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MAKE SURE YOUR TV CAN EVEN BE FIXED AFTER THE ONE YEAR WARRANTY

Updated Monday July 30, 2007-Now Includes Olevia HDTVs
Flat panel TV bargains abound these days. With prices dropping 30%-40% from 2006 to 2007 (confirmed this week by LG US CEO Michael Ahn) one can easily be tempted by the leader pricing of the “new brands” (called tier two and tier three by the consumer electronics industry) that undercut top panel maker prices by hundreds of dollars.
What the enticing, price driven TV commercials and their dealers don’t tell you is that Westinghouse, Polaroid and other tier two and three set makers add costly charges during the one year warranty period and buyers may incur substantial service charges after their warranties expire. In fact, two companies surveyed don’t support service at all after the one-year warranty expires!
Polaroid’s HDTVs, which sell mainly through Circuit City, would seem to be bargain-priced compared to the “name brand” competitors. Polaroid’s 1080p 42” LCD Model number PLD 4241TLXB, for example, sells for $1149.99 at Circuit City, while Toshiba’s 42HL167 goes for $1699.99.
The Polaroid set seems like a good deal until you find out what the Circuit City and Polaroid websites fail to disclose, which is that Polaroid HDTVs cannot be repaired after the warranty period expires!

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My Poloroid is out of commission. I bought it at Circuit City 11 1/2 months ago. It is now awaiting warranty service. They sent me the part in two days. The repair guy will be here in about 15 days. (can't do anything about this lag) However....... The repair is covered under warranty at no cost to me and the repair will also be warranted. I purchased a 3 year extended warranty at Circuit City for 149 dollars and that will kick in two weeks from now. I actually called the extended warranty people first, and they had everything scheduled, but I decided to cancel when I found out my original warranty was still in force. The extended warranty people are under contract with Circuit City. The actual repair guy told me this info when he called me to schedule. He advised that C.C might not pay them if they notice the original warranty was still in force. (But he said if it was 2 weeks from now, it would be no problem.....

Just wanted to let you know, that it is not true that there is no warranty after the 1 year warranty runs out.

I feel safe with the purchase going forward.

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I am glad to hear you were taken care of.

I wonder what would have happened if you didn't buy the extended warranty and were out of the 1 year warranty offered from the manufacturer?

I think you probably made a wise choice in the extended warranty. That way you are all set one way or another.

For the most part it seems that many items sold are designed with planned obsolescence in mind.

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