people willing to buy a broken / on the fritz tv? Craigslist? Really?

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leeland

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ok quick back drop...friend had a 52 inch lcd tv...he was going to junk it cause half the screen would flicker...about 30% of the time...

I convinced him to give it to me since he wasn't using it and got a new one.

I posted it on craigslist for 150 dollars explicitly stating the above...that it seems to work 70% of the time...

I even called a local repair shop...said it could be some board (inexpensive) or the entire panel (junk the TV)...

I posted it this a.m. and have had 12 people that want it sight unseen...


seriously? I posted it at 150$
 
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Gigantopithecus

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Sure. They're gambling that it's an inexpensive repair. Buy it for $150, drop another $20 in parts for it, fix it up, resell it for what? $300-400? Easy money.

Just make sure you're explicit that it's being sold AS IS, no returns. Otherwise you might get someone buying it who will check it out, determine it's the panel, and then try to take it back claiming some bullshit about you not disclosing some issue or another.
 
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leeland

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Gigantopithecus said:
Sure. They're gambling that it's an inexpensive repair. Buy it for $150, drop another $20 in parts for it, fix it up, resell it for what? $300-400? Easy money.

Just make sure you're explicit that it's being sold AS IS, no returns. Otherwise you might get someone buying it who will check it out, determine it's the panel, and then try to take it back claiming some bullshit about you not disclosing some issue or another.
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yup...I did...even had a picture...and still peeps still want to buy
 
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Sluggo

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Could be a $3 cap that's bad. Solder in a new one and have a whoop-azz TV on the cheap.

Its a gamble you take, if you lose, sell it on CL hoping to get a sucker just like yourself. :)
 
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leeland

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well either way I'm +++ and if I had the time or knowledge I would try it myself but I don't...I guess you are right...but man that is a gamble...
 
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Sounds like an electronic problem, not the lcd panel. Someone is probably gonna get a great deal after repair. Even if it can't be repaired for a reasonable price, there are people who will tolerate the screen flickering to have a 52" lcd tv for $150. You'd be surprised what cheap/poor people will put up with to save some money.
 
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I <3 craigslist for getting rid of shit. I've sold so many ridiculous things I intended to just take to the dump through there.
 
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A lot of replies are scams too.
I put my PC up at about $200 more than what it costs to build it and I got about 5 emails the first day of people interested in it. But upon further contact, it was clear that they were were all scams. I had the ad up for two more weeks and alas, the rest of the messages were scams as well.
 
coloumb

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flickering? Most likely a cap on the power supply board - very cheap to replace. ;)
 
QueBert

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People will buy just about anything that you can think of selling. I saw an HTC EVO that had a bad ESN and a cracked screen, in the pic the crack looked fucked. He wanted $225 for it, I was looking for EVO's a few days later and the listing had vanished so I can only assume he sold it lol.
 
nick1985

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Someone with minimal knowledge about TV's can probably fix that and turn a nice profit.
 
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That could be as easy to fix as a cold solder connection. Or it could be something major in the video processing circuits.
 
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A friend's father has a kuro that just stopped showing picture. He's already replaced it but still has the broken one. I might see if they'll give it to me then poke around to see if I can fix it.
 
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leeland

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bruceb said:
That could be as easy to fix as a cold solder connection. Or it could be something major in the video processing circuits.
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So I have read...and I don't feel like dumping money into it...if I had the knowledge then yah...I would tinker with it...

Maybe it will be a Lose-Win-Win situation...

friend loses out...me and prospective buyer win!

DON'T worry...I will buy him lunch or something
 
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leeland said:
ok quick back drop...friend had a 52 inch lcd tv...he was going to junk it cause half the screen would flicker...about 30% of the time...

I convinced him to give it to me since he wasn't using it and got a new one.

I posted it on craigslist for 150 dollars explicitly stating the above...that it seems to work 70% of the time...

I even called a local repair shop...said it could be some board (inexpensive) or the entire panel (junk the TV)...

I posted it this a.m. and have had 12 people that want it sight unseen...


seriously? I posted it at 150$
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I think you are selling yourself short. You should pay a TV repair place to look at it and give you a bid. If it is a cheap fix, which it probably is, you could fix it, sell it for much more and get your repair fee back x10.

QueBert said:
People will buy just about anything that you can think of selling. I saw an HTC EVO that had a bad ESN and a cracked screen, in the pic the crack looked fucked. He wanted $225 for it, I was looking for EVO's a few days later and the listing had vanished so I can only assume he sold it lol.
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That is a terrible assumption. The listing may have simply expired and he did not renew it after getting no bites (other than the scams).

MotionMan
 
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nick1985

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MotionMan said:
That is a terrible assumption. The listing may have simply expired and he did not renew it after getting no bites (other than the scams).

MotionMan
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Yeah seriously. No fucking way he sold a trashed phone for $225.
 
KaOTiK

KaOTiK

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You should find a shop that does free estimates and bring it in there to have them check it out. You might end up with a nice new TV for real cheap, or one to sell for a lot more.
 
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BladeVenom

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One of my friends picked up a large screen TV that wasn't working, checked online for parts, found out it had a recall notice, and the company fixed it for free.

Kind of nice getting an expensive TV for free.
 
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Sluggo

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KaOTiK said:
You should fine a shop that does free estimates and bring it in there to have them check it out. You might end up with a nice new TV for real cheap, or one to sell for a lot more.
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And what would be a reasonable fine for that shop?
 
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