I made the mistake of buying a refurbished glass induction hob. It arrived as a glass jigsaw puzzle wrapped in paper.
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Nope, not Samsung TVs either. Mine lasted about 18 months before the panel died. I now have an LG telly.
I’ve never had a problem with anything Samsung. Had TVs, all been ok. Got american style fridge, thats been good so far (2 years) and galaxy tablet (5 years).
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Yet one of mine has been going strong since 2008 and the other since 2020.
Me neither. They seem very reliable and none of my Samsung appliances have needed so much as a spare part, let alone a service visit.
Oh well luck of the draw then! 
But it did put me off Samsung - I’ve never had a TV go wrong before and I’ve had Sony, Panasonic, Hisense, Sharp etc.
My missus bought one of those years ago. It’s still going strong. I’d quite like to replace it with a 4K TV but, at this rate, her Panasonic telly will outlive me.
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With every manufacture there seem to be rogue products. I’ve had two Sony domestic TVs fail after less than 2 years, whereas the broadcast grade monitors we used at work were still perfect when we replaced them with flat screens after 15 years. Mind you, they did cost over £10k each.
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4K is a big step up from 1080p. Depends on what you are watching of course - 4K BluRay is amazing, broadcast TV not so much.
Yes I’m sure this is true.
I think with TVs especially there is a big emphasis on making them as cheaply as possible - to be fair my Samsung that died was a budget model, whereas the LG I have now is a 4K OLED (C3) and was a good step up the price scale.
Unless AMZ’s packaging was inadequate, they have to be let off that one. I presume they refunded/replace for you?
I’m referring to electronics that light up when plugged in and turned on, sold ‘as new’, but have some fault that only emerges with real-world use. In my case it was 3 Sammy tablets in succession, all from Warehouse ‘as new’, that would not connect to wifi. No amount of fiddlement and time with Sammy support would work.
A 65" OLED 4k TV was way out of my budget until one turned up as a return at DARTY. A high/mid range Philips, 12 months g’tee, registered with Philips as new … €650 off !
I have a cunning plan when it comes to these ‘electrodomesticos’ [brilliant Spanish word covering all this stuff]
I trawl thru their on-line stock past the top end of my budget to see if there’s a return, at my price, of one more expensive. All my electrodomesticos have been bought using this wheeze. All had 12 months g’tee and were registerable with the manufacturer. Saved hundreds of €€€.
The only fault with any of them is the ‘beep’ when pressing a control on my Sammy induction hob has faded to silent. One might even call that an improvement!
If you’ve had it for years it doesn’t owe you anything. TV tech has advanced miles since yours was new. Treat yourself to a 4K OLED* and don’t skimp on size. Size matters! You will appreciate the improvement of the image.
If you are not certain that a particular size will ‘go’ where you put your TV, make up a cardboard template.
I was going to get a 55". I could see the significant amount of extra of a 65" A/B’ing them in the shops. I was lucky with my buy.
As a guide, I found a painting that I would happily have on my wall, as far as size goes - “Mr & Mrs Andrews"by John Constable. In its frame, the same size as a 65” TV.
- OLED gives better blacks. When an OLED pixel is asked to ‘show’ black it simply turns off. The other system shows a dark grey - never getting to black.
Utterly inadequate and, I’m assuming, repackaged by Amazon
I wish my LG washing machine would do that. It insists on playing a ghastly bastardised monophonic rip-off of the main theme from Schubert’s Trout quintet when it finishes. And to add insult to injury, it adds a 'shave and a haircut - two bits’ coda.
Are we taking about the TV or my missus? 
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Had a large Panasonic CRT TV for 17 hears that took two people to lift. I gave it to a friend who had it a futher 6 years.
Replaced the Panasonic monster CRT TV with a Sony 1080p flat screen TV in about 2007 which I still use as my main TV. It was an end of line bargain that I got at half price. It will be replaced at the end of this year I think, although it still works fine.
Same here. A Tosh 28" but a two-man tote.
If the trip had been straightforward - ground floor, access all clear - my n.d.neighbour, to whom I gave it, could have managed but it was down my stairs, down my front path, round into his place and then a very tricky trip negotiating what floorboards remained in his front hall, the others having rotted away … a sort of dance for two men and a telly.
Poor Dave. His house was falling down around him.
Trade them both in for newer models… 