Micro Center: Refurbished LG 4K OLED CX Series TV: 77" $2500, 48" or 55" $1000, 65"

ChickenGod

Apr 3, 2021 6:52 PM

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Quote from dmanko

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Damn, might have to pass. They used to do LG refurbs. Stinks that it's from someone else now.

For what it's worth, mine came in a generic brown box and didn't say it was refurbished by another company. It seemed like an LG refurb. It just sucks though because mine died like 40 days after I got it as I stated earlier in the thread... so if you do go for it just buy the extended warranty.

I contacted LG to see if they would fix it for me... I'll update the thread if they do. Otherwise, I'll need to bring it back to the store for exchange/store credit.

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bjamm

Apr 3, 2021 7:07 PM

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1839 on the toe for a new one. I might wait for the c1 instead though

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Boblo

Apr 3, 2021 8:37 PM

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Microcenter has refurbished 48" (OLED48CXAUB - 2020 model ) and 55" (OLED55CXAUA - 2020 model) LG OLED TVs in stock for $999. You can buy a 2 or 3 year protection plan with them still come out much less than the cost of a new one. If you have a Microcenter credit card, you can knock off another 5%.

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turnne

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turnne

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Quote from bjamm

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1839 on the toe for a new one. I might wait for the c1 instead though

Plus tax with the toe deal?

If not that puts them less then $400 apart...brand new versus refurb with a two year warranty

Either way I guess you are paying sales tax on the refurb unit since its in store only

bjamm

Apr 3, 2021 9:26 PM

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bjammApr 3, 2021 9:26 PM

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Quote from turnne

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Plus tax with the toe deal?

If not that puts them less then $400 apart...brand new versus refurb with a two year warranty

Either way I guess you are paying sales tax on the refurb unit since its in store only

toe deals always is the final price with no tax or tax already included from what I understand. Not sure its worht it for a return/refurb. These were 1699 a few days ago though

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sdh

Apr 3, 2021 9:28 PM

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I bought this plus the 2 year warranty, which I don't normally do but it was cheap enough.

It came in a retail box but had been repackaged. However, everything was packaged like a new TV, with the exception of the screen protector film which was very haphazardly installed.

The TV looks brand new, and the stand has a couple small scratches on it. I plan to wall-mount, so I'll never use the stand. No big deal.

The panel has 7 hours of use. Picture looks perfect. I'm happy with my purchase and saving $500 compared to the Costco deal, even after the purchase of the extended warranty.

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cantcurecancer

Apr 3, 2021 9:30 PM

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cantcurecancerApr 3, 2021 9:30 PM

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I bought the 65" at the Michigan location. Was way too big for my Subaru, had to get the SUV lol.

It came in the original packaging as expected, packed pretty well, light damage on the styrofoam.

Set it up on my floor and put it on a totally white picture and black picture to pixel peep. No dead or bright pixels and I'm examining it close up. Settings say it only has 260 hours of screen on time.

I think I got lucky! I'll update the post if I find anything, but I'm about to mount this sucker on my wall. Wish me luck!

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acstarscream

Apr 3, 2021 9:34 PM

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Is this deal worth it for the 48"? Looking for a smaller tv for my Xbox. ~$1250 for refurb and 2 yr plan compared to around $1400 new. Seems too close a price to gamble on the refurb.

FormerAstronut

Apr 3, 2021 9:43 PM

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Quote from Deal_finder001

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So the company wants customer to pay more for their inefficient manufacturing process vs keeping reinventing process to bring cost down...

No, the 48" tv was cheaper than the 55" tv, look at LG's webpage
https://www.lg.com/us/tvs/lg-oled...oled-4k-tv
currently the 55" and 48" are both 1499 yes, but the 55" is marked down from 1799. What you're seeing right here is supply and demand lesson. They have less problem moving whatever 48" TVs they have in stock for whatever reason perhaps relating to the usage as a monitor, hence no discount on that model, the 55" is harder to move so it's on sale. Hence both read the same price, they don't care about usage they care about getting rid of stock and they probably have much more stock of 55" TVs than 48" and want to get rid of those.

And yeah there are inefficiencies with certain sizes because of the whole process for how TV are made, google "mother glass", and 48" is an odd size that can't easily be fit into current fabrication without significant waste. Remember this is quite literally glass that TVs are made of, they need to be able to snap straight lines across the entire glass, they can't tetris a pattern and use a CNC to cut out pieces.

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zipxavier

Apr 3, 2021 9:53 PM

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Quote from FormerAstronut

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No, the 48" tv was cheaper than the 55" tv, look at LG's webpage
https://www.lg.com/us/tvs/lg-oled...oled-4k-tv [lg.com]
currently the 55" and 48" are both 1499 yes, but the 55" is marked down from 1799. What you're seeing right here is supply and demand lesson. They have less problem moving whatever 48" TVs they have in stock for whatever reason perhaps relating to the usage as a monitor, hence no discount on that model, the 55" is harder to move so it's on sale. Hence both read the same price, they don't care about usage they care about getting rid of stock and they probably have much more stock of 55" TVs than 48" and want to get rid of those.

And yeah there are inefficiencies with certain sizes because of the whole process for how TV are made, google "mother glass", and 48" is an odd size that can't easily be fit into current fabrication without significant waste. Remember this is quite literally glass that TVs are made of, they need to be able to snap straight lines across the entire glass, they can't tetris a pattern and use a CNC to cut out pieces.

The MSRP are cheaper, but if you have followed the market the 55" has always been the same or lower than the 48" in the last 6 months. MSRP doesn't mean anything, it's what the actual retailers are selling it for, because they wouldn't discount it so hard if they weren't making money on it still.

deltaex1

Apr 3, 2021 9:59 PM

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deltaex1Apr 3, 2021 9:59 PM

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I bought the 55 from the Brooklyn location to replace a broken 55 OLED from 2015. The refurb I got came in manufacturer packaging, had cosmetic damages on the plastic back of the panel (not important at all) and some plastic deformity near the VESA mounts that didn't affect mounting. It also had burn in that someone used it as a Mac monitor, saw the Dock and top menu bar. Was going to return it, but the panel had only 120 hours on it, and using the Pixel Refresher function cleared up what I thought was burn in when it was just image retention. I ended up keeping it, this is a solid deal if you can manage the expectation that this isn't a brand new panel and can deal with some potential problems.

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KM1984

Apr 3, 2021 10:13 PM

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KM1984Apr 3, 2021 10:13 PM

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Picked up the 48" for $999, Im a gambler so I opted out of warranty. Screen looks mint, 0 runtime hours.

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kingjuno23

Apr 3, 2021 10:43 PM

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kingjuno23Apr 3, 2021 10:43 PM

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These were just released so how are there refurbs already??

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stevoman

Apr 3, 2021 11:24 PM

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stevomanApr 3, 2021 11:24 PM

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Quote from kingjuno23

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These were just released so how are there refurbs already??

Last year so I think that's plentt of time for a few to fail 🤔

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toneroni

Apr 4, 2021 12:14 AM

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toneroniApr 4, 2021 12:14 AM

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Does the receipt state Refurbished? Just curious for any future warranty work

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