"I only need a new remote."

[Floyd R. Turbo]

A couple of years ago I bought a new TV for my exercise room. Last week the remote began malfunctioning. Yesterday I filed a claim with the extended warranty carrier. I explained the problem with the remote and the fact that the TV itself is working fine.

I later received an email from the warranty company that an e-gift card has been sent to my Amazon account for the full purchase price of the TV.

I entered an online chat with a representative at the company telling them that “I only need a new remote.” The response was, “We consider the matter closed, and no further action is necessary.”

Okay then!

[markie]

1. OK then!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

5. Yep!

[exboyfil]

2. Use $10-$15 for a universal remote

and pocket the rest. Probably pulling, shipping, and documenting a new remote costs more than just writing off the cost of the TV.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

6. Think you're right!

[Stuart G]

3. Once my remote when bad...50 years ago...Yes, it broke...SO

It was a Zenith TV with a remote..

So...Zenith had an office in the Chicago area where I live, and I went to complain.

The fellow who waited on me, (I think it was a headquarters building...looked at the thing for a while, (after I explained
the problem) went back in a room and got out a new remote and just handed it to me. He said something like this...
"Here is a new one, it should work just fine"..
..........I guess that is what happens when the company has HQ near you...Yes, Zenith TVs were a Chicago company.
..........I think they were made in a Chicago factory back in the late 60s..

..........Oh well, that is swell.............time to ..

[Floyd R. Turbo]

7. 👍🏻

[Stuart G]

9. Brand New. For Me.......Two Boxes...???

.....I asked the internet...& here is what it said,..............Well it wasn't SerE...but it must have been her friend "2BE"

...."What does two boxes mean in a text message?...Here is what 2BE said:

3 Answers. Texting is basically instant messaging for your phone. might be two smiley faces..." I think they sent you 2 emoticons and can not be displayed in your phone, therefore you only see 2 squares. Squares represent being peaceful, solid, and equal.

[SheltieLover]

4. Congrats!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

8. Thanks!

[marble falls]

10. Went to Sears in the seventies to get a new trigger that broke on a drill I borrowed ...

... there was a guy in front of me who's sliding stove top had shorted and caught fire.

All he wanted was the piece that had failed.

"That part isn't covered by warranty."
"Why not?"
"It never fails."
"But this one did."
"I see."
"Well, now I need a new one."
"That part isn't covered by warranty."
"Why not?"
"It never fails."
"But this one did."
"I see."
"Well, now I need a new one."
"That part isn't covered by warranty."
"Why not?"
"It never fails."
"But this one did."
"I see."
"Well, now I need a new one." ...

I don't remember the resolution, but the discussion is 'seared' in my memory.

[Stuart G]

11. I guess Sears is not Zenith..

about Zenith...found from my friend 2BE:

Zenith was the last well-known American made television brand, until it sold off shares to LG, a Korean company in 1995. LG owned 100 percent of Zenith by 1999, eventually putting 1,200 workers at Zenith’s Melrose Park facility out of a job.

[marble falls]

12. Both Chicago companies. Both fairly gone.

[Stuart G]

14. You got it...!! Yes.!!

...I once had an opportunity to buy Sears Stock...vs Wal. Mart?

I got lucky, I picked Walmart.

I once bought some stock in a company called....American Motors..it made Nash Ramblers..
That one ain't around no more...you win some, & lose some...

[Floyd R. Turbo]

13. Did it go to eleven?

[LakeArenal]

15. You can get remotes on Amazon

Once our cable co. GAVE us two.

But never a new tv. 🍀

[Floyd R. Turbo]

16. It's a FireTV so Amazon is it!

[MLAA]

17. Husband spilled cranberry juice in the remote.

I took it to cox cable store no paperwork or questions, they saw the old one in my hand and just handed me a new one.

My best TV story from a few years ago. TV broke early one evening. I had the discussion with myself about when to take it back to Best Buy. Get it over with go now. Wait till tomorrow you can watch TV in the bedroom. Go now won. So around 7pm I roll into Best Buy. Guy looks up the serial number and says wow, you bought the extended warranty and it expires today! Left with a new TV and a smile and saved $500.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

18. Wow!