• Re: Television repairs

    From Pamela@uklm@permabulator.33mail.com to uk.legal.moderated on Wed Dec 24 11:50:22 2025
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    On 11:15 18 Oct 2025, The Todal said:

    A well known retailer of televisions has twice sold me expensive LG televisions which have developed faults. The retailer provides a 6 year guarantee. I have claimed within 5 years of each purchase.

    On both occasions, the retailer won't send anyone out to examine the television and to discover whether the fault can be repaired. Instead,
    the person in customer services declares that the parts are no longer available from LG and that I am therefore offered a sum of money which
    takes into account the years of use I have had from the TV, about half
    of the original purchase price. And that is offered as a credit against buying a new TV from them. The old TV can be dumped in landfill for all
    they care.

    Am I being unreasonable? It seems to me that their "guarantee" is no
    better than my statutory rights. They do not offer a second hand
    replacement TV of equal quality. And only after arguing with them do I persuade them to send the money to my bank account rather than holding
    it as a credit in their account against my future purchases from them.

    I was wondering where and how to bring this issue to the attention of a wider public, given that there ought to be an interest in repairing
    goods rather than adding to landfill. So, any views?

    I recently stumbled across the video below and was reminded of your query
    a few months ago. The video doesn't mention anything earth shattering but
    it does touch upon some interesting points for when I replace my tv.

    "This TV engineer will stop you getting ..." https://youtube.com/watch?v=9AcUdg42tac

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  • From Brian@noinv@lid.org to uk.legal.moderated on Thu Dec 25 12:43:45 2025
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    Pamela <uklm@permabulator.33mail.com> wrote:
    On 11:15 18 Oct 2025, The Todal said:

    A well known retailer of televisions has twice sold me expensive LG
    televisions which have developed faults. The retailer provides a 6 year
    guarantee. I have claimed within 5 years of each purchase.

    On both occasions, the retailer won't send anyone out to examine the
    television and to discover whether the fault can be repaired. Instead,
    the person in customer services declares that the parts are no longer
    available from LG and that I am therefore offered a sum of money which
    takes into account the years of use I have had from the TV, about half
    of the original purchase price. And that is offered as a credit against
    buying a new TV from them. The old TV can be dumped in landfill for all
    they care.

    Am I being unreasonable? It seems to me that their "guarantee" is no
    better than my statutory rights. They do not offer a second hand
    replacement TV of equal quality. And only after arguing with them do I
    persuade them to send the money to my bank account rather than holding
    it as a credit in their account against my future purchases from them.

    I was wondering where and how to bring this issue to the attention of a
    wider public, given that there ought to be an interest in repairing
    goods rather than adding to landfill. So, any views?

    I recently stumbled across the video below and was reminded of your query
    a few months ago. The video doesn't mention anything earth shattering but
    it does touch upon some interesting points for when I replace my tv.

    "This TV engineer will stop you getting ..." https://youtube.com/watch?v=9AcUdg42tac



    Electronic devices used to follow a rCybath tub curverCO for failures.

    Early in their life, failures tended to be due to poor quality,
    manufacturing issues.

    Then there was a flat section when random component failures ruled.

    Then came the rCywear out phaserCO. As the name suggests, components simply failed due to aging.

    In military equipment, techniques were used to rCyweed outrCO items in the first phase - temperature and vibration cycling.

    Data on components allowed failure in the rCyflatrCO phase to be predicted.

    With the changes in components, especially to semiconductors, the wear out phase got pushed to the right dramatically. Although some semiconductors do have specific issues.

    Then came lead free solder.

    While many of the issues associated with that have now been overcome, there
    is a lot of equipment around which has the rCyearlyrCO stuff. It added a factor which reintroduced an aging / wear out mechanism.




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  • From The Todal@the_todal@icloud.com to uk.legal.moderated on Sun Dec 28 18:26:59 2025
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    On 24/12/2025 11:50, Pamela wrote:
    On 11:15 18 Oct 2025, The Todal said:

    A well known retailer of televisions has twice sold me expensive LG
    televisions which have developed faults. The retailer provides a 6 year
    guarantee. I have claimed within 5 years of each purchase.

    On both occasions, the retailer won't send anyone out to examine the
    television and to discover whether the fault can be repaired. Instead,
    the person in customer services declares that the parts are no longer
    available from LG and that I am therefore offered a sum of money which
    takes into account the years of use I have had from the TV, about half
    of the original purchase price. And that is offered as a credit against
    buying a new TV from them. The old TV can be dumped in landfill for all
    they care.

    Am I being unreasonable? It seems to me that their "guarantee" is no
    better than my statutory rights. They do not offer a second hand
    replacement TV of equal quality. And only after arguing with them do I
    persuade them to send the money to my bank account rather than holding
    it as a credit in their account against my future purchases from them.

    I was wondering where and how to bring this issue to the attention of a
    wider public, given that there ought to be an interest in repairing
    goods rather than adding to landfill. So, any views?

    I recently stumbled across the video below and was reminded of your query
    a few months ago. The video doesn't mention anything earth shattering but
    it does touch upon some interesting points for when I replace my tv.

    "This TV engineer will stop you getting ..." https://youtube.com/watch?v=9AcUdg42tac


    It's a useful video, thanks for flagging it. I don't think it's still
    true to say that Sony make the best TVs but in general terms he makes
    good points about how cheap low quality TVs are sold with badges such as Panasonic that once signified quality.

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  • From Pamela@uklm@permabulator.33mail.com to uk.legal.moderated on Mon Dec 29 11:15:48 2025
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    On 12:43 25 Dec 2025, Brian said:
    Pamela <uklm@permabulator.33mail.com> wrote:
    On 11:15 18 Oct 2025, The Todal said:


    A well known retailer of televisions has twice sold me expensive LG
    televisions which have developed faults. The retailer provides a 6
    year guarantee. I have claimed within 5 years of each purchase.

    On both occasions, the retailer won't send anyone out to examine
    the television and to discover whether the fault can be repaired.
    Instead, the person in customer services declares that the parts
    are no longer available from LG and that I am therefore offered a
    sum of money which takes into account the years of use I have had
    from the TV, about half of the original purchase price. And that is
    offered as a credit against buying a new TV from them. The old TV
    can be dumped in landfill for all they care.

    Am I being unreasonable? It seems to me that their "guarantee" is
    no better than my statutory rights. They do not offer a second hand
    replacement TV of equal quality. And only after arguing with them
    do I persuade them to send the money to my bank account rather than
    holding it as a credit in their account against my future purchases
    from them.

    I was wondering where and how to bring this issue to the attention
    of a wider public, given that there ought to be an interest in
    repairing goods rather than adding to landfill. So, any views?

    I recently stumbled across the video below and was reminded of your
    query a few months ago. The video doesn't mention anything earth
    shattering but it does touch upon some interesting points for when I
    replace my tv.

    "This TV engineer will stop you getting ..."
    https://youtube.com/watch?v=9AcUdg42tac



    Electronic devices used to follow a 'bath tub curve' for
    failures.

    Early in their life, failures tended to be due to poor quality,
    manufacturing issues.

    Then there was a flat section when random component failures ruled.

    Then came the 'wear out phase'. As the name suggests, components
    simply failed due to aging.

    In military equipment, techniques were used to 'weed out' items
    in the first phase - temperature and vibration cycling.

    Data on components allowed failure in the 'flat' phase to be
    predicted.

    With the changes in components, especially to semiconductors, the
    wear out phase got pushed to the right dramatically. Although some semiconductors do have specific issues.

    Then came lead free solder.

    While many of the issues associated with that have now been overcome,
    there is a lot of equipment around which has the 'early' stuff.
    It added a factor which reintroduced an aging / wear out mechanism.

    Not just "bathtub" life expectancy curves but also major brands badging generic tvs and their short component life, as the video discusses.

    What's more, I wonder if any of Todal's failing tvs were affected by the Capacitor Plague of the Noughties.
    --
    [REPOSTED FOLLOWING TECH GLITCH]

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  • From Les. Hayward@les@nospam.invalid to uk.legal.moderated on Mon Dec 29 14:10:04 2025
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    It is interesting to note that quite a few enthusiasts repair (and use
    with a standards converter) old television sets dating back to the
    fifties & sixties which often require a minimal amount of work to restore.

    I use an old WW2 receiver to listen to the news. The valves in which are
    older than me (at 82)! So much for 'unreliable' thermionics.

    Apart from the fact that modern kit is designed to be unrepairable to
    any great extent, I doubt if the current stuff will make the same course!

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