1stopplasma.com: Trust it for great Sony BRAVIA???

[FunkMastaBuck]

I absolutely love the Sony 46" BRAVIA LCD HDTV (KDL-46XBR2).

Depending on whether I'm looking at a website for Sony, Best Buy, or Circuit City, the price is generally around $4,000.

However, there are 2 websites that sell it much cheaper. Can I really trust them?

1 Stop Plasma
http://www.1stopplasma.com/productdetail.asp?productid=1652

American-Deals
http://www.american-deals.com/shop/Product.asp?Sku=KDL40XBR2

This would be the first HDTV I've purchased. I figure, if there's a time to do it, I should make it happen before the OSU-Michigan game!

Advice?

 

[Taosman]

Funk,
Do not mail order a tv of any kind! Or expensive electronics.
I tried it twice and both times UPS killed the tv!
Or beat the hell out of it.
Buy locally. If something goes wrong, you can take it back with little hassle.

 

[BuckNutty]

A buddy of mine who sells and installs televisions has used Dr. Plasma several times and has good things to say about them. In general though I would agree with Taos [No smiley but I may go shoot myself]

 

[wadc45]

I've heard of someone using Dr. Plasma too, I think. I think it was a buddy of mine who got a Sony plasma through them and had no problems. I muself went to Circuit City to get my plasma, but only because I knew I could use my truck to get it home safely.

 

[jwinslow]

If you're looking for great deals on electronics, check out slickdeals.net (in particular, their forums -> hot deals). They find all kinds of deals, and it's such a busy site that often times the reliability of the seller is explained within minutes.

 

[Bleed S & G]

UPS

There is your mistake.. UPS destroys many things.. especially things like large nice tv's

 

[Taosman]

There is your mistake.. UPS destroys many things.. especially things like large nice tv's

But, most times you can't specify which shipper the retailer uses!
You spend thousands of dollars, do you really want to chance it?