Car and TV beat.

dibbs · #1 10-16-2006, 02:29 AM

At 12:02 Friday the 13th Im driving home and I aproach a stop sign to a main road and go to apply my brake, which goes straight to the floor and nothing happens. After pounding it into the floorboard a few times I get a little grip but not enough to stop me from flying onto the main road, I miss one car by about 2 feet and pull sideways and end up in some guys front lawn.

He storms out and thinks its a DUI and is ready to kick my ass but I show him the brake pedal and eventually he calms down and I drive 2 miles an hour to get home which fortunately was two blocks away.

So that near life experience sucks so I go home to enjoy my new leather couch and 56" Samsung 1080 DLP TV, still fresh brand new in the box that got delivered earlier that day that I hadnt had time to open yet.

So I open it and immediately notice a white mark on the screen, I think its a reflection at first but my roommate and I play around blocking the light and its obviously not. I look through pamphlets, see something about white marks caused by light but this hasnt been exposed to any, I freak out, look through the entire manual, google for the problem, find nothing on it, ok maybe its just something thatll go away if I plug the TV in.

Nope, awesome. This is the DVD Menu for Heat FWIW.

I talk to service guys for an hour or so and they have no idea what it is, a technician is calling me tomorrow supposedly.

Turns out my brake line eroded and popped or something, and my rotors were close to shot so thats gonna run me about half a grand. Wheeeeeee.

The brag that Im alive from not getting T-boned on a main road makes up for it obviously, but I have trouble feeling that pleasure at the moment.

edfurlong · #2 10-16-2006, 02:31 AM

Go ahead and don't mention the car part when you bring it back.

Im dumb so i though it was in the car.

absoludicrous · #3 10-16-2006, 02:35 AM

I'm gonna guess and say your TV is worth more than your car?

CaseS87 · #4 10-16-2006, 02:35 AM

that sucks. fwiw the tv without the big [censored]-up looks great!

dibbs · #5 10-16-2006, 02:44 AM

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I'm gonna guess and say your TV is worth more than your car?

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I just did KBB, car still worth 3 times more than the television, which is still pretty gross I guess.

AceCR9 · #6 10-16-2006, 03:14 AM

you have that TV and your stressing over the $500 car bill coming?

dboy23 · #7 10-16-2006, 03:14 AM

take care of your car better? Sucks about the TV though.

dibbs · #8 10-16-2006, 03:22 AM

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you have that TV and your stressing over the $500 car bill coming?

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Yea the 500 doesnt bother me, it was more the dissapointment of wanting to vedge the [censored] out in front of a new TV all night after that crap and then having to deal with that.

edfurlong · #9 10-16-2006, 03:27 AM

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you have that TV and your stressing over the $500 car bill coming?

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Its like a 2k TV. [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

ASmith84 · #10 10-16-2006, 03:34 AM

At least there are manufacturer's warranties on it. Personally I'd argue with their customer service and get a new television, it'll just end up being refurbished after they fix it.