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    Backlight strip quality, Amazon vs Ebay vs ShopJimmy. Is there really a difference?

    Hello everyone!

    Recently I've noticed that some ShopJimmy backlight strips don't have double-sided tape installed upon them when an application calls for it, and I must purchase the tape separately. In a recent chat conversation with a customer service agent I told them if this tape wasn't applied when it was called for I would begin to consider ordering my backlight strips elsewhere. It looks like this time may have come.

    I recently got a TCL 65S4 with bad backlights. After looking at the SJ listing here: https://www.shopjimmy.com/tcl-jl-d65...ight-strips-6/ for about $55.00 with my club membership. I chatted with an agent at SJ and he told me these do not have tape installed.

    As a result I went to Ebay and found these strips: https://www.ebay.com/itm/40331945178...temCondition=3 for about $32.00 from a member in China but shipped from the US near Atlanta. They also do not have the tape applied, leastways as far as I can tell from the pictures.

    I looked upon Amazon but all their strips for this TV come from China and time V money I don't want to wait 30-40 days for them to arrive.

    The way I see it, if both strips don't have the tape applied and the handling time is only a few days more with the Ebay strips, a price difference of $23.00 is significant enough for me to buy the Ebay strips....unless their quality is poorer than the ones from SJ.

    Yes, SJ has a 180 day return policy, and the Ebay strips only have 30. However if the Ebay strips fail within 180 days I can always do a chargeback on my credit card essentially giving me the same guarantee.

    So here are my questions: What is the difference between the SJ and Ebay/Amazon backlight strips, other than the price? Are they really any different quality wise? Does anyone have experience with the cheaper strips, and what is your opinion of their quality? Do any of you recommend backlights from a supplier not mentioned here, and if so, who? For me, consideration of quality always comes before price. I'm not the type to save a buck at the eventual cost of a buyer.

    Lastly, I am not dissatisfied with ShopJimmy in any way. They have always been good for their word and provided me with top-quality service since day one. I've probably bought 100 sets of backlights from them and only had problems with one set shortly out of warranty. The way I see it, if I can get the strips for significantly less money and the quality is the same it only makes good business sense to do so.

    I'm emailing ShopJimmy a link to this thread for their review. I think it's only fair to do so because they have always lived up to their promises and treated me right.
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    Re: Backlight strips, Amazon vs Ebay vs ShopJimmy

    I had a customer not want me pay me a deposit to order strips from Aliexpress so I gave him the link to Shopjimmy to order himself which were double the price. When he brought the TV in, the strips looked identical to ones I order from Aliexpress. These were the thick lens strips for 55LB series and the supplier I normally order from uses double side tape with a blue backing. You do have to be careful with these style of strips since bad substitutes can produce uneven backlight or bright spots.

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      Backlight strip quality, Amazon vs Ebay vs ShopJimmy. Is there really a difference?

      Originally posted by neilc6 View Post
      I had a customer not want me pay me a deposit to order strips from Aliexpress so I gave him the link to Shopjimmy to order himself which were double the price. When he brought the TV in, the strips looked identical to ones I order from Aliexpress. These were the thick lens strips for 55LB series and the supplier I normally order from uses double side tape with a blue backing. You do have to be careful with these style of strips since bad substitutes can produce uneven backlight or bright spots.
      Yes the LB strips with the old "queens crown" diffusers can be problematic. I've ordered several from SJ and never had a problem. Care to tell us who your supplier is and average delivery time?
      Last edited by DXseekerMO; 12-16-2021, 04:30 PM.
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        I've ordered leds from both SJ and "that guy in Tucker, Ga", and havent had any problems with either. Funny thing was that the Ga. guy did not have what I needed 1 time so ordered from SJ. Leds came packaged indentically like the other guy and not in the usual triangle box.

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