On Thursday, October 29, 2020 at 5:03:04 PM UTC-4, micky wrote:
In alt.home.repair, on Thu, 29 Oct 2020 08:06:32 -0400,
wrote:

On Thu, 29 Oct 2020 04:24:46 -0400, micky
wrote:

I just bougbta little smart TV and I was looking to figure out what
those 4 little black machine screws that they gave me were for, and I
saw an entry in Amazon for remote controls for my model.

Fine, but there are 24 separate entries in the list, and the first 3 I
looked at had different "brand"s. How can there be between 3 and 24
manufacturers of the same remote control?


https://www.amazon.com/s?k=24lh4830+...f=nb_sb_noss_1

4 or moe are listed as Replacement, 1 or more as Replace, 3 as For, a
couple as Replaced, and 1 or more as Original.

I think they all look just line mine!! Except thie one, which doens't
actually mention my model number and is labeled Compatible with LG.
https://www.amazon.com/Original-LG-A...959335&sr=8-18
My button labeled Picture is labeled Netflix,and Sound is labeled Amazon
and 2 or 3 other smaller changes.



BTW, the listing for the TV itself is quite interesting.
https://www.amazon.com/LG-Electronic...463 38&sr=8-3

points to
https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-list...463 38&sr=8-3

Which has 3 for sale,

$172.99 Used - Like New
$299.99 New
$379.99 Used - Like New
Brand new

It originally sold on Amazon for $300 (based on a review of 3 small tvs,
that pointed all 3 to Amazon.)

So the first one is cheaper because it's used.
The second is the original price
And the 3rd 379 and can't decide if it's new or used!!!

But get this, Abt has the same thing, NEW, for $157

So you found out there is a thriving industry in after market remote
controls and that Amazon is not the cheapest retailer around.
Is there a question in there?
No, there was never a question. This group is not limited to
questions.

Just an exclamation. I can see, 1, 2, 3, makers of replacement
remotes, but more than that they're just cutting into each other's
business.

Why should they care if they're cutting into each other's business?
In any kind of saturated market, that's the only way to get ahead.

How many people need a replacement anyhow.

You'd be surprised. My husband didn't like the remote that came with
our TV, so we bought an aftermarket unit. The one that came with
the TV is in a drawer somewhere.

In fact, we bought two different aftermarket remotes before he found
one he liked.

Cindy Hamilton