Choosing an LCD monitor

[Vu Pham]

On Wed, 2006-11-29 at 16:26 +0000, Jorge Almeida wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Net Llama! wrote:
> >
> > Sure, but even if you purchase in a store, the odds of them letting you
> > take it out of the box & 'test drive' it prior to purchasing are rather
> > slim.  You would normally get to look at the floor model, which is either
> > going to be beat up to hell from being abused for weeks/months, or in
> > pristine condition.  And keep in mind, regardless of where you get it, its
> > being shipped from the factory to the store regardless, so you're not
> > avoiding shipping.
> >
> >
> Ah, cultural differences and all that! In this corner of the world most
> shops let you see it before you buy it. And why? Well, because they want
> to sell! Recently, some bigger companies started adopting the American
> way, but I'm guessing they don't sell that much, at least this kind of
> item. On a buy-and-trust basis, they might be able to sell a large
> panoramical LCD monitor to some clueless executive, but our
> run-of-the-mill client wouldn't fall for it.

In my country ( I may be wrong now because I left her six years ago ) it
is quite similar for electronics, motorcycles ... I remember when I
bought my TV, VHS player ( DVD was not very common then ) and my
motorcycle the store had to open them, turned it on, did some tests
before I brought them home. If anything looks suspicious, then the buyer
can request to open another item, do all the tests again, and the store
( most of them ) will be happy to do that. Some buyers even ask to open
the plastic cover to see the inside.

Normally you need some friends who know somebody in the store, like
"hey, xyx sends me here for a TV. Could you please get me a *good* one ?
"  :)


Vu