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Nickthedentist · 3rd Mar 2018, 5:26 pm

I'm amazed at the numbers of halfway decent, big screen, LCD sets in charity shops here, rarlely for more than £30. And even at that price, they often hang around for a few weeks.

You still get the very occasional easy one though, as mentioned previously. Our household telly (32" Samsung LCD) came from the bins over the road and just needed the faulty pushbutton assembly unplugging and a new remote control (genuine one from eBay, £4.99). It's used evey day by all the family and has never missed a beat.

But if I were in the trade, even if I had an endless supply of "no brainer" sets to repair, it seems that I would struggle to sell them.

N.

3rd Mar 2018, 5:26 pm	#45
Nickthedentist Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oxford, UK. Posts: 17,841	Re: End of an era. I'm amazed at the numbers of halfway decent, big screen, LCD sets in charity shops here, rarlely for more than £30. And even at that price, they often hang around for a few weeks. You still get the very occasional easy one though, as mentioned previously. Our household telly (32" Samsung LCD) came from the bins over the road and just needed the faulty pushbutton assembly unplugging and a new remote control (genuine one from eBay, £4.99). It's used evey day by all the family and has never missed a beat. But if I were in the trade, even if I had an endless supply of "no brainer" sets to repair, it seems that I would struggle to sell them. N.