How Much are You Guys Paying for Broken TVs?

[Hobby 1]

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Within the last year, I paid about $15 - $30 for a set with a bad screen, if it comes with a remote. For a set that I think is fixable, anywhere from $40 for a 22 inch to $125 for a 40 - 52 inch. Some sets I have gotten for less because of the condition (dirty or some neighborhood 'tech' has worked on it and bought Radio Scrap caps for it). Lots of buyers in my area, many pay less. I try and be a bit more fair. I used to pay more in the past when sets were more expensive but the market is getting cheaper and its harder to resell when every weekend some store has a sale on a crappy brand and buyers use that low price for comparison. I only buy the better brands. And some sellers still think that their broken screen set is worth $300 - $400 just because they paid over a thousand for it a few years ago. It is just a hobby for me and I have big screen sets in every room that have been paid for by the sets I fix and resell.

[Mike Jenk]

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Here in Virginia Beach, people think they are still gold with cracked screens and have a lot of "informed" people that research the INTERNET that claim its just a .99 bad capacitor, so they continue to ask $$$ for LCD/Plasma with it still not working. Just picked up a Samsung for parts, plasma PN51D with broken screen for 50 and they always start around 250.00 ++

[Freezer]

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Definitely everyone's region is different. I think I live in the ideal location. I live in a small college town, and people tend to give everything away for free. Right now I have 5 TVs and 3 computer monitors in my garage that I need to work on, all were free. Occasionally someone will ask $5 which I'm more than happy to pay. But it all works out, this is more of a hobby for me. If I am able to repair the TV/monitor I usually give it away to a friend or family member in need. Occasionally I'll sell one, and only ask enough to cover the cost of parts. To me it's about the challenge of trying to find and fix the problem, not make money by selling the repaired TV.

[electronicsurplus]

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We will pay $50 - $75 without broken screen and $25 with broken screen

[kc8adu]

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i dont think i paid more than $50 for any of them.
got many free esp when i explain cost of just a lcd/pdp to replace a busted screen.
tearing down about 30 nec lcd4000 right now.these were the ones busted by incompetant staff at the city auction.most of these were still perfect till the idiots broke half the lot.these came from dayton intl airport.
otherwise i love these auctions.
where else can you score a mastr 2 repeater and 50 130w vhf spectra's for $100?

[drpj23]

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I usually will pay no more than $50.
I also will buy cracked screen models either to aid a repair on another tv (hey, $50 for all the parts (with a 90% chance they all work) is better than $70 for just one!) and I also part them out and sell.
But plasmas have not been my forte lately so I stay away from buying 2007 and younger but will always take a freebie.
I am currently working on 7 sets right now.

[tibimakai]

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The most taht I have paid is $125, but I try to keep it under $100. Most of them are around $50-$80. Though recently it slowed down the repair very much in LA area.

[ntehicks]

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I usually pay about 1.00 an inch. Recently I picked up a 55" Toshiba full 1080 that had a burned up inverter the guy was asking 200 I offered him 100 and then it cost 40 to repair. My wife has decided to keep this one. I get about 1 to 2 tv's a month so far 100% success rate.

[Amraks]

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I'm just paying up 30 cents to a dollar a inch if they are plasmas a 30 to 50 cents.

Like you guys say hard to fix them. Some people aren't even willing to part with it for what I'm asking. Most recent one is one that was 6 years old I offered them 25 dollars for it, their reply was like wow we will just keep it.

Well have fun with that because not many people do what I am doing in my area.

I'm not going to ripped off nor do I think I am ripping them off, its a plasma parts are expensive for them. They wanted me to fix it I said 200 dollars above, then they told me what was wrong with it. They said it looked like a magnet went over the screen, so it was probably not really repairable.

[NathanGJedi]

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I pay $50 for 32" LCD 720P and higher, any condition. I make a killing, wish I could find more!

[tw1ztid]

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Thinking about checking out a PS3 that randomly wouldn't power on one day, we assumed someone stepped on a cord and broke it but not sure.. Once I get this working I can test out hdmi and see if it works or not, if not then it may be something stupid simple with the knowledge i'm learning from this.

[cadiman]

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I have the same problem but I can sell 23" lcd tvs all day for 90.00.

I only get into the 50" plasma tvs since they are man-cave worthy and the wives let their husbands spend only 300.00

I also show them a few of my older plasma tvs with the good sound and the fact that the panel is 8 years old with no screen burn and that it stickered for over 3000.00

My pioneer was over 7500.00 new in 2003 and it has the picture to back up the price tag.

I don`t even look at a 42 plasma anymore only the lcds sell at this size now.

I don`t pay hardly anything for them anymore and mostly look for the free stuff now.

I have been doing well with the tablets. They are really hot right now.

Plainbill had said they are a bit small to work on and he was right. I have to wear an eyepiece to do any type of boardwork or soldering.

The best to hope for with tvs is why I got into it in the first place.

1) to not to need to buy a new one.

2) to learn something new.

[cadillacman]

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keep in mind in the us people use walmart pricing.. so when you go to resell your tv it may have been an $1000 unit new, youd like to sell for $350-400.. but if walmart sells some cheap junk tv the same size new for $300, then good luck asking near $300 for your used one.

WHen i was into it hot and heavy before there was too much competition and the pricing fell out, i was paying $20-50 per set. Only more if i knew it was a great set showing typical caps symptoms.

[tw1ztid]

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Here's the steps I would go through. Get the model number of the TV. Do a search on eBay using that model number and including the 'search description' option. That will tell you what boards are in it, and will tell you the availability of parts.

In this case it is probably the classic shorted IPM of the LG Electronics 42PC3D family. Examine the display when it is powered on. If it's black, the 'pop' was from the Y-Sustain, if it's got a little light in the lower right hand corner it's the Z-sustain.

The sustains are available for about $75, repaired the TV is worth $250 - $300.

PlainBill

Thanks great tips

[PlainBill]

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http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/ele/2776850606.html

Would something like this be a good deal?? What exactly do you guys look for or ask to get an idea of if it's a power supply issue.

Here's the steps I would go through. Get the model number of the TV. Do a search on eBay using that model number and including the 'search description' option. That will tell you what boards are in it, and will tell you the availability of parts.

In this case it is probably the classic shorted IPM of the LG Electronics 42PC3D family. Examine the display when it is powered on. If it's black, the 'pop' was from the Y-Sustain, if it's got a little light in the lower right hand corner it's the Z-sustain.

The sustains are available for about $75, repaired the TV is worth $250 - $300.

PlainBill

[tom66]

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Maybe but I'd only pay $25 for it. It's only 1024x768 i.e. "fake" 720p. (Many plasma TVs today sold as 720p are only 1024x768.)

[tw1ztid]

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http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/ele/2776850606.html

Would something like this be a good deal?? What exactly do you guys look for or ask to get an idea of if it's a power supply issue.

[cashkennedy]

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I also shop in the 30-75 range for tv's, i pretty much only look for lcd's with power supply issues. Usually a 10 dollar fix if component level, or 30-50 fix if have to buy a board on ebay. Then could resell for 200-300.

I havent sold much though, house is still in filling up with TV's phase. Around 5 so far.

19-22 inch lcd monitors are usually 5-50 if broken, and almost always power supply / capacitor issues.

The more models described/fixed here, the easier it is to make a good choice before you buy something.

[KJINTF]

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Good Guess - It is!

Including the professional CRT video monitors I would say 35 or so TV/Video monitors hooked up and operational. A GVG Horizon Audio/Video routing system uses somewhere around 15 Sony NTSC HR professional monitors as dedicated destination monitors and 20 plus cameras as inputs. Used to check on what the dogs are barking at and what's happening in the outbuildings. The Barn has a 37" HD Vizio, The garage has a 42" Sylvania, The game room a 37" LG, each of the four bedrooms have their own HD systems. SDI, HDSDI, NTSC, PAL, and a RF distribution system connect most of them.
After 35 years in the Broadcast supplier industry and consumer repair business this TV suff remains adictive.
Just yesterday got the sylvania for free (a few bad caps nothing more) and swapped out the 26" Tosbiba in the garage.

Now got to get back to those dead tuners on the TH-42PX25 Panasonic Plasma

Sure is a great site here

[PlainBill]

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$5? My house would be full of TVs!!!

Mine is.

PlainBill