Exhorbitant TV Prices

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sal12344

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Has anyone noticed how exhorbitantly priced TV's in this country are. I walked past the Samsung store in Canal Walk Yesterday and saw a 3D TV setup for the "bargain" price of R54000.00.
Also the please do not touch sign on it was off putting seeing as I usually buy myself a New TV for fathers day. I sourced the same TV on Amazon.co.uk for 1172.00 pounds and an extra 450 pounds for Blu Ray player and 2 sets of Specs. WTF?

BTW Samsung store run by @ssholes. Bought about R70k of stuff there, after few months went to ask about replacement filters etc, manager was rude as I seemed to be wasting his valuable time but thats another topic.
 
You can import that particular model for R45k but you have no warranty when something happens to the TV.
 
Um...nevermind...

Samsung UN55C7000 3D LED TV, BDC6900 3D Blu-ray Player & SSGP2100T 3D StarterKit - R38k

Samsung UN55C7000 55" 3D LED HDTV and Samsung BD-C6900 3D Blu-ray Player and Samsung SSG-P2100T 3D Starter Kit Bundle. The complete Samsung 3D home viewing package. This bundle comes with a large Samsung 55" LED HDTV with advanced 3D technology and a 3D capable Blu-Ray player along with 3D glasses and a 3D Blu-Ray movie disc in a Starter Kit. Start experiencing stunning new Samsung 3D technology in your own home today!
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Yep i have seen it on Take 2. Its from Amazon, can get that too as i have a MYUS account and buy big items with it. The reason i looked at UK model was the the voltages and it being a PAL TV(not so important with HD) BTW I have done the sums and they clear about R10k on the set including customs etc.
 
Hmmm...maybe Fathers Day gift can wait, just caught my 17 month old son trying to smash the TV using a remote. Wife says its an everyday thing!! :-)
 
sal12344 said:
Has anyone noticed how exhorbitantly priced TV's in this country are. I walked past the Samsung store in Canal Walk Yesterday and saw a 3D TV setup for the "bargain" price of R54000.00.
Also the please do not touch sign on it was off putting seeing as I usually buy myself a New TV for fathers day. I sourced the same TV on Amazon.co.uk for 1172.00 pounds and an extra 450 pounds for Blu Ray player and 2 sets of Specs. WTF?
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:erm: Have you ever though that the bold part could be the reason the TV is so expensive?
 
sal12344 said:
Has anyone noticed how exhorbitantly priced TV's in this country are. I walked past the Samsung store in Canal Walk Yesterday and saw a 3D TV setup for the "bargain" price of R54000.00.
Also the please do not touch sign on it was off putting seeing as I usually buy myself a New TV for fathers day. I sourced the same TV on Amazon.co.uk for 1172.00 pounds and an extra 450 pounds for Blu Ray player and 2 sets of Specs. WTF?

BTW Samsung store run by @ssholes. Bought about R70k of stuff there, after few months went to ask about replacement filters etc, manager was rude as I seemed to be wasting his valuable time but thats another topic.
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The staff at that particular store are petty bad and don't know their own goods - connectors, cable (what's included in the box). Between them and the Canal Walk AudioVision they seem to be in competition for the most rude customer service around. The fact that Samsung doesn't care tells you something about Samsung's pride in their name. You should see how polite people are in the Sony stores in Singapore and Philadelphia - not the rowdy, clueless sales people we get here.

I would avoid them and I'd avoid Samsung for high ticket items. You can buy a cheap screen for a PC from Samsung but for 'premium' items go with Panasonic, Toshiba, Hitachi or Sharp. Sony is also overpriced. Japanese companies have been doing this longer - some of them have been around for the last 300-400years (obviously not in the LCD/plasma business).
 
steviebogos said:
I dont think 3D is a gimmick - its the way foward! you will see,
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I've seen it and it sucks. Also people don't watch things only for effects - which look great in 2D - but for an actual story - even if it's cheap populist intrigue, comedy or sex appeal.

Message to Samsung: Put the 3D in, but make the quality of the picture as good as the Pany plasma - or else GTHO :)
 
I also believe that plasma has better PQ and response time. I am not too keen on the 3D. Yes its a great gimmick but the fact that you are tied to one vendor is also a problem. The problems with service is the attitude of locals more specifically the people who have the "franchise" in this country.
They think they ***** ice cream and you need to lick their @sses for service.I have been in at least a dozen countries in the last few years and they even appreciate a tiny sale of ten dollars. I buy from Amazon and have delivered via MYUS and have only ever had one bad item. I reported it DOA and they immediately shipped a new one to me even before I could get a decent price on courier to send it back. That is why I would rather have a TV from Amazon with no warranty than a local TV with a warranty.
 
:wtf: are you all freaking mad? Who in todays economic climate spends that much on a television? Geez I will stick to my dinky TV I see the same shyte maybe not in 3D but damn for a ticket price of R50K I can live without 3D.
 
steviebogos said:
I dont think 3D is a gimmick - its the way foward! you will see,
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Agree but its too expensive for what it is.

Reminds me of DVDs in the beginning. Was awesome that we had one of the first players but we could never get movies. By the time Video stores started DVD rentals the players where a fraction of the price and the technology had improved.

I'll consider 3D perhaps next year but more like only in 2yrs time. I first want to see it hit Gaming PCs.
 
sal12344 said:
I also believe that plasma has better PQ and response time. I am not too keen on the 3D. Yes its a great gimmick but the fact that you are tied to one vendor is also a problem. The problems with service is the attitude of locals more specifically the people who have the "franchise" in this country.
They think they ***** ice cream and you need to lick their @sses for service.I have been in at least a dozen countries in the last few years and they even appreciate a tiny sale of ten dollars. I buy from Amazon and have delivered via MYUS and have only ever had one bad item. I reported it DOA and they immediately shipped a new one to me even before I could get a decent price on courier to send it back. That is why I would rather have a TV from Amazon with no warranty than a local TV with a warranty.
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The good Japanese stuff never breaks unless it arrives DOA. Tell me about the DOA thing - did MyUS and Amazon ship the replacement TV to you for free?
 
cbrunsdonza said:
Agree but its too expensive for what it is.

Reminds me of DVDs in the beginning. Was awesome that we had one of the first players but we could never get movies. By the time Video stores started DVD rentals the players where a fraction of the price and the technology had improved.

I'll consider 3D perhaps next year but more like only in 2yrs time. I first want to see it hit Gaming PCs.
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3D is like 6 or 7 channel DTS sound. It's cute (for a limited number of shows) but not necessary and for many people undesirable. It wears off too. You need glasses and if you don't you TV has other drawbacks. But yeah, offer it, but not at the cost of artificial mark up.
 
PeterCH said:
Get the Panasonic plasma at 55inches for less, with a superior picture - no 3D - but 3D is a gimmick.
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Nothing beats Panasonic Plasmas (except the Pioneer Kuro). Panasonic's 3D Plasma TV is CNET's CES 2010 Best in Televisions winner but costs a bucket load.
 
PeterCH said:
The good Japanese stuff never breaks unless it arrives DOA. Tell me about the DOA thing - did MyUS and Amazon ship the replacement TV to you for free?
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It wasnt a TV it was a Toshiba HDDVD player. Anyways Amazon Shipped for free but paid MYUS to ship it later when I had a big box full of things to ship again. As I recall i bought Two GTX280's at the time and some other little nick nacks.
 
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