That wouldn't be enough for me. Try $2000. I want it direct deposit. $5000 if you want me to turn it on. $6000 if you want me to put it on fox news.
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I'd be curious to see the overlap of people who both can't afford to buy it outright and also have a room big enough for an 83inch screen. Also,
“At the end of your subscription, you can apply for a free upgrade, keep paying monthly, or return your device,”
So, once you've paid through the subscription you get the option to just keep renting? It's not even rent-to-own?
Okay at first I was wondering "who the hell would want to do this?" But then I thought maybe its like...if you need a TV for an event? Being able to rent out a large TV might be helpful? But like thats so absolutely niche.
But its the only way I could ever see it make sense. If you needed a very large flat screen only for a few days or something you could rent it instead of paying a few thousand.
Event companies already have ready-to-rent TVs.
Lol of course thats a thing. Welp there goes my big brain ideas
If you want to watch football (or soccer) this season with friends, and will usually not watch much else, why not.
Plenty people rent most things. There is a whole market to rent electronics, even furniture.
My telly barely cost any more than that.
Charge the customer for repairs? How? They probably aren't even reparable anymore. Also, I don't like the sound of this "free upgrade". That sounds like a TV replacement with a more expensive one while the previous one goes in the trash
Capitalism gets so fucking lazy in its final, desperate form.
rent a tv
No
Bright House has entered the chat.
Might be worth it if TV technology was actually still improving. But since they stopped innovating outside of more aggressive ads, I can't see wanting to upgrade after just a couple of years, so I think it would only be good in very specific circumstances.
Or, hear me out, and I know this is crazy, but you buy a cheap, used TCL for a couple hundred pounds. Then, with the money you're saving every month, you get a nice dinner with someone you're close to, or even go see a local sports event in person.
Ok, I don't know what they cost in the UK, but they're sub-$500 new here in the US for a decent size TV. You have to put up with the TCL bullshit, especially if it's a Roku one, but you were probably getting a smart TV anyway, and they all have this bullshit.
You guys are close to people?
or even go see a local sports event in person.
Usually doing this can also get you close to people, even if only spatially. Occasionally it does get you close to people figuratively, though. If there's nobody in your life that you would want to get dinner with, then I'd recommend the sports event, or something similar to it anyway. You can always invite people you meet there to your next month's fancy dinner.
I usually just go and sit and drink alone in a dark corner of a bar, so I don't have to drink alone.
Right?
I think the last TV I bought was 5 years ago, a 65", 4k, for about $650.
And I didn't shop, I was tired and sick, just needed a replacement and didn't care.
A lot of effort was put into lining up the TV, soundbar, and table just to not align with the wall divisions. I hate it.
Darn it. Now m, I can't unsee that.
There used to be shops in the UK where you could rent electrical and white goods. Radio Rentals. Existed until electronics from Asia became so cheap.
What if you treat it like a rental? Give it the most unreliable power supply possible.
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