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towelsnap
12-28-2009, 04:23 PM
**WARNING LONG READ*** read it for a good laugh at my expense. no cliffnotes sorry lol

I'll write it up like a report lol.

Dec 26, 2009

Item wanted : 47" LG 60hz 1080p TV price $899 but I only paid $830 :chuckle


0140hrs: I woke up showered and went to bestbuy to see how long the line was. Once I arrived there was only 5 teenagers who have been there since 12. SO I decided to come back around 0250hrs.

0250hrs: Picked up a cranky tired GF and went to timmies to get some java and wait in line.


0600 hrs: After a long wait and not winning the $500 gift card we grabbed our things (blueray player movie) and headed in line to go get the TV.... now with the store only being open for 5 minutes there was a HUGE wait for a cashier to ring in our goods and the TV (We were 8th in line originally in line outside so the store filled up quick ) . Alright so the TV was purchased everything was good.... but wait :flaming now we had to wait in another LONG ass line just to get out of the store.... than wait in line with my truck just to get the TV......



0730 hrs: Yes 1.5 hours it took for me to wait in line to pay and leave after waiting 3+ hours outside in the rain (think I got there at 2 not 250. Went home dropped the TV off.


0800hrs : wanted to go to JYSK to get the $20 TV stand normal price was 119$ sooo I thought I was getting a good deal. ....... arrived at 0800hrs and SOLD OUT :bang

This is where the day get's worse remember running on no sleep


0830hrs: Go to the BRICK.... #$*^&#$*(&@*!&@# NEVER SHOP AT THIS POS STORE EVER!!!!!!! I get there and my friend works there and says hey man we got a TV stand on sale normal price is $250 onsale for $100 so good deal all wood pay for it and go to the back to pick it up

Now I speak to the most unintelligent person alive... he states "ummmm ya.... the stand you want is missing peices you want it or u wanna wait till the 10th when we get more in. Remember I just paid for the damn thing and ya....... :whoa WTF!!!! So..... I stated "Are you $%$ing kidding me I just paid for something that was promised to be new get your manager After 20 minutes waiting no manager...... I demand he pages again.... still nothing I go into the store and speak to a clerk and DEMAND to speak to a manager.... oh course he says sorry and there is nothing he can do.... SO 1. they sell broken shit 2. they don't care about their customers 3. They hire people who smoked sooo much pot they can't spell their own name. :loco So I get a refund leave the store with a sour taste in my mouth and continue to chain smoke and make my way over to leons.



0900 hrs: Make my way to leons ... find an amazing deal a black glass TV stand with an attached wall mount regular price is $600 I get it for 160$ because the salesmen feels bad for me :headbang

The day just get's even worse

After a couple hours of putting everything together and connecting everything.... my massive TV is complete. Fire it up and play some COD the gun is the size of my arm :headbang... So I leave it and do some more shopping

1700hrs : Turn the TV back on .... NO SIGNAL @!@!!!!!!!:flaming:flaming:flaming:flaming now your thinking gotta be the cables..... nope :bang:bang I was sold a lemon after only 1 hour of use the HDMI ports blew.... I'm not shitting you ...... I will never buy a POS LG again .
So at this point I'm cursing and swearing ready to take the TV and throw it against a wall when something... THE ONLY THING good happened. Someone with Christmas cheer helped me out.

A co-workers son works for the Geek Squad and out of desperation I called him up at work and asked if his son was working. He said no :bang... 10 minutes later I hear a knock on my door.... This guy shows up states that he is my co-workers son and works for the Geek Squad and would fix my SHITTY LG TV . After over an hour or so of trouble shooting my HDMI still did not work. He states the HDMI ports are $%#*ed and has never seen this before with over 5 years with the company . (we plugged my new blueray player/PS3 into my old TV worked fine with the cables).

He states... how about this.... I will give you a brand new sony bravia 46" for $880 with a 4 year warrenty.

At this point I shit my pants.. lol

We loaded my TV back in the box went to Best Buy and he got me the TV for the right price and installed it .


Pics of the shitty LG compared to my oldschool 27"




http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt9/towelsnap/securedownload1-1.jpg


Pics of the new setup with the sony 46" sony my iphone kinda distored it making it look taller and not as wide lol trust me it's huge

http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt9/towelsnap/securedownload2-1.jpg





Sorry for the long read but WHOOOOA seriously my day sucked. I finially went to bed after 28hours up straight . I'm happy things worked out but whoa...

Sorry for the LONG write up post up ur comments or questions if you had a shitty day like me lol

FLIPDADY
12-28-2009, 04:32 PM
Well at least you got a better TV. Looks like a sweet setup.

kevcol74
12-28-2009, 04:47 PM
Whining little bitch....

I have a better story: I was born on Christmas day..... need I say more?

1. Happy Christmas, Merry Birthday; I will choke to death the next person that says this to me.
2. I have had Turkey for my birthday dinner for 35 years now. Not by choice!
3. Everyone else receives gifts on my birthday; Wow, thats special! :bang
4. I didn't even get a Birthday Thread out here!! I suck!!
5. "Christmas is about the kids now!" Apparenlty that doesn't include the big kids....






















Wish I had that TV.....

JashiK
12-28-2009, 04:52 PM
towel... at least you had money to drop.
all i got for boxing day shopping was a pair of hockey skates.

stevenma188
12-28-2009, 05:06 PM
I wish i had a TV.....doesn't matter what size... :chuckle

JashiK
12-28-2009, 05:21 PM
Whining little bitch....

I have a better story: I was born on Christmas day..... need I say more?

1. Happy Christmas, Merry Birthday; I will choke to death the next person that says this to me.

Happy Christmas, Merry Birthday :)




*RUNS*

towelsnap
12-28-2009, 05:24 PM
Whining little bitch....

I have a better story: I was born on Christmas day..... need I say more?

1. Happy Christmas, Merry Birthday; I will choke to death the next person that says this to me.
2. I have had Turkey for my birthday dinner for 35 years now. Not by choice!
3. Everyone else receives gifts on my birthday; Wow, thats special! :bang
4. I didn't even get a Birthday Thread out here!! I suck!!
5. "Christmas is about the kids now!" Apparenlty that doesn't include the big kids....






















Wish I had that TV.....


lmao hypocrite but happy belated bday I got presents too :) ya the TV nice don't think I'll ever go smaller than a 46" again Love the big TV

Thrizzl3
12-28-2009, 05:25 PM
Happy Christmas, Merry Birthday :)




*RUNS*

:loco

anyhoo Greg sweet setup..i haven't played COD in a while against you..i must upgrade my TV in my room as it is getting too small for my liking..was the 880 the actual price of the bravia??

JashiK
12-28-2009, 05:31 PM
sorry i forgot the belated part...



*bitch slaps phild0 and runs*

towelsnap
12-28-2009, 05:49 PM
on sale for $999 regular price is $1300


http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0926HDS0010120385&catid=24558&PCName=tv%5Fsony&logon=&langid=EN



as you can see my old setup LMAO a $%#ing SAYO hahahaa 27" I could barely see anyone playing on COD I dunno getting an additional 120$ off the boxing day sale and a free four year warrenty... I'd say worth all the drama. I guess their warrenty is like another $299 or something crazy so total maybe got 412$ off boxing day price

FONZ
12-28-2009, 05:51 PM
Well if it makes you feel any better, Today was like another boxing day at walmart, my mother sister and i went there, two east indian males seen my mother driving, and than they purposely walked right infront the last second, my mom honked at them, Next thing you know, guy raise his hands, I roll down my window not even saying a word. Guy starts blasting at my mother, I than said " Want to settle this buddy? " he freaks out and goes " VAT VAT VAT " than I got a screaming 13 yr old sister telling me to stop. If ONLY I was by myself and I had my mazda 3. Oh dear.

towelsnap
12-28-2009, 05:57 PM
...... the nerve of people in the holidays eh... if it's not the people in the store (employees) or the people going to them. I had this today too people running out infront of the car.... Last time I checked the roads are covered in snow and I drive a mazda the odds of me stoping in time aren't that good lol . But Phil seriously get a big TV 100% worth it.. as far as the 60hz goes and 120hz.... I can't tell the difference . I have no ghosting/shadows or blur no delay DJ hero FTW :) so I'm happy but the LG ... BLAH ghosting and the delay was BRUTAL!

iconicrocket
12-28-2009, 06:18 PM
2. I have had turkey for my birthday dinner for 35 years now. Not by choice!




lol.

aris
12-28-2009, 07:23 PM
Glad everything worked out for you..i will never shop at the brick....a cuople of years ago i was looking for a couch and not one person came to help me..i jsut got followed around the store:bang

Slade
12-28-2009, 07:41 PM
Sounds like my boxing day last year and my latest visit to the brick.

Last year I waited probably 2hours inline just to pay for my TV at Futureshop.

We went to The Prick's just before Christmas to get a new dining set, after waiting 30mins for someone to help us, the guy was a total ass hat so we walked away from him. Ended up getting one from Jysk instead.

But congrats on the TV :), my parents got a 46" Bravia and it's beautiful, I thought the picture on my 46" Sharp was good until I saw theirs. Sony makes an awesome TV!

Chester_Lampwick
12-28-2009, 08:16 PM
Wait, towelsnap!

Your HDMi might not be broken. This is an issue with some HDTVs and some consoles or CATV sat terminals. It has to do with (High Definition Copy Protection) HDCP handshaking. You may need to reset/restart your game console. Some TVs dont assert a keep alive signal to the connected device when turned off. Or maybe you unplugged the TV? The box will assume your trying to record (and thus hack) the pure digital signal.

You may have an older HDMI cable too. The standard has changed from 1.0 to 1.3 I believe.

towelsnap
12-28-2009, 08:24 PM
Trust me tried everything :( both HDMI cables are 1.3.... TV never unplugged. Tried it in the new sony and everything has worked perfectly so far . But just for my own knowledge I think I'm gonna look up the HDCP for some info on that thanks for the info :)


and yes the Brick =pricks glad to see I'm not the only one seems like every store is shady

DumpInfo
12-28-2009, 08:36 PM
Whining little bitch....
2. I have had Turkey for my birthday dinner for 35 years now. Not by choice!

priceless!! haha that was awesome.

gabbygenier
12-28-2009, 11:40 PM
well at least everything worked out in the end. i had quite the experience last year at FS on boxing day but ended up getting my speakers for 300, advertised for 400 on boxing day and were regular 1000. so in the end i was quite happy.

the line was not that long in the one i went to to pay for things since they were only letting so many ppl in the store at the same time. there was about 150 in the store. and when someone walked out is when they let more ppl in. and the 2nd and 3rd time i went to the cashier i got to cut in line since i was with the manager haha

oh and ive had my panasonic viera 42 plasma for over 2 years now and love it. would never go back to a smaller tv.

omalak
12-28-2009, 11:40 PM
lol.. this thread raelly got me laughing haha..

kev. happy birthday man, i have a friend who was born on Christmas eve haha i know it sucks to be born around this time lol



towelsnap: I never been a fan of LG, i just cant stand the fact that at one point it was that piece of shit brand known as Goldstar! I still class LG with RCA haha just becasue they were Goldstar at one point!

That Sony looks great :) a little more cash, but with TV's you get what you pay for right


enjoy it :)

and yeah boxing day did suck this year.

jaimie08mazda3
12-29-2009, 12:08 AM
Man Greg that sucks... WAIT What happened to you quit smoking hmmmmmm? hahahaha. But at least it SEMI got worked out and you now have a wicked awesome Sony Bravia and not the Piece of Shit LG.. Lifes Good... yea bullshit. Not when you own one. AND HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY KEV... I checked.. nobody's birthday lol.

dadinho_nfg
12-29-2009, 12:11 AM
had u slept in till about 9, headed over to costco at 9:30 and bought the 52" samsung full hd tv for 1029, u would have been happy, at least i am...
not to mention my buddy who works at futureshop got me a 122.99 wall mount for 25 dollars and hdmi cable for 4 dollars :)
ahhh the greatness of retail mark ups:)

Scottobot
12-29-2009, 12:39 PM
For what it's worth, I have never walked out of The Brick without feeling totally disappointed and feeling like I wasted my time.

towelsnap
12-29-2009, 03:24 PM
Man Greg that sucks... WAIT What happened to you quit smoking hmmmmmm? hahahaha. But at least it SEMI got worked out and you now have a wicked awesome Sony Bravia and not the Piece of Shit LG.. Lifes Good... yea bullshit. Not when you own one. AND HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY KEV... I checked.. nobody's birthday lol.


For what it's worth, I have never walked out of The Brick without feeling totally disappointed and feeling like I wasted my time.

lol Thanks Jamie , and ya the brick is retarded :complain... but the 52" wouldn't fit in the room too big

Slade
12-29-2009, 04:21 PM
lol Thanks Jamie , and ya the brick is retarded :complain... but the 52" wouldn't fit in the room too big

There is no such thing as too big when it comes to TV's :)

I thought my 46" would look big, now I want bigger :chuckle

jaimie08mazda3
12-29-2009, 06:00 PM
lol Thanks Jamie , and ya the brick is retarded :complain... but the 52" wouldn't fit in the room too big

Jaimie... hahaha. The brick sucks. MY father used to get everything from there... now he won't even go in it. But I want to see this T.V. Well really I just want to see T.V. in general. It has been 4.5 months without :(.

towelsnap
12-29-2009, 08:11 PM
Jaimie... hahaha. The brick sucks. MY father used to get everything from there... now he won't even go in it. But I want to see this T.V. Well really I just want to see T.V. in general. It has been 4.5 months without :(.

my bad ... I'm horrible with names lol :blush

gabbygenier
12-29-2009, 08:20 PM
There is no such thing as too big when it comes to TV's :)

I thought my 46" would look big, now I want bigger :chuckle

it might not be too big for the room but if you sit too close to it. its going to look like shit.

jaimie08mazda3
12-29-2009, 08:54 PM
it might not be too big for the room but if you sit too close to it. its going to look like shit.

But do you remember when we went to powerline and checked out that gooorgeous couch and t.v set.. Damn thing had the greatest cup holders ever... I wanted it as much ash e did. Till we saw the price tag.

gabbygenier
12-29-2009, 09:14 PM
haha. no way im gonna pay over 2 grand for a couch no mattre how comfy it is, unless thats what i sit on all day or win the lotto lol

jaimie08mazda3
12-29-2009, 09:15 PM
It was pretty comfy though... I could have slept on it! AND IT HAD BEER HOLDERS.

gabbygenier
12-29-2009, 09:16 PM
didnt it have a cooler in it too

jaimie08mazda3
12-29-2009, 09:17 PM
Lol it did. Right underneath the Seat... I think we were like oh shit... this would be the ultimate couch.

gabbygenier
12-29-2009, 09:18 PM
that it was haha

jaimie08mazda3
12-29-2009, 09:59 PM
We should tell Aristeidis that with some of that 20k he won we want to "borrow it" and buy the damn couch :chuckle

gabbygenier
12-29-2009, 10:07 PM
good idea. well give him the couch once were done with it and let him come over every once in a while to use it hahah

jaimie08mazda3
12-29-2009, 10:31 PM
Exactly... ARISTEIDIS.. what do you think?

aris
12-29-2009, 10:42 PM
We should tell Aristeidis that with some of that 20k he won we want to "borrow it" and buy the damn couch :chuckle



Exactly... ARISTEIDIS.. what do you think?

$20,000 i don't know what your talking about:chuckle

aris
12-29-2009, 10:42 PM
good idea. well give him the couch once were done with it and let him come over every once in a while to use it hahah

:whoa

:chuckle

jaimie08mazda3
12-29-2009, 10:48 PM
$20,000 i don't know what your talking about:chuckle

Thats why it is still in your MSN name lol.:chuckle
:FYI smiley

aris
12-29-2009, 11:37 PM
Thats why it is still in your MSN name lol.:chuckle
:FYI smiley

oh snap:chuckle

bluntman
12-30-2009, 03:24 PM
This has to be up there for "The Worst Christmas Ever"

http://www.ps3center.net//news/4215/teenager-asks-for-modern-warfare-2-for-christmas-gets-this-instead/

towelsnap
12-30-2009, 05:16 PM
http://i.imgur.com/xUyoh.jpg


bahahhahahah owned

gabbygenier
12-30-2009, 09:30 PM
:whoa

:chuckle

k well be nice and let you have it for a few months :)

jaimie08mazda3
12-30-2009, 11:25 PM
Then afterwords... we will be "borrowing" that money for that epic couch.

aris
12-30-2009, 11:30 PM
k well be nice and let you have it for a few months :)


Then afterwords... we will be "borrowing" that money for that epic couch.

hahahaha:chuckle

fatsock
12-31-2009, 01:55 AM
Glad it worked out in the end...this year I decided to buy on-line at future shop. Same stuff as their boxing day flyer without the people.

towelsnap
12-31-2009, 07:23 AM
Glad it worked out in the end...this year I decided to buy on-line at future shop. Same stuff as their boxing day flyer without the people.

that's what I'll do next year for sure