your opinion on refurbished LCD's

[Hashpot]

I was websurfing and a found a website that sells refurbished lcds and the prices are really astonishing almost too good to be true. What do you guys think about refurbished televisions what are the cons and pros. I saw a lcd not sure what brand something with a v i think vizio a 42" lcd for $700, wow what a deal, the waranty is like 200 but i think its a wise choice because you dont know if the factory completly does the job of restoreing it.BTW the website is called www.TigerDirect.com

[pixelthis]

I was websurfing and a found a website that sells refurbished lcds and the prices are really astonishing almost too good to be true. What do you guys think about refurbished televisions what are the cons and pros. I saw a lcd not sure what brand something with a v i think vizio a 42" lcd for $700, wow what a deal, the waranty is like 200 but i think its a wise choice because you dont know if the factory completly does the job of restoreing it.BTW the website is called www.TigerDirect.com
I have bought things from tiger, they are no fly-by night.
And you can save with refurb stuff, a buddy bought a harmon receiver refurb and it still works after several years. But it can be a pig in a poke, also.
But I recently saw a Sony locally for 899$ for a bravia 37in, and would rather go for something like that:thumbsup:

[Robert-The-Rambler]

I was websurfing and a found a website that sells refurbished lcds and the prices are really astonishing almost too good to be true. What do you guys think about refurbished televisions what are the cons and pros. I saw a lcd not sure what brand something with a v i think vizio a 42" lcd for $700, wow what a deal, the waranty is like 200 but i think its a wise choice because you dont know if the factory completly does the job of restoreing it.BTW the website is called www.TigerDirect.com

The Westinghouse 42" model was going for just over a grand brand new with 36 month 0% financing, too. I think when it comes to long term purchases like TVs you should try to buy new when the best sales are running. That $700 might sound good but you can do better with some web surfing. Never assume that any deal is so good it can't be beat. Start by checking what major retailers might be offering because you can find great deals at Best Buy and Circuit City at times. I also love Newegg.com and Tigerdirect.com. Newegg is great for reading customer reviews and also offers tremendous value prices. I bought 2 refurbished HD-DVD players from Tigerdirect and they work great but I wouldn't spend more than a couple hundred bucks on a refurbished product especially bought online because the time to solve problems will most certainly be longer than with a retailer that might sell refurbished stuff like a PC Richard store out here on Long Island.

For example, this 42" Hitachi 1080i Plasma is selling for under a grand at Bestbuy this week.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8275877&type=product&id=1171057793282