Used TV? (room, cost, mattresses, worth)

[svendrell]

Would you ever buy a used tv from an unknown person?

[wheelsup]

Probably not. They are fairly inexpensive to begin with these days. Most I see on CL are way overpriced, and you don't really have a way of 'fact checking' the price without specific model numbers.

[Pitt Chick]

Are you looking to sell off your things?
First your mattress, now your TV....

[PeachSalsa]

Nope.

TVs are rather inexpensive, so I would just buy a new, warrantied one.

[MidValleyDad]

How old? In most cases anything older than a couple years is almost a 'Please take it off my hands so I don't have to dispose of it'

[svendrell]

Originally Posted by Pitt Chick

Are you looking to sell off your things?

Nope

First your mattress, now your TV....

I was on craigslist and see that people are selling a lot of tvs and mattresses.

I personally wouldn't buy either one used. I wanted to see who else shared that opinion.

[svendrell]

Originally Posted by MidValleyDad

How old? In most cases anything older than a couple years is almost a 'Please take it off my hands so I don't have to dispose of it'

No specific item, so no specific age. Was more of a general question.

[KittenSparkles]

I am currently on my second used TV from craigslist. First one cost $100 in 2008 and lasted until this year. This year I got a gorgeous Panasonic that was only 1year old - list price was around $850. I paid $240

I really lucked out this time. My tv went out on a Friday afternoon, and I immediately jumped on CL. I only saw one worth looking at, and figured I would have to buy a new one. I sent the guy an email, he wrote back, we made a plan to meet on Saturday, and I went and got it. He got a several responses after me, but was decent enough to hold it for me since I contacted him first.

Buying them on CL is a pain- you have to make contact, make sure the person isn't a weirdo, make sure they don't live too far away, then make plans to meet, hope that works out, and then hope that its as good in person as in the picture. A lot of points where things can go wrong. That is why I was so thrilled to get the only one I sent an email for on the same day my TV went out.

[mmyk72]

I sold a crt TV about 2 yrs ago on CL. It was a 20 in tv for $35. So glad someone took it off my hands or else it would cost me $25 to dispose it

[Brian_M]

I answered yes, but in truth I simply won't buy another TV (new or used) as they aren't part of my lifestyle.

But I have no issues with buying a TV, depending on cost and intended use. I had bought a used one in the past for use in my exercise room because it was about 1/5th the price of new.