 2,281 ✭✭✭
    I hope you signed up for Best Buy's Reward Zone program. It's like $15, but you get a $5 coupon for every $150 you spend...
  • shouldabeena10shouldabeena10 Posts: 1,357 ✭✭✭
    The Redskins finally won a game yesterday .... so I'm trading in my old AM radio for one of those new FM versions I've been hearing so much about!
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  • TheThrill22TheThrill22 Posts: 976 ✭✭✭
    Zef, the Bears looked good on the 60 incher yesterday in my basement in Plainfield!
  • tkd7tkd7 Posts: 1,799 ✭✭
    I was watching football with my girlfriend yesterday, and she was commenting that half the commercials were for big screen TVs, the other half for beer and NFL gear. Apparently quite different from Lifetime and WE.

    Congratulations on the pickup! Now tell us, did you think the Bears were going to pull that game out?
  • baseballfanaticbaseballfanatic Posts: 2,415 ✭✭


    << <i>I'm sick of living in the CRT age and decided it was time. I actually talked the fiancee into returning the China her mom got us to get the TV. image

    I got a 50 inch Samsung LCD from Best Buy. It went on sale today and I saved $300. I was watching it for nearly 3 weeks! Best Buy also had a special for $1000+ TV purchases on-line, you get a free $400 HoMedics Massage chair. I can't wait to get this sucker hooked up! >>




    I didnt know Hos went to school to become medics? Cant believe the fiancee approved the chair.......
  • gemintgemint Posts: 6,116 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I'm sick of living in the CRT age and decided it was time. I actually talked the fiancee into returning the China her mom got us to get the TV. image

    I got a 50 inch Samsung LCD from Best Buy. It went on sale today and I saved $300. I was watching it for nearly 3 weeks! Best Buy also had a special for $1000+ TV purchases on-line, you get a free $400 HoMedics Massage chair. I can't wait to get this sucker hooked up! >>



    Nice pick-up. It's a good test for your fiancee to decide on whether to keep useless China or trade it for a big screen high def TV to watch football games on. Sounds like a good "Let's Make a Deal" trade to me. You've got yourself a smart lady there.

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  • phreakydancinphreakydancin Posts: 1,691 ✭✭


    << <i>I was watching it for nearly 3 weeks! >>

    That's an awfully long time to spend in a Best Buy.
  • FRNAllStarFRNAllStar Posts: 322
    Seahawks are gonna make it rain in Chicago next week. image
  • gameusedhoopgameusedhoop Posts: 3,592 ✭✭✭✭
    Wasn't there a place in the Chicago area that had a pre-season sale that refunded the price of the TV if the Bears defense pitched a shut out in the opener? I heard on sports radio here in Boston that they refunded the purchase price on about 3000 TVs. I know they can buy insurance to cover stuff like that similar to the hole in one give aways at golf tournaments, but are they still in business?
  • Tap4blackTap4black Posts: 214
    Good call Zef!

    When the Hawks went the the Superbowl last year, instead of dropping (and losing) some coin on the game, I bought a new 62" DLP HD and have loved it since. Football in HD is what it is all about!
  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭
    You know prices are going to drop 50% next year, right? image

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  • TabeTabe Posts: 6,151 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Wasn't there a place in the Chicago area that had a pre-season sale that refunded the price of the TV if the Bears defense pitched a shut out in the opener? I heard on sports radio here in Boston that they refunded the purchase price on about 3000 TVs. I know they can buy insurance to cover stuff like that similar to the hole in one give aways at golf tournaments, but are they still in business? >>


    It was furniture. Cost them something like $400,000 in furniture. They had insurance to cover all the losses, won't hurt their bottom line much at all (outside of the insurance premiums).

    Tabe
  • eyeboneeyebone Posts: 1,404 ✭✭✭
    Enjoy that new TV Zef. Hope you get it set up in time for the Vikes trip to the Windy City, when it will be pay back time!

    I hate the Bears, they suck.

    While I am at.....I hate the Pack, they suck too.

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  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,281 ✭✭✭✭✭
    zef,

    great move! I have been talking to my wife about a HD for awhile now. Perhaps you just inspired me?! image

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  • bbne1bbne1 Posts: 137
    Only one problem Zef - now you'll watch HD shows and movies you don't even like just cuz the picture is so gorgeous. Watch the intro to CSI - you'll swear your in a helicopter looking down on Vegas.
  • AxtellAxtell Posts: 10,037 ✭✭


    << <i>You know prices are going to drop 50% next year, right? image

    : ducksforcover : >>




    No, they're not.

    They've already opened the additional LCD manufacturing plants, and prices dropped 25% this year. They won't see drastic price reductions for some time.
  • ArnyVeeArnyVee Posts: 4,245 ✭✭
    Congratulations Zef!

    I think that I speak for all husbands here by saying.....how the hell did you pull that one off? Did you have to agree to only watch the thing when the Bears play? I mean, what's the catch?
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  • zef204zef204 Posts: 4,742 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>You know prices are going to drop 50% next year, right? image

    : ducksforcover : >>




    No, they're not.

    They've already opened the additional LCD manufacturing plants, and prices dropped 25% this year. They won't see drastic price reductions for some time. >>


    I agree. I got a great deal on the TV I wanted.

    In 2000 I bought a 55in Mitsubishi for $2600 image

    When I moved in with my fiancee 3 years ago, the movers couldn't fit it up the stairs. So its been at my parents house. I don't even want. image For $1300 I got a Samsung 50in DLP, i know I said LCD in the original post but its a DLP.

    The guy at Best Buy told me that LCD's can actually have individual pixels burn out and on DLPs, since they are all mirrors, you can't. That was one reason I chose the Samsung over the 50" Sony Grand Wega.
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