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Is Best Buy right in not honoring $9.99 big-screen TV offer?

Posted Aug 13th 2009 2:27PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: HDTV, Reality-Free

Is Best Buy just using good business sense or are they being mean?

Yesterday their web site listed a 52-inch Samsung HDTV for only $9.99. That's three dollars off of the regular $12.99 price! Well, no, it's actually $1600.00 off of the regular price. It was a typo, obviously, but several people did order the TV at that price (some even ordered two) before it was taken down. But Best Buy says it's not going to let those orders stand.

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From 1961: the new exciting world of remote controls

Posted May 28th 2009 10:10AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Video, Commercials, Reality-Free

I dropped my remote control last night (actually, one of four that I have on my coffee table for various electronics), and it got me thinking about the remote controls we had when I was a kid. We didn't have one, that is, at least not for the big Magnavox cabinet TV (a real piece of furniture), nor the Sony Trinitron after that (so futuristic because it had separate push buttons for each channel!).

Here's an RCA ad from 1961 for a remote. I'd rather have this than the confusing mess I have now. Love the opening special effects with the glittery star thing. And what the heck is that next to the TV, a hookah?

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Is Best Buy right in not honoring $9.99 big-screen TV offer?