Too Cheap DVD player?

MrNightly
MrNightly Posts: 3,370
edited November 2005 in Electronics
Since i don't have a fancy-smancy HDTV yet, i want to pick up something rather cheap for a player. Is this something that will last at least a year for me?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Philips-DVP642-Region-Free-DVD-player-cheap-X-mas-Gift_W0QQitemZ5833609873QQcategoryZ50599QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

fairly cheap... Don't know enough about players to know if it will even work. :)

David
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  • jtgranby
    jtgranby Posts: 887
    edited November 2005
    My God look at the shipping. I would stay away from this seller. Shipping is way out of line.
    Jim
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited November 2005
    I noticed that as well. Thought it was a tad high ;) the price you pay for cheapo haha
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    Stuff...

    RTi12's - front
    CSi5 - center
    FXi3's - surrounds
    RTi4's - surrounds
    SVS PB12-NSD/2 - sub :D:D:D
    Denon 3805
    Rotel RB-985 5-Channel Amplifier

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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited November 2005
    target has black friday sales, Memorex dvd player for 29.99.. if you have a target near by
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  • michael_w
    michael_w Posts: 2,813
    edited November 2005
    You could get something in store a lot cheaper than that with shipping included...
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited November 2005
    faster100 wrote:
    target has black friday sales, Memorex dvd player for 29.99.. if you have a target near by

    Ahh the Black Friday gig... Should have thought about that. I will stop by one on my way home tonight. Memorex will do the trick eh? Tough to beat $29.99 and no shipping ;) Thanks for the head's up.
    Honoured to be, an original SOPA founding member
    Stuff...

    RTi12's - front
    CSi5 - center
    FXi3's - surrounds
    RTi4's - surrounds
    SVS PB12-NSD/2 - sub :D:D:D
    Denon 3805
    Rotel RB-985 5-Channel Amplifier

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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited November 2005
    michael_w wrote:
    You could get something in store a lot cheaper than that with shipping included...

    Ya, I dunno why, but i shy away from shopping at BB, CC, Wallyworld, or Target for anything other than DVD's, or games... I guess i should get over that fear. Thanks for the reminder.
    Honoured to be, an original SOPA founding member
    Stuff...

    RTi12's - front
    CSi5 - center
    FXi3's - surrounds
    RTi4's - surrounds
    SVS PB12-NSD/2 - sub :D:D:D
    Denon 3805
    Rotel RB-985 5-Channel Amplifier

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  • michael_w
    michael_w Posts: 2,813
    edited November 2005
    Just don't talk to any of the people there and you'll be fine ;) I don't know about you but I've yet to meet a big box store salesman that knew more about the product than what is printed on the side of the box.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,217
    edited November 2005
    jtgranby wrote:
    My God look at the shipping. I would stay away from this seller. Shipping is way out of line.
    Jim

    The reason usually is because e-bay charges their fee based on the selling price NOT including shipping. So many people have charged a low price for the item and made up for it by charging a very high price to ship. So if this item plus shipping averages what the item goes for generally then it's still a good deal. Just a different way of breaking down the cost. There are however exceptions to this practice and sometimes the items cost is high as well as the shipping.

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