Woman upset TV from Walmart wouldn't work

[Sherman A1]

MARIN CITY, Calif. (KGO) -- Imagine you bought an expensive big screen TV and it simply didn't work. That's what happened to a Marin County woman who says her TV came from the store already broken.

Flat screen TVs give you great pictures but the slightest crack can disable the entire set and most warranties won't cover cracked screens. This woman says her brand new TV cracked coming out of the box, but the warranty didn't cover a repair and she couldn't return it to the store.

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She contacted 7 On Your Side and we contacted Walmart and two weeks later, the retailer gave her a call. "They said, 'So what's going on with your TV?'" said Barnes.

Walmart agreed to take back the TV and provide a full refund. A Walmart spokesperson said it was not clear what caused the cracks, but: "This is not the experience we want our customers to have. Ultimately we did the right thing by taking care of Ms. Barnes and resolved the issue with her."

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?id=9120562§ion=news%2525252f7_on_your_side

Really love the "Ultimately we did the right thing" comment, like they couldn't have done this from the start?

[el_bryanto]

1. the phrase "cracked coming out of the box" is a bit unclear

Possibly bad reporting - but if she cracked the screen by not being careful as she was unloading the TV, than she would be on the hook? I don't know.

Bryant

[randome]

3. Everyone knows you don't tell the truth about something like that!

If she said she broke it, why would Wal-Mart dispute her?

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[Sherman A1]

4. Possible that she did damage the unit unpacking it

it's also possible it was damaged when packed, warehoused or transported, hard to say with concealed damaged.

[el_bryanto]

5. yeah - that's the issue - but since they replaced the TV I guess they made a determination.

[Stinky The Clown]

9. I saw that too, but . . . . .

. . . . If the thing is poorly packed or, more likely, so intricately packed, it is possible to break something like that accidentally. The lesson here ought o go back to the manufacturer.

All the above is speculation. It could have broken in shipment, been broken from the factory, or the purchaser may have been a world class klutz.

[Pragdem]

2. I've been in the back of Walmart trucks.

Everything is stacked indiscriminately with many avalanches of general merchandise as you empty it.

[Sherman A1]

6. That's right, they do hand stack their trucks

from what I understand. Gets more on the truck.

[datasuspect]

7. she was stupid for buying the tv in the first place

what a waste of money.

she'd be better off wearing turkeys on her feet.

[Sherman A1]

8. Stupid?

Not if that is what she wanted to do with her money.

[datasuspect]

10. tv = stupidity

so yeah, she was a bona fide IDIOT for buying a television.

a-yup.

[Sherman A1]

23. In your opinion perhaps, however

it was her money and her choice. I do not believe calling someone "stupid" or an "idiot" adds to the debate.

[datasuspect]

24. debate?

there isn't anything that happens here that even comes close to actual debate.

[Sherman A1]

26. Oh, well....

bye.

[LanternWaste]

32. After reading "TV = Stupid", I tend to agree with that statement.

"there isn't anything that happens here that even comes close to actual debate..."


After reading "TV = Stupid", I tend to agree with that statement.

[Stinky The Clown]

11. Can you get game shows on turkeys?

How is buying a tv "stupid?"

[datasuspect]

13. because watching tv is stupid. watching tv makes a person stupid

period.

STUPID STUPID STUPID.

completely passive activity. results in brainwashing. complete waste of time that accomplishes ZERO.

[Niceguy1]

27. I take it that your don't watch tv?

I guess that blows your whole theory out of the water.

I don't think absence of a tv made a difference in your case lol.

[datasuspect]

30. bruh . . .

I am human DOing, not a human BEing.

try again francis.

[randome]

12. Like this?

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[datasuspect]

14. exactly

[Orrex]

22. How do they hold up in fowl weather?

[randome]

29. Oh, God, that was a good one!

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[TheDebbieDee]

16. Your post expresses thoughts that are completely from left field.........

I lol'd.

[datasuspect]

17. i don't watch tv

unless i visit people.

almost every house i seem to go to, they seem to have one on.

but it largely depends on social class: self-actualized, intelligent people and very wealthy people don't often sit in front of the tv drooling. nor is there one CONSTANTLY on, even when guests are present.

your average run-of-the-mill workerbot or cube drone - not so much.

[Orrex]

25. It's nice that we have so many ways to feel superior

It's great to be alive in this age of smug, on-demand self-satisfaction.

[datasuspect]

31. well sir

it is mighty lonely at the top.

[Orrex]

33. I saw a special about that on the teevee.

[Chan790]

18. Indeed.

When I grew up we went to the theater if we wanted entertainment to watch the live action entertainment and throw tomatoes at the bad actors. Huzzah! Great fun. Of course you couldn't go out with turkeys on your feet, you'd look like a fool. You need an onion for your belt.

[pipi_k]

15. Yep...

Really love the "Ultimately we did the right thing" comment, like they couldn't have done this from the start?

that one made me laugh.

Like they only do the right thing when they're actually forced to...

[randome]

20. If she was dumb enough to say she broke it, I can understand some mid-level employee...

...saying 'Sorry, not our fault.'

Of course a truly reputable company would replace it no questions asked. But she probably put a wrench in the works when she said it was her fault.

"...cracked coming out of the box..." is the key phrase.

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[HillWilliam]

21. It has often been said that Americans will do the right thing

AFTER they've tried everything else.

[Javaman]

19. I'm not clear as to why she wasn't able to return it?

if it was cracked out of the box, whouldn't that be enough?

[Drale]

28. I had a problem like this when I bought by first PS2

it didn't work out of the box but I took it back to Best Buy and they had no problem exchanging it for another one. I don't know if it was a manufacturing defect or it was dropped in the warehouse or something but it didn't work when I took it out of the box.

[angstlessk]

34. We bought a flat screen from WalMart and TWO came broken (screen cracked)

and WalMart had no problem with taking them back and replacing them FREE of charge to us...they were delivered and not picked up...

So I am not sure why this woman had a problem, except she said she caused the crack...