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My Samsung TV update
ecthompsonmd November 3, 2012

For those of you who don’t know, my TV is broken. I wrote about it a little while back. Now, there was nothing that I did to break my TV. I simply watched it. It was on a surge protector. Fewer than 10 months into its life, it crapped out. I wasn’t worried because I had double protection. I had the manufacturer’s warranty and I bought an extended warranty from HH Gregg. Cool. I’m covered. The problem is the enormous amount of patience necessary to get this thing done. Companies don’t want to honor their promises or commitments. They want us

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My Broken Samsung TV, how corporations force you to buy new (Update)
ecthompsonmd October 9, 2012

(If you have read all of this before, then skip to the last paragraph for the update.) I will continue to complain about corporations until corporations fix their basic problem. Simply put – we don’t count. We, American consumers, only count when we’re buying new stuff. Otherwise, we are nothing. Corporations pretend to give service but they really don’t. They waste our time so that we get frustrated and finally buy something new. So, back in November, I bought this 51-inch Samsung TV. Nice picture. Good size. High definition. Two weeks ago, I sat down to watch some football and the TV turned

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