Buying a TV Online Vs Big Retailer in Person

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I'm looking to a buy a new big screen TV. I was looking at online retailers (there are many) including big companies like Buy.com and BestBuy.com. There are smaller retailers, many of which in the NY area that seem to have cheaper than life prices. If I bought my unit at the local Best Buy, it would be about 3600 with Tax (not sure about shipping).

If I buy from 1 of the smaller retailers, I'd be about 2600 bucks with tax and shipping. With that being said, has anyone done this before. I've read some of the reviews, and some are great, others are horror stories. I've never purchased anything this large online, and was just wondering if anyone has had any major problems with these retailers if they've used them.

A 1000 dollars off is a whole lot of money percentage wise, and if they are worth the risk, I'd definitely buy online. Anyone?

This is the unit and price from pricegrabber.com

http://www.pricegrabber.com/p__Samsu..._Projection_TV,__19233815/promo_id=27/clt_id=38