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On Wed, 7 Apr 2010 09:42:21 -0500, "JimT" wrote:


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On Wed, 07 Apr 2010 08:17:07 -0400, dgk wrote:

On Tue, 06 Apr 2010 23:46:43 -0400, aemeijers
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JimT wrote:
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On Apr 6, 4:20 pm, Zootal wrote:
Sigh...4 years, time to throw it away and buy another.

Anyone care to recommend a good dishwasher?

I don't believe there is more than a nickels worth of functional
difference in any like-type appliances.

Everybody makes a piece of **** designed only to outlive the
warranty,
such as they are these days. I think I got a whopping 90 days on
this
last $2200 TV.
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My Panasonic Viera has been going strong for over 6 years now. The
picture
is as good as the day I bought it. Outlasted every TV I've ever
owned.


Again, shrug. One of my Trinitrons is 12 years old, the other maybe
six?
(bought it used). Both get heavy use, both still work perfectly. (Damn
Sony quality- I can't justify buying flat-screens till these die.)

At least twice a month I see old Trinitrons being offered on
Freecycle. Plenty of other perfectly good old CRTs also need new
homes.

A couple of years ago, I had a nice 27" Sony that I no longer needed.
This was probably 3 or 4 years old. I put it out at the end of my
driveway with the remote control and owners manual in a plastic bag on
top. It was gone in less than an hour, and I'm sure it made someone
very happy.


LOL...Here I can put almost anything on the curb and some moron will pick
it
up. Have you ever watched that show "American Pickers"? Some people will
take just about anything.


This was actually a very nice TV. I just didn't want the bother of
trying to sell it. Probably could have gotten a couple hundred for it.

I've done the same with a few computer monitors and airconditioners.
All in good shape, but no longer needed. They disappear very fast.



I don't doubt you. It just made me think of all the times I've put stuff on
the curb on large pickup days and wondered why people would take the
weirdest "trash" out of the pile before the city did their pickup. I know
there are a few scrap metal guys because when I put my old completely
worthless swimming pool heater out it was gone in a flash. No one could of
possibly wanted it except for scrap. I was surprised when no one took my
high flow toilet. I thought those would be of some value to someone.