Sparkey wrote:
"Sparkey" wrote in message
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Or knows how to get around the Sears stonewall to buy just the
display?

When I worked for GE about 15 years ago selling major appliance parts,
you couldn't get individual parts for the smartboards. A few of them
had a replaceable low-voltage transformer but that was about it. Some
of the boards were sold outright and some were on an exchange basis.

You might try your local independent parts distributor to see if they
can do any better on the pricing. Marcone is one such place and there
are many others.

Outside of that, thrift stores, pawn shops, and used appliance stores
are probably your best bets.

I gotta be able to buy this from somewhere.

Not really. It is cost effective for Sears (or whoever built it for
them) to go to Samsung and say, "Hey, I need to buy 110,000 displays
for a microwave oven... 100,000 to sell and 10,000 for spares, make
me a deal?" Samsung says "Sure, five bucks each!", runs the 110,000,
gets paid, and throws the mold in the dumpster...

Standard disclaimers apply; I don't get money from any of the companies
mentioned anymore.

Matt Roberds