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TV return fraud?

  1. #21
    Rock_N_Rollover African Astronaut [my obsessively old-time raunch]
    Make your cousin buy you a new one.

    The bitch broke it.

    Give the broke one to him.
  2. #22
    mmQ Lisa Turtle
    Just say the box was empty.
  3. #23
    -SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]
    Originally posted by Cootehill Like I said, I'll only be exchanging the panel.

    But like altdra said, the panel will most likely be permanently attached and you'll have to return the whole unit, including the serial number.
  4. #24
    Cootehill African Astronaut [my unsymmetrically blurry oregano]
    Originally posted by -SpectraL But like altdra said, the panel will most likely be permanently attached and you'll have to return the whole unit, including the serial number.

    No.
  5. #25
    Cootehill African Astronaut [my unsymmetrically blurry oregano]
    Good news, Spectral says the panel is glued in place, which means it's most likely easy to remove.
  6. #26
    Bologna Nacho African Astronaut
    Got damn, how much are TV's over there?
  7. #27
    Cootehill African Astronaut [my unsymmetrically blurry oregano]
    Originally posted by Bologna Nacho Got damn, how much are TV's over there?

    A lot less than €300 in general.
  8. #28
    -SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]
    Originally posted by Cootehill Good news, Spectral says the panel is glued in place, which means it's most likely easy to remove.

    Don't make me have to fry your new TV panel.
  9. #29
    Cootehill African Astronaut [my unsymmetrically blurry oregano]
    Originally posted by Bologna Nacho Got damn, how much are TV's over there?

    I know that due to free trade, Republicanism, the Second Amendment, the jedis, and Ronald Reagan, that TV panels are at most $2.99 in the land of the free and the home of the brave, but I live in Old Socialist Europe, where the state entrapps me in her vicious claws.
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  10. #30
    Bologna Nacho African Astronaut
    You forgot to mention you are broke so you are devising a way to stick it to the man, rather than just by a damn TV.
  11. #31
    benny vader YELLOW GHOST
    Originally posted by aldra the panels themselves? you'll want to open your current TV and determine whether it'd be difficult to remove/replace it, it may be soldered/glued/moulded

    if you try to return the whole TV in the new one's box they'll likely compare serial numbers and tell you to get fucked when they don't match

    they also come with temper proof stickers.
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  12. #32
    OK scam didn't work.

    There were no tamper proof stickers, and I was able to buy a TV, switch the panels, and return successfully.

    But it seems I cracked the fucking new panel :angry:

    I have no idea how, when I turned it on there was a line down the screen and a tiny little crack at the bottom.

    These fucking new TVs are delicate. I had no idea.
  13. #33
    -SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]
    Originally posted by MORALLY SUPERIOR BEING 2.0 - The GMO Reckoning OK scam didn't work.

    There were no tamper proof stickers, and I was able to buy a TV, switch the panels, and return successfully.

    But it seems I cracked the fucking new panel :angry:

    I have no idea how, when I turned it on there was a line down the screen and a tiny little crack at the bottom.

    These fucking new TVs are delicate. I had no idea.

    The store pulled the old "double-switcharoo" on you, sounds like.
  14. #34
    Originally posted by -SpectraL The store pulled the old "double-switcharoo" on you, sounds like.

    No, I broke it myself.
  15. #35
    infinityshock Black Hole
    Originally posted by Cootehill I have a recent TV with a cracked screen - my cousin died in Fortnite and busted it with a controller. Is it feasible to buy another, identical TV, switch the panels, and return the TV and say it was broken when we got it? The screen has no obvious signs of damage when turned off.

    in the US every retail outlet i know logs the serial number on the receipt

    fun fact: the serial number that the returns people check is located on an adhesive-stuck label attached to the TV.

    the label can be removed if done very, very carefully. they are made to be long-term visible but to self destruct if any attempts are made to alter them. (one method is 'plasticized aluminum' backing will crease/bend/fold and cause the face coating with the information on it to fall off in tiny, tiny flakes) the carefully removed labels can be sprayed with adhesive spray then swapped.
  16. #36
    Originally posted by infinityshock in the US every retail outlet i know logs the serial number on the receipt

    fun fact: the serial number that the returns people check is located on an adhesive-stuck label attached to the TV.

    the label can be removed if done very, very carefully. they are made to be long-term visible but to self destruct if any attempts are made to alter them. (one method is 'plasticized aluminum' backing will crease/bend/fold and cause the face coating with the information on it to fall off in tiny, tiny flakes) the carefully removed labels can be sprayed with adhesive spray then swapped.

    Why would you remove the label when the label is stuck to the back panel of the TV?
  17. #37
    infinityshock Black Hole
    Originally posted by MORALLY SUPERIOR BEING 2.0 - The GMO Reckoning Why would you remove the label when the label is stuck to the back panel of the TV?

    to swap it with the TV that is being exchanged
  18. #38
    Originally posted by infinityshock to swap it with the TV that is being exchanged

    Why not just exchange the whole back panel?
  19. #39
    infinityshock Black Hole
    Originally posted by s­oybitch 2.0 - The CUM swallowing Why not just exchange the whole back panel?

    because the back panel has attachments, plugs, wiring, boards, etc.

    that, and:

    Originally posted by S­oybitch 2.0 - The CUM swallowing OK scam didn't work.

    But it seems I cracked the fucking new panel :angry:

    I have no idea how, when I turned it on there was a line down the screen and a tiny little crack at the bottom.

    These fucking new TVs are delicate. I had no idea.
  20. #40
    Originally posted by infinityshock because the back panel has attachments, plugs, wiring, boards, etc.

    It's a piece of plastic held on by a dozen or so screws. It pulls right off.

    I damaged the glass panel because I was rushing the job, and was switching the front panel as well.
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