Hi FS76 buyers,
Thanks for all the price information, very useful.
I have been checking prices for the FS76 for a couple of weeks now.
Cheapest I found online was robertwhyteltd.co.uk £1418.99 delivered with one year warranty.
Cheapest local for me was JL Cheadle £1795.00 delivered with 5 year warranty.
Sony Centre in Trafford Centre was £1799.00 with 5 year warranty plus delivery extra at £1 per mile. I might tell them about Romford Sony Centres price of £1580 (Garion does this include 1 or 5 year warranty? delivery?)
I am currently waiting for a Barclaycard (for cashback purposes)so have a couple of weeks to drive prices down locally.
From reading info on this forum it doesn't seem worthwhile to risk buying online as aftersales appears poor across the board.
The trick seems to be find a reputable, local retailer who will sell at an online price - not easy to find.
It appears that John Lewis and House of Fraser give the best customer service in the event of a problem, I am therefore pretty much set on purchasing from one of these two companies complete with 5 year warranty even if it costs a little extra.
Hopefully if Trafford Sony centre match the price of their Romford counterparts (depending on warranty included), John Lewis will then no doubt price match the Sony Centre and Bobs your Uncle
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I decided on the 5 year warranty for 2 reasons.
Firstly the TV weighs a ton and I wouldn't fancy getting it to a service centre in the back of my car - Quote "TV itself is around 90kg according to the manual and I can vouch that it is definitely NOT a one man job - packaging also barely fits through a normal door - the stratches on my outside doorframe bare testament to that - another DIY job before winter sets in!".
Secondly I picked up the following quote from one of the FS36 threads "My dad was a TV repairman for 30 plus years until he retired a few months ago, & advises to get a 5 yr guaranttee with any 36" TV as he used to see a lot of 36" TVs returned with blown tubes."
Take this info as you like and decide for yourselves, this is the first time I've used this forum and have found a lot of absolutely invaluable info, Cheers to all!
Bam M