After the move, our TV started making a faint noise occasionally that seemed new. Today it won’t turn on! The movers wrapped the heck out of it in bubble wrap, seems like it would’ve been very hard to damage. I’m tempted to try to get it repaired just to fight the “everything is disposable” economy.
rom good luck. had an issue with our TV before - the cost of having it repaired, including the part that needs to be replaced, is half the price of a new TV. Bought a new one instead.
sharon linne faulk @manton I don’t understand movers. I saved all my electronic boxes for my several moves. But the hired movers wouldn’t use the boxes and threw them away. 🙄
scotticus @manton We had our TV go out after a few years. I paid about $200 to have it repaired instead of replacing it, and it’s still going strong about 7-8 years later. It seems crazy to think we watch a decade-old TV, but it’s true.
Tim Apple It makes one miss tube TVs where there was actually usually a local repair guy that could fix things up in a jiffy. Now a pixel goes out and to the dumpster it goes… sorry state of affairs.
💬 John Philpin I am going to hazard a guess that fixing it would be the equivalent of a large deposit on replacement - particularly if you stick to the existing spec.
Manton Reece @timapple Yep. I did a little looking and there are still a couple repair shops here. But we’ll see if it makes sense for TVs that aren’t crazy expensive.
Isaac T. Manton Reece @isaact Wow! I’m not quite so adventurous as to put anything in the oven, but that makes me hopeful.