Hi, I have been given a quote for an NEC HD 42" Plasma (42XR3) 1024x768 res. Price with desktop stand and delivery is $5,370.00 inc GST. Can anyone tell me if thats a good price.

Thanks

Paul

I paid $5500 for the exact same - so yes, it's the best I've seen

Dont forget to add prices of stands guys.

You must of missed the top post, it includes stand.

Good price!

What's the warranty like?

What's the half-life like? 60,000 hrs?

Ta.

3 Years
60,000 hours

That is the best price I've seen!!

Thanks guys!!! Whats the display like? Should I buy it??

Ta

Ummmm **** yeah

You might want to more research that that! lol

Hey Paul,

Where did you see it for $5,370 ??? (That's cheaper than my quote).

Kay.

Please beware that places quoting these prices do not own shop fronts and only run from internet sites

Got a price from here http://www.qsphere.com.au/ Whats wrong with buying a plasma from an internet shop?

Some of the 50" Plasmas are getting cheaper. Saw the current NEC model for $7,999.

Geoff at e-home can beat that price ($7,800)

Im sure he can, but the price I mentioned was from a street retailer, not an online vendor.

Geoff is also a retailer

E-Home IS a street retailer in Melbourne - and a very good one at that! - at 1066 Dandenong Road, Carnegie. Call Geoff there on 03 9563 5977.

The best thing about e-Home is their good relationship with NEC and some other suppliers - which means that Geoff arranges everything directly with the warehouse and seems to get things happening instantly.

See the NEC panels set up properly, discuss the best HT setup for your budget, then get outstanding after-sales service and advice as well. They ship all over the country and nearly all my orders (panel, stand, new main speakers, new centre speaker) have arrived the morning after ordering!

I'm not associated with them in any way other than as an exceptionally happy customer. By the way ... did I mention I'm in Brisbane and FED UP with the specialist retailers here!!!

I've never been to Melbourne. Maybey I should go for a little holiday

Has anyone purchased from Quantum Sphere and if so what was the service like.

Garry, haven't bought from QSphere, but did use their price to drive down the cost of the plasma that I just ordered. Try also Elite Screens. Worth talking to these companies and telling them what you've got and then go back to the mob that you what to buy it from. Try Megamart ... they have a price matching policy and will throw in free Foxtel and interest free at the moment

Price is one side of the coin but if purchasing something of this value you would want backup service as well which is what you will not get from the likes of Mega Mart.

Have a chat to Geoff at eHome in Carnegie Melb they will offer you a fantastic price and will back it up with fantastic service

If this is not yet another one of those "commercial posts you have when you are not doing a commercial", the least you could do in this instance is provide "details" of how you know they will not get any service at Megamart or Elite Screens.

If these guys are happy with the places they know and deal with, why should they have to change to somewhere you went ?

I fail to see any comparison at all between the exceptionally high level of both knowledge AND service given by e-Home and the generally abysmal level of either knowledge OR service obtained from Megamart (or indeed, the sales droids at almost any retail chain). BTW, I have walked out of Megamart in disgust ... so I'm a harder sell than most on their levels of either.

However, I'm keen to hear you prove me wrong with some wonderful examples of how the Megamart experts steered you towards a fantastic product you hadn't previously considered ... even though you'd done lots of homework first ... and then followed it up with prompt understanding and a LOT of useful and free advice over the phone!

I buy a lot of my stuff from HN, JB and Betta Elec because they're nice people that offer me nice prices ... but I wouldn't even ask them for an opinion on which toaster to buy, let alone how I should best spend my $6,000 for a TV! (Actually, I stupidly did once and the result is described back here).

The purpose of these forums is for us to exchange information on the best cables, best STBs, best TVs, best speakers and best dealers ... so, why do you object to us mentioning the best retailer WE have found?

Simply add the name of the best one YOU have found, and why you think their knowledge and service is so exceptional!

Oh your back

I have delt with Mega mart long enough to knwo you do not get after sales service

And i have delt with elite screens three times in the past 2 years and again after sales service was not great .

My friend i only mention eHome as this place is one of the only places that i have come across that offers fantastic (may be that was over the top Naaa) Bloody fantastic after sales service .

You seem to have a problem with people getting good service

Hey by the way you never answered my question last time

Are you a retailer? as you seem to have your nose out of joint for some reason

Sorry, but it seems you have been sprung.
Anyone who has purchase from Elite Screens Australia (www.elitescreens.com.au) has had the full customer service from us, especially after sales. That is why we have clients such as Ch7, Coca Cola, Bank Of Queensland and plenty more. Seems like if you deal with some people (like this) out here, you wont be told the full truth

Jim
Elite Screens.

i just purchased my 2nd nec plasma from a company called cdt technology, they are on the web if you do a search.
squeezed them down to $5320.00 and they were quite good if this helps, $50 bucks in your pocket is better than someone elses

Glenncol? Cat got your tongue? Please explain. I think you are misrepresenting your identity for commercial gain.
For the record, I bought an NEC 42" SD for $3500 from an internet retailer. Delivered in 2 days in perfect condition, zero dead pixels, looks fantastic. Very happy. It does however need a professional "tune" to get the best picture quality e.g. that guy in Perth that travels the country.

What the issue

I missed the post so rather than being a twit with the hugh letttering just shoot me a PM.

Now how would i be misrepresenting for commercial gain , I work for a bank not a retailer and if you like i will give you my work number to prove a point

So pull your head in

Those of us who know you know that you just tell it like it is, Glenn.

These snipers are just trying to undermine your credibility ... because they have none of their own!

Thanks Ian

Certainly agree their Billy, sounds like the bank teller has something to gain from his ehome push. Thats all I ever bloody see from him.

As for telling someone else to pull their head in. I think glen you should be pulling your head in and not spamming this forum with the massive amount of subliminal adverts you like to post.

Just a couple of many examples
http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?showtop...96&#entry170896
http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?showtop...61&#entry173661
http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?showtop...82&#entry169682
http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?showtop...13&#entry160313
http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?showtop...03&#entry163503
http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?showtop...61&#entry158061
http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?showtop...11&#entry152611

Continue to read twit and you will see i am not the only one that has mentioned eHome

And you are chiming in for what reason?

If you do notice nothing has been mentioned for sometime and as mentioned Glenn was not the only one who had mentioned eHome.

If you have an axe to grind little man try me for size

Get a life guys and get off glenncol's back.

- Yes, we know that he recommends ehome, but there is a good reason for that... they are a retailer who prides themselves on their service. He is not forcing you into the shop and locking you in until you buy something.

- He is just giving his opinion, as we all do... that is what a forum is all about.

- I suspect that glenncol has purchased significantly more AV gear than most of us here, so he is well qualified to make these opinions.

- As a forum noob, he has assisted myself and countless others with technical advice for no commercial gain.

- We all make recommendations when we receive good service/product, I have done so on many occassions.

Very Very well said Foghorn and could not agree more

For the drips that shall remain nameless there should be no issue for a person or persons that name a retailer who has offered great service that we can all benefit from.
From where i am sitting the people who get their noses out of joint are the retailers that are not getting a slice of the cake so its all to easy to try and discredit some to has offered a fair bit to this forum.

Maybe you didn't read my first post. Maybe you want the 150 reasons to go with it. BTW, it ain't little.

To foghorn, yes we all do but it ain't like spam

Lets hear them

It might look like spam to you PVR Guy, but many others welcome a recommendation of where to buy.

I've seen many threads where n00bies come along and ask for this type of recommendation, and in all fairness, this is the context in which glenncoll usually mentions ehome.

PVR Guy, some may perceive your signature as being spam, but to me it's just another recommendation that I will consider if I were looking for that type of product.

get over it you bunch of whingers.

Theres beeen plenty of times I too have posted on recommendations on product or retaillers infact I've even suggested to noobies to ask for peoples suggestions for good retaillers in their area.

nothing bloody wrong with that.

just like people post on their bad experience on here with a product or retailer theres nothing wrong with posting on a good experience or making a recommendation based on a good experience be it in relation to a product or a retailler.

And by the way last time one of these whingers had one of these whinge sessions I happened to dig out a post where they too were making a plug ! - they did not like that did they !

get over it guys

What I for one will not accept on this forum is blatant publicity/spam by a retailler or someone possing as a retailler. This isn't allowed on the forum and Coral has on many occassion shut down threads and delleted posts where this occurs. But from one of us users/consumers/forum members I see nothing wrong with making recommendations - In fact I appreciate it as it will help with the next product I buy or where I buy it from.

And I've only ever seen glencol post as a consumer on this forum and hence you bunch of whingers are way off line here. Obviously some axe to grind I think can't think of anyother reason behind it.

Go to search and look up your ehome. 150+ ALL from you. Now on your post count that would make it in every 17 odd posts you mention it. Now I'm just a dumb plumber by trade but I can tell you I see the waste as it flows.

Getting your back up and calling me a twit don't work either. Your self importance opens you up to these comments.

PVR guy

Now go back through the post and look for the questions asked ona good retailer you will find they fall in line.

Now being a plumber you should know damn well you need to keep that bucket closer to your mouth when talking s_ _ _

Yeh, that's the way Glenncol, you go on the attack and abuse him. How dare he express his own views. Maybe he's a plummer that works for a retailer.

Well PVR GUY guess what look at every one of your 48 posts and what stands out to me is this PLUG for a manufacturer (obviously in your signature):



now if 100% of your posts contain a plug by your counts you should banned off the forum !

hehehe

pot calling the kettle black ?

thsi is to show you its very easy to point fingers - even where its not warranted.

now can we cut the personel cr@p out of this and get back to the matter of the thread.

If any one of you guys have got a problem with someones post - report the it to coral - its that simple rather than carrying on here like you have.

Actually alebonau I think we are waiting for glenncol to give the courtesy of a response to
this post

Pvr Guy he's right about not having a link to commercial site in your signature. When glenncol reports it coral will remove all your posts.

Pal he went me first un provoked

I dont see a need to report this at all

He is proud of owning this unit so be it so this aint an issue had the link been to Austrailian store or distributor this would be a different story

Two hats you are the one thats had the issue all the way along with me mentioning eHome at a place for good service

I have to ask why?

You have never once when i have asked told me the meaning behind the nick name twohats but i can guess why

Is it that you were pissed that your company name never got a mention?

Just as we're all waiting for you to show similar courtesy with a reply to this (and prior attempts to get an answer from you):

More of a pot calling a kettle black, methinks!!