Sweet jesus. Not sure how I missed this last month.

Thinkin of pulling the trigger on a Panasonic P60ST50 60" Plasma. They're 1700 on Amazon new but they have Amazon Warehouse ones in 'very good' condition, which I assume are just open boxes with 'minor cosmetic imperfection's on the back of the unit and on the tv stand. It's 1190. I think I can live with those for 500 bucks. 45 for a 1 year squaretrade warranty and it's still 450 cheaper. Anyone ever use the warehouse deal for anything?

JUburton wrote:Thinkin of pulling the trigger on a Panasonic P60ST50 60" Plasma. They're 1700 on Amazon new but they have Amazon Warehouse ones in 'very good' condition, which I assume are just open boxes with 'minor cosmetic imperfection's on the back of the unit and on the tv stand. It's 1190. I think I can live with those for 500 bucks. 45 for a 1 year squaretrade warranty and it's still 450 cheaper. Anyone ever use the warehouse deal for anything?

Bought my TV from amazon warehouse. Pretty sure it was never turned on. Loomed flawless cosmetically. Encourage everyone to buy used from amazon.

jamiethekiller wrote:

JUburton wrote:Thinkin of pulling the trigger on a Panasonic P60ST50 60" Plasma. They're 1700 on Amazon new but they have Amazon Warehouse ones in 'very good' condition, which I assume are just open boxes with 'minor cosmetic imperfection's on the back of the unit and on the tv stand. It's 1190. I think I can live with those for 500 bucks. 45 for a 1 year squaretrade warranty and it's still 450 cheaper. Anyone ever use the warehouse deal for anything?

Bought my TV from amazon warehouse. Pretty sure it was never turned on. Loomed flawless cosmetically. Encourage everyone to buy used from amazon.

Deal. If it's bad enough that I have to return it then they weren't accurate with their description so return shipping would be on them within 30 days. Amazon has insanely good customer service so I'm not too worried about it. Hope it works out.

Based on Panasonic plasmas I've owned and Amazon's customer service, my guess is you're going to be thrilled.

JFLNYC wrote:Based on Panasonic plasmas I've owned and Amazon's customer service, my guess is you're going to be thrilled.

Yeah, I've got a 42" plasma from about...2009 that I'm happy with but I'm moving shortly and making the pro move of moving that one to the bedroom and upgrading the living room.

JUburton wrote:

JFLNYC wrote:Based on Panasonic plasmas I've owned and Amazon's customer service, my guess is you're going to be thrilled.

Yeah, I've got a 42" plasma from about...2009 that I'm happy with but I'm moving shortly and making the pro move of moving that one to the bedroom and upgrading the living room.

Amazon's service and the reviews for the warehouse is what sold me to buy used. 30day guarantee was the icing

Upgraded my One X to Android 4.2.2 on CM 10.1 and it's speeding along nicely now. No connection issues like I had in 4.1.2 and MMS including group text seems to be working flawlessly. Little hiccups here and there, which is to be expected on a non-stable build, and the home screen doesn't seem to fit perfectly (see below) but it's blazing fast, clean, and the notifications are perfect. Also little things like holding back to kill misbehaving apps, home for voice search, home at the lock screen for a flashlight etc. are nice. Android is frustrating at times, but assuming I can always root and flash custom ROMs (or get a Nexus device), I'm probably never going back to iOS.

my nexus 4 is baller. feel bad for people that have an android phone and its not a nexus. also feel bad for people on contracts.

jamiethekiller wrote:my nexus 4 is baller. feel bad for people that have an android phone and its not a nexus. also feel bad for people on contracts.

It's not so bad once you get it to stock android, but the fragmentation in the Android ecosystem is so awful. Of course getting it to stock android can be kind of tough and can brick your phone.

I'd probably get a nexus but for lack of LTE. I hear it's relatively fast anyway, though. The only things I'm really lacking right now are Google Wallet and wireless charging, which I can live without.

the organization is just better on a stock rom. my phone flows so much better than my friends note 2. i feel bad for him because he complains of things and i have no clue what he's talking about.

jamiethekiller wrote:the organization is just better on a stock rom. my phone flows so much better than my friends note 2. i feel bad for him because he complains of things and i have no clue what he's talking about.

Yeah, I didn't hate Sense but it just felt...artificial? It was obvious that it was skinned on top of something else. I don't have any experience with TouchWiz, but I imagine it's more of the same. Running stock android is just infinitely better. Getting Sense/TouchWiz etc. is basically like getting a Dell and having them redo the OS. I get why manufacturers do it, but it's terrible. Sense 5.0 looks pretty good though. I know I won't be getting a new phone until I can root it and run whatever the newest stock Android is.

The Note 2 can be rooted etc. but it's up to him if he wants to take that risk, I guess.

TV arrived today. Looked great...aside from a giant crack on the screen. Not sure if I'm going to try another warehouse deal or just get a new one.

Sounds like it was damaged during shipping. No way they sell it like that.

Slowhand wrote:Sounds like it was damaged during shipping. No way they sell it like that.

Yeah, I wouldn't think so either. The box looked pretty undamaged, but I didn't get a good look at it.

I handled those TVs for a few years when I worked at Best Buy, and I can tell you it doesn't take much to crack a plasma screen. All it has to do is tip over and fall, and you'd never know it by looking at the box. Also, simply laying it down can crack the screen (happens more than you'd think)

Slowhand wrote:I handled those TVs for a few years when I worked at Best Buy, and I can tell you it doesn't take much to crack a plasma screen. All it has to do is tip over and fall, and you'd never know it by looking at the box. Also, simply laying it down can crack the screen (happens more than you'd think)

Hmm, that makes sense. I think they're mostly repackaged so maybe they're not packaged well enough in the secondary packaging.

JUburton wrote:

Slowhand wrote:I handled those TVs for a few years when I worked at Best Buy, and I can tell you it doesn't take much to crack a plasma screen. All it has to do is tip over and fall, and you'd never know it by looking at the box. Also, simply laying it down can crack the screen (happens more than you'd think)

Hmm, that makes sense. I think they're mostly repackaged so maybe they're not packaged well enough in the secondary packaging.

Send it back and get another. I'm sure they'll bend over backwards to accommodate you since it was an amazon warehouse deal and not a third party dealer.

jamiethekiller wrote:

JUburton wrote:

Slowhand wrote:I handled those TVs for a few years when I worked at Best Buy, and I can tell you it doesn't take much to crack a plasma screen. All it has to do is tip over and fall, and you'd never know it by looking at the box. Also, simply laying it down can crack the screen (happens more than you'd think)

Hmm, that makes sense. I think they're mostly repackaged so maybe they're not packaged well enough in the secondary packaging.

Send it back and get another. I'm sure they'll bend over backwards to accommodate you since it was an amazon warehouse deal and not a third party dealer.

Yeah, that's the plan...get one for the same price delivered soon and see if I can manage a discount for my 'troubles'.

Anyone else have this happen? All of my iPhone pics have a little red splotch on the one edge of the pic.



I wiped my lens off and it's still happening. Guess an apple store trip is in my future.