Another Craigs List TV LG 55LE5500 LCD

[cliff_hootarski]

See the attached pictures. Do you think a tab bond problem or T-con board.
This TV looks to have a combined main board and T-con board (expensive).
Seller wants $150, way too much for me. Would you guys take a chance on this one or just let it pass?

[tom66]

Re: Another Craigs List TV LG 55LE5500 LCD

Bad panel IMO. Let it go. I focus on <=50" so less loss to be made if all goes wrong.

[cliff_hootarski]

Re: Another Craigs List TV LG 55LE5500 LCD

Kind of what I was thinking too.

Thanks.

[Techstar]

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I see lots of 50 incher's faulty on ebay. The prices they get bid up to is shocking.
I so a faulty 50 inch samsung go for over £200. My honest opinion is any one who pays this amount is just plain nuts. The going accepted rate for non working or faulty flat panel tv's is 50 pence per inch. The thing is though they get bid well past this amount. The reason they get bid up to high amounts is
because of shill bidding, thi s is where family and friends of the seller bid the tv up. Plus other tv repair men will bid just to make you pay big for it! .
I would pay no more than £35 max for a 50 incher that is faulty.

[cliff_hootarski]

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Tv was sold to some other hapless person. I saw another on CL for a working 50" Vizio Plasma that was 5, yes 5 years old and he wanted $900 for it. YIKES! Some people are just in la la land.

[johnboy1313]

Re: Another Craigs List TV LG 55LE5500 LCD

I see lots of 50 incher's faulty on ebay. The prices they get bid up to is shocking.
I so a faulty 50 inch samsung go for over £200. My honest opinion is any one who pays this amount is just plain nuts. The going accepted rate for non working or faulty flat panel tv's is 50 pence per inch. The thing is though they get bid well past this amount. The reason they get bid up to high amounts is
because of shill bidding, thi s is where family and friends of the seller bid the tv up. Plus other tv repair men will bid just to make you pay big for it! .
I would pay no more than £35 max for a 50 incher that is faulty.

The tvs on eBay may be getting bid on by folks with broken sets bidding for parts to get theirs working.

[tom66]

Re: Another Craigs List TV LG 55LE5500 LCD

People who do that often buy TVs where they know what the fault is...
Or they re-list it after eliminating all the other possibilities... thus the cycle continues.

I've got a few bargains from eBay. My proudest so far is a 24" LCD monitor (faulty, of course) for £0.06. I set up a snipe on it expecting it to go for far more and I won it for that. Going to pick it up on Wednesday.

[Techstar]

Re: Another Craigs List TV LG 55LE5500 LCD

That may need spudging , i hate spudging monitors ,i always check monitors for the tell tale spudge marks , feeling round the edge of the cabinet join to feel any rough bits which mean the phantom dabbler has been there before you.