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[Hi-Fi Whipped]

diesel, on Nov 16 2011, 09:22 AM, said:

Back to pricing...

Samsung D550 51" - $699 + PH

The Good Guys have the LG equivalent 50 inch HD Plasma for $599 in their latest catalogue.

[saxnix]

Looks like LCD prices may be on the way down.  PC World article says the low prices of LCD's available Friday in the US (black Friday sales - like our boxing day sales), will be the new normal by about Dec to Feb.

"Slumping demand in Western Europe and North America are primarily to blame for the poor performance of LCD TV panels," wrote Sweta Dash, IHS senior director for liquid crystal displays research, in a press release. "Given the already faltering economies of those regions and the threat of a double-dip recession looming, global LCD TV shipments continue to suffer, impacting the TV panel market especially hard."

Edit:  It will be interesting to see if those price drops come our way??

Edited by saxnix, 23 November 2011 - 05:50 AM.

[Owen]

graham johnson, on Nov 22 2011, 09:48 PM, said:

Owen. This one is 1080p. The old plasma at that price was just the HD model. Doesnt seem any other seller is even close to this price. Closest I found was $850

Yes you are right, my mistake. $699 is a good price if its new and not a referb.

[graham johnson]

Owen, on Nov 23 2011, 03:49 PM, said:

Yes you are right, my mistake. $699 is a good price if its new and not a referb.

Apparently brand new. No mention of refurb. Will find out when it arrives. :)

[graham johnson]

Hi-Fi Whipped, on Nov 22 2011, 11:41 PM, said:

The Good Guys have the LG equivalent 50 inch HD Plasma for $599 in their latest catalogue.

Not an equivalent. The LG is 768p panel. The Samsung is 1080P panel.

[Beleg Cúthalion]

no stock now i believe. thecableconnection (TCC) had an OzBargain deal a little while ago for $798 (pickup) including free wall mount.

[diesel]

HN "Don't wait for boxing day sale" having some decent discounts on Panasonic TVs
From Whirlpool

Quote

Prices provided over the phone for 55" Panasonic plasmas:
55ST30 is now $1296 – this beats all the on-line sellers I've seen.
55VT30 is now $1988 – it was selling for $2700

[andys]

diesel, on Nov 26 2011, 12:58 PM, said:

HN "Don't wait for boxing day sale" having some decent discounts on Panasonic TVs

I was offered the 55VT30 for $1890 at Joyce Mayne. (Harvey Norman is their parent company). Panasonic sales must be in a slump. There's certainly some great prices out there at the moment.

Andys.

[diesel]

Could be better off to wait a week and see the effect of the rebates across more retailers and see how much prices will get better. With Sony and Samsung now starting to offer some Xmas bundles/discounts, maybe Panasonic is just gonna offer discounts instead?

[mattywhisk]

diesel, on Nov 26 2011, 09:11 PM, said:

Could be better off to wait a week and see the effect of the rebates across more retailers and see how much prices will get better. With Sony and Samsung now starting to offer some Xmas bundles/discounts, maybe Panasonic is just gonna offer discounts instead?

Hi mate, I'm still looking around and haven't bought yet although i've settled on model. What's the best place to find out about the bundles/deals you have mentioned?

[diesel]

Manufacturer websites or

whirlpool - TV manufacturers' bonus offers

[wayfastwhitie]

just wondering what the pana 55gt is been had for?

[diesel]

JB were recently selling them for $1596 when they had 20% off.

Link

Edited by diesel, 28 November 2011 - 03:21 PM.

[Serentity]

wayfastwhitie, on Nov 28 2011, 02:01 PM, said:

just wondering what the pana 55gt is been had for?

Got mine for $1550 at JB hifi, about 2 weeks ago when they had their 15% of Tvs. Cash price.

[wayfastwhitie]

Just bit the bullit and bought a panna 55st. Havent set it up but looked best in the shop to me in my budget.

Deal;

Panna 55st30a
2 years extended warranty (tolalling 3 years)
3d Starter pack (2 glasses and avatar3d on bluray)
on 12 months interest free

$1600

Seemed like a ok deal to me, I know the interest free hit me with bargaing.......But seems like a ok deal

[diesel]

Myer has 20% off TVs tomorrow

[PurpleIce]

FWIW,

I just picked up a Panasonic TH-P60ST30A, Avatar 3D starter pack and an overpriced monster HDMI cable for $2100. Bought from HN in Adelaide.

Good guys offered the TV alone for $1925 (worth noting that they had it ticketed at $2599, $100 more than the RRP on Panasonic's website ;-) )

Bought from HN due to the better package price they offered me plus had a HN giftcard to use up.

[diesel]

JB HiFi 10% off sale tonight 6pm-late

http://www.jbhifi.com.au/ggf/

[brake]

Apparently there is another Myer Gift Card deal, the $50 Gift Card for every $500 spent deal that they sometimes have. I wonder if the Cards can be used against the purchase like in previous years?

What do you guys reckon about getting extended warranty after you buy the TV set? I want to use the 60" ST30 receipt for $1700 and get it price matched somewhere but I have a feeling they won't bargain the Extended warranty too much, I was hoping to get 4 extra years for around $150 (5 years in total)

[diesel]

HN have the Panasonic VT30 50" for $1388 and the 55" VT for $1998

[pgdownload]

Extended Warranty's are usually a pretty set price. You might want to consider the extended warranty that comes in the box rather than buy one in store (Give Panasonic a call to find out how much it would cost). Five years for less than 10% of the purchase price? Seems reasonable, personally about the only thing I get EWs on is large TVs just so if they break down they'll come to you and sort transportation etc.

Regards

Peter Gillespie

[brake]

pgdownload, on Dec 9 2011, 08:14 AM, said:

Extended Warranty's are usually a pretty set price. You might want to consider the extended warranty that comes in the box rather than buy one in store (Give Panasonic a call to find out how much it would cost). Five years for less than 10% of the purchase price? Seems reasonable, personally about the only thing I get EWs on is large TVs just so if they break down they'll come to you and sort transportation etc.

Regards

Peter Gillespie

Thanks for the advice, I'll find out about the warranty direct though Panansonic. First I'll try in store to get say, extra 4 years for 8 - 10% of purchase price.

Anyone got any advice/experience with this type of thing? I would like to load my guns up before I go so i can shoot down whatever it is that they will DEFINITELY come back with...

[SLE355]

64" D8000 for $2750 with 4 years extended and delivery from HN Narre Warren.

[brake]

Finally got the 60" ST30 on Saturday from Myer.

Myer have all these signs everywhere saying they price match now.

Price matched a receipt I pulled from Whirlpool, $1630, 4 year extended warranty for $299 (they could only match the TV price with that warranty price, which worked out OK because of all the gift cards, more info below)

If you've got Myer One and a Myer Credit Card you get some decent points at the moment.

New Myer CC applications, you get a $30 gift card for signing up, plus 7,000 points (which equates to $70 gift card) so effectively $100 gift card for signing up. Plus, if you buy a panasonic plasma you get 1500 bonus points, on top of the 3 points for every dollar spent at myer, which was 5787 (TV + Warranty) which is 1500 + 5787 = $7287 points. So we ended up getting $170 worth of gift cards plus the wife had a $75 gift card that her work gave to her for christmas.

We could have used the Credit card to buy $1500 worth of gift cards and get $150 free, which would have effectively dropped the price of the TV to $1480 (the current gift card promotion) on top of all the other points (minus the extra 1500 for buying a plasma) but then we couldn't have gotten it on interest free that way, and seeing as though this was a gift from the wife, she wanted it on interest free.

Worked out alright for us.

Just a heads up for the rest of you guys, if you're trying to get a price match, especially if you're not getting interest free, try out Myer as you can get heaps it significantly cheaper using the $50 gift card for every $500 spent. Plus, you can get heaps more gift card stuff too.

[lidz]

Nice work Brake! Did the myer you purchased from have stock or was it ordered in? My local doesn't have any larger pana's at the moment but happy to drive for a good deal! If its not too much trouble would love a copy of the receipt with warranty, etc as it might be easier to price match with. Pm if you prefer. Weren't tempted to grab one of the avatar packs too?

cheers, Tim