whats the current value of a 2 year old telly? - Tesco out of warranty settlement

elliottjessica1987

fluffnutter wrote: »

Have you considered a replacement instead? Perhaps they'll give you another 42" telly? That might be a better deal.

thanks - unfortunately its a case of fix by their engineer or current value by cheque. Would have loved a replacement though! thanks for your thoughts.

Makeandsave

Dont forget if you dont agree with what they have sent you DONT cash the cheque till you have spoke to them. Some people forget that bit.

shaun_from_Africa

somethingcorporate wrote: »

The 6 year old thing is hogwash and just because a claim can be raised in this time is completely irrelevant when considering the lifetime of a product.

Why is it hogwash?
I simply stated that a claim can be raised within 6 years, and this statement is 100% correct. You appear to have read something that hasn't been written as nowhere has it been stated that all goods are expected to last this long.

You are totally correct that the expected life of an item depends on its price, intended use etc and personally I would expect a mid to highish price TV to last at least 6 years.

Techhead_2

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

Why is it hogwash?
I simply stated that a claim can be raised within 6 years, and this statement is 100% correct. You appear to have read something that hasn't been written as nowhere has it been stated that all goods are expected to last this long.

You are totally correct that the expected life of an item depends on its price, intended use etc and personally I would expect a mid to highish price TV to last at least 6 years.

This wasnt a mid to high price TV though, a 42in at that price was definitely at the lower end of the market.

shaun_from_Africa

I must admit that I've not bought a TV in the UK for a few years and I was basing my assumption on current prices. I had a look on Amazon and saw good make 42" TVs for £350 to £400.

I know that prices are dropping all the time, but I thought that a couple of years ago, £500 would still have purchased something reasonably good. (look like my assumption was wrong though)

somethingcorporate

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

Why is it hogwash?
I simply stated that a claim can be raised within 6 years, and this statement is 100% correct. You appear to have read something that hasn't been written as nowhere has it been stated that all goods are expected to last this long.

You are totally correct that the expected life of an item depends on its price, intended use etc and personally I would expect a mid to highish price TV to last at least 6 years.

Your first post suggested that the starting point would be that a claim could be made for up to 6 years, to me this suggested there was some link between the time frame a claim could be made in and the expected life of a product. Re-reading your post perhaps I put that link in there myself, sorry if that was the case. I had seen it in a number of other posts and jumped the gun a little.

Just worth keeping these things separate!

Techhead_2

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

I must admit that I've not bought a TV in the UK for a few years and I was basing my assumption on current prices. I had a look on Amazon and saw good make 42" TVs for £350 to £400.

I know that prices are dropping all the time, but I thought that a couple of years ago, £500 would still have purchased something reasonably good. (look like my assumption was wrong though)

You'll see lower end sets from companies like LG, Panasonic etc at that price. Bought a few years ago I would expect a £500 42" set to have lasted 3 to 5 years.

sweep9

I've posted this previously for Comet. It may be the same by Tesco so it may help with a value for you. It's based on the Insurance offered by Comet for depreciation:-

Regards the TV offer...

I know that you didn't get insurance with the TV but it sounds like they're using the same calculations that they use when your TV is insured with them. This is calculated as a 20% depreciation per year of use on the terms and conditions on the back of the insurance.

For a £850 Tv this would be:-

1/2-1 year £680
1-2 years £544
2-3 years £435.20
3-4 years £348.16
4-5 years £278.52

For a £500 Tv this would be:-

1/2-1 year £400
1-2 years £320
2-3 years £256
3-4 years £204.80
4-5 years £163.84

nomoneytoday

If we're having a sweepstake i'll go for £280

pink_pirlie

If it's any help, I got £250 for a £350 TV from tesco for out of warrenty refund after 18 months.

Incidentally, not once did anyone actually check the TV didn't work and I got to keep it!!