Good Deal From Friend?

jcb33 · 26 Jul 2008 at 19:40

Hey all,

Firstly sorry to post in this section, but I need to give my friend an answer on this ASAP, and the TV forums are a bit slow moving!

My friend is wanting to sell his 26" Sony KDL-S26A12U TV, he are offering it to me for £200.

It is 26" HD Ready with HDI Port, No dead pixels, no problems with it, but no warrenty due to it being a few years old.

I have been looking at a cheap 22" Hyundai so far at £150, so this is not to far to go, do you think this is a good offer?

Thanks,
Jcb33.

Fothsn · 26 Jul 2008 at 19:42

Erm I would say £200 is on the high side for a second hand 26' TV.

sniffy · 26 Jul 2008 at 19:43

Fothsn said:
Erm I would say £200 is on the high side for a second hand 26' TV.

Especially from a mate.

Fothsn · 26 Jul 2008 at 19:44

Was just about to say that

You can do better.

Steve2000 · 26 Jul 2008 at 19:49

You can pay a few quid extra and get a brand new one with warranty in the high street with enough haggling.

jcb33 · 26 Jul 2008 at 19:53

Googling reveals it to be about £400 - 800 new

Margaret · 26 Jul 2008 at 19:56

jcb33 said:
Googling reveals it to be about £400 - 800 new

You can get a 32" Bravia for £400 odd, so I doubt that's the price for a 26.

Fothsn · 26 Jul 2008 at 19:56

The TV is years old, only HD ready, low contrast ratio etc basically its all old tech for an LCD, the site on Google is very very overpriced.

jcb33 · 26 Jul 2008 at 19:59

Well what could I get equivalent.... My budget is £200, not more as this is already pushing it up £50...

The one I was looking at before was 22", 1000:1 Contrast, 160/160 Viewing Angle, HD Ready £150, but its a TV/Monitor Combo with poor sound quality.

GeForce · 26 Jul 2008 at 20:03

I thought this was going to be the "the volume control doesn't work, but for that price you can't turn it down" joke

In any case, as others have said, sounds a little high but not ridiculous.

meghatronic · 26 Jul 2008 at 20:23

No. I'd say £150 and no more.

Energize · 26 Jul 2008 at 20:47

£200 isn't high at all, 26" Sammys cost £360.

Maybe it's high if your used to crappy brands like techwood, but quality brands cost more money.

jcb33 · 26 Jul 2008 at 20:51

Energize said:
£200 isn't high at all, 26" Sammys cost £360.

Maybe it's high if your used to crappy brands like techwood, but quality brands cost more money.

So I would be good to say yes to this? My only real concern is the lack of Warrenty, but I have seen it working, and it is a very nice screen, runs games with no ghosting etc

happy_2008 · 26 Jul 2008 at 20:55

Doesnt seem like a mates rate to me

jcb33 · 26 Jul 2008 at 20:59

Well he has just purchased a 40" Toshiba so needs to make some money back from that, and he was wanting £250 for it to start with but knocked it down to £200 for me...

CliffyBiro · 26 Jul 2008 at 21:01

Steve2000 said:
You can pay a few quid extra and get a brand new one with warranty in the high street with enough haggling.

Haggling, what a joke. I've tried my best on several occassions and they would never budge from their set price.

toucam · 26 Jul 2008 at 21:14

Difficult call as should something go wrong it would cost you A LOT to fix it especially with Sony, I would be quite wary buying a big TV without warranty.

jcb33 · 26 Jul 2008 at 21:16

Its coming up 3 years old now, but new it costs at least £400ish and has only a 1 year warranty, but as you say if something goes wrong thats £200 + repair costs...

Fothsn · 26 Jul 2008 at 21:24

Sorry but no retail shops sell this TV its very old tech, only dubious ones, you can get better deals I wouldn’t buy the TV.

jcb33 · 26 Jul 2008 at 21:25

So I could get a 26" Sony for about £200?