Replaced a 42" LG with a 55 LG during a Xmas closeout when spouse complained that it wasn’t sharp enough when the distance from screen was increased....
She has lenses that make the world a fishbowl when I put them on and take off before eyestrain ensues...
The only thing the new one irritates is a reduction in the back panel in/out jacks, but I’ve my workarounds for that issue. And Best Buy beat Costco on the $’s...
What blew my mind was the difference in weights.....the old one required both of us to wrestle on and off the articulated wall mount, whereas the new one I could handle it with spouse spotting the proper linkup to the mount....
Early last year, the washer and dryer pair we had still worked, but were starting to push 20 years on the job; the squasher was a top load and we were interested in a stacking pair.. Got that from Costco 50% off, the one of 2 that was still boxed up (other a floor sample), the dryer (also boxed) from BB for the same off but had to day trip to pick it up in TN with the kit to stack them.... Both nice LG in the ’dark stainless’....Both quiet enough to nap to in the next room...
Retail? Why? Be patient, strike like a cobra...
I haven’t paid full retail for decades, except food items....and, even then....
Tariffs? Wait them out...the Chump only likes large numbers, no matter who has to pay them....except when the bill is his. *expletive* Use your fav...
Samsungs’ audio buying splurge? Another ’one ring to bind them’ scenario...*yawn*
Sony got gigantic for awhile...not quite so, now..
Warranty woes and repairs? All of ’us’ that knew how to actually hunt a bug down and just fix IT takes too much time (= -$’s) so replace the whole board involved, just like your car.
How long has it been since you’ve had the rotors ’turned’ on a lathe? The drums, if that still applies? New disc pads, drum shoes...
...or any other thing that has ’died’ or merely developed ’hiccups’, for that matter.
I don’t buy ’brushless’ cordless tools if I can manage it.
What dies in that sort of thing with brushes is, in order:
Brushes, triggers, and the reverse switch; all of which, generally, can be bought and swapped in a fat hour... Worse is a judgement call.
Enough rant 'n rave....
...and I Still can’t wrap my head around how someone can cut the cord of the tool they are using....🤷♂️😒
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