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Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 8:38 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT, HD again, has anybody ever jewed down a big box
store?
PBS, CNN and (at the moment) ESPN.
Of course, the wife is curled up in the spare bedroom / alternate tv room
watching CBS's brain dead
If you live where you get good reception, broadcast HD is better than
cable or satellite.
On Dec 4, 2007, at 8:54 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin, work wrote:
I hooked up an antenna yesterday to see if I could get the over the
air
local HD channels. WOW, that works great. I cant believe the
PBS, CNN and (at the moment) ESPN.
Of course, the wife is curled up in the spare bedroom / alternate tv room
watching CBS's brain dead comedies.
On Dec 3, 2007 9:54 AM, Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Wow, all this technology, and I still don't own a tv.
Luther
On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:49:48
I have my computer or laptop for DVD's and the internet/radio/friends
for sports
:)
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Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 9:47 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT, HD again, has anybody ever jewed down a big box
store?
Yea-but ...
Having been an ass('t) manager of a department store, I appreciate that
the
important thing isn't discounts, it is daily sales. A lost sale is a lost
sale
Wow, all this technology, and I still don't own a tv.
Luther
On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:49:48 -0600, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well now I am probably going to have to upgrade my receiver also. It
has dolby digital 5.1, dts etc with optical imput. Apparantly you need
a receiver
if not for being a sports fan, i don't think i'd want one either.
On Dec 3, 2007 10:54 AM, Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Wow, all this technology, and I still don't own a tv.
Luther
On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:49:48 -0600, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Well now I am probably
If not for being a movie nut, I don't think I would either! No
interest in broadcast TV at all if it weren't for SWMBO (who insisted
on Dish Network at our new place---lots of HD channels that I have to
admit are very pretty, if only they had something I wanted to watch).
On Dec 3, 2007 8:54 AM,
We only use ours for watching movies also -- the antenna is not even
connected, since we moved it to the other side of the living room.
On Dec 3, 2007 11:56 AM, Alex Chamberlain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If not for being a movie nut, I don't think I would either! No
interest in broadcast TV at
Well I figured out which TV I thought I might want. It was a toshiba
65 DLP 1080P, last night was on the circuit city website for $1499.
Everwhere else its about $2199. Their circular came out today and the
TV was $1699. Crap. So I go over there and check it out and it looks
good. Tell
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On Dec 2, 2007 6:31 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well I figured out which TV I thought I might want. It was a toshiba
65 DLP 1080P, last night was on the circuit city website for $1499.
Everwhere else its about $2199. Their
And you did this while Regina was away
Brave man
Bob R.
On Dec 2, 2007 6:31 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well I figured out which TV I thought I might want. It was a toshiba
65 DLP 1080P, last night was on the circuit city website for $1499.
Everwhere else its
It's not as if English isn't a rich language with lots of perfectly
acceptable synonyms available...[eye roll]
On Dec 2, 2007 3:34 PM, Sunil Hari [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I believe the preferred term is hebrew-american
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On Dec 2, 2007, at 3:31 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Well I figured out which TV I thought I might want.
Although we hate Consumer Reports for their Mercedes reviews, they
*do* point out yes you can
negotiate a better deal on items at your box store. Given that in a
given geographical
any time it is a big ticket item and you are willing to actually buy it, you
can negotiate in most places. often, if they can't drop the price on the
item, they can give you other stuff to make it worth your while. maybe not
at costco, but i'd be pretty confident anywhere else. as it was
] OT, HD again, has anybody ever jewed down a big box store?
On Dec 2, 2007, at 3:31 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Well I figured out which TV I thought I might want.
Although we hate Consumer Reports for their Mercedes reviews, they
*do* point out yes you can
negotiate a better deal
Kaleb thinks politically correct means insulting the correct group.
On 12/2/07, Sunil Hari [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I believe the preferred term is hebrew-american
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Sent: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 8:34 pm
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT, HD again, has anybody ever jewed down a big box store?
any time it is a big ticket item and you are willing to actually buy it, you
can negotiate in most places. often, if they can't
On Dec 2, 2007, at 9:36 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
would the correct term be 'bargain'? down a big box store rather
than 'jewed'?
Yeah not a very good choice of words on a list who's main topic is
GERMAN cars.
That said, you can always bargain. Worst they can say is no. I
recently
Well now I am probably going to have to upgrade my receiver also. It
has dolby digital 5.1, dts etc with optical imput. Apparantly you need
a receiver with the HDMI (or whatever its called) imputs to get the full
HD Dolby whatever is on HD DVD's. I guess that will be next on my list.
So
anybody ever jewed down a big box store?
On Dec 2, 2007, at 3:31 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Well I figured out which TV I thought I might want.
Although we hate Consumer Reports for their Mercedes reviews, they
*do* point out yes you can
negotiate a better deal on items at your box store
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Sent: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 8:09 pm
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT, HD again, has anybody ever jewed down a big box store?
On Dec 2
haha, well, I never thought of it that way. But, further discussion of
what is politically correct might lead to an overboard discussion.
Allan Streib wrote:
On Dec 2, 2007, at 9:36 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
would the correct term be 'bargain'? down a big box store rather
than
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Sent: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 8:34 pm
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT, HD again, has anybody ever jewed down a big box
store?
any time it is a big ticket item and you are willing to actually buy it,
you
can negotiate in most places. often
i think it's ok as long as you don't try to serve peanuts
how i do hate the modern world
as for the phrase jew down, i'd think it was complimentary as not paying
too much would be a sign of preparedness and intelligence, but what the hell
do i know anyway. wasn't there a day not too long ago
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Sent: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 8:58 pm
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT, HD again, has anybody ever jewed down a big box store?
i don't know. when i found out what stores pay for watches
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Sent: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 8:58 pm
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT, HD again, has anybody ever jewed down a big box
store?
i don't know. when i found out what stores pay for watches, it was more
like a factor of 4+ than any percentage. same with housewares
Gary Hurst wrote:
i think it's ok as long as you don't try to serve peanuts
I thought you said 'save peanuts' at first. I once knew a couple who
were each embarrassed by the other's negotiating tactics. The wife
would engage in high stress negotiations to get a 25 cent garage
sale item for a
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Sent: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 8:58 pm
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT, HD again, has anybody ever jewed down a big box
store?
i don't know. when i found out what stores pay for watches, it was more
like a factor of 4+ than any percentage. same
Hursty typed:
bought my elliptical on similar terms
Is yours being used as intended or is it an elliptical towel rack/clothes
hanger like mine?
Bob R.
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Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 7:41 PM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT, HD again, has anybody ever jewed down a big box
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Kaleb thinks
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Sent: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 8:34 pm
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT, HD again, has anybody ever jewed down a big box
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no, i like it and use it. the problem is, i like food and use that even
more.
On Dec 2, 2007 10:35 PM, Robert Rentfro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hursty typed:
bought my elliptical on similar terms
Is yours being used as intended or is it an elliptical towel rack/clothes
hanger like mine?
Dec 2007 9:10 pm
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT, HD again, has anybody ever jewed down a big box
store?
ok, so the money is not in the product, but somewhere else. in that case,
you can probably afford to sell the product at cost if i bought the other
stuff, no?
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Sent: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 8:34 pm
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any time
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To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT, HD again, has anybody ever jewed down a big box store?
haha, well, I never thought of it that way. But, further discussion of
what is politically correct might lead to an overboard discussion.
Allan
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