My daughter just broke our brand new TV

CraigV · **Posted:** Tue Mar 06, 2012 5:17 pm

Yep, you read right – less than 2 months old, 60” Panasonic plasma my wife & I got each other as a 25th wedding anniversary gift. Playing around with a toy, which made a loud sound, which in turn startled her, so she hurled it across the room, and cracked the screen. $1k right out the ____ing window.

Timelord · **Posted:** Tue Mar 06, 2012 6:47 pm

I just did the tech-geek version of the groin guard... OUCH!

Dude... I don't suppose you bought the extra-anything-happens-we-replace-it warranty?

CraigV · **Posted:** Tue Mar 06, 2012 7:01 pm

Timelord wrote:

I just did the tech-geek version of the groin guard... OUCH!

Dude... I don't suppose you bought the extra-anything-happens-we-replace-it warranty?

Nope. I'm absolutely beside myself. I have no idea what to do. Our home-owners deductable is as much as replacing the TV. ](*,)

Scorpiuscat · **Posted:** Tue Mar 06, 2012 7:07 pm

Doh!!!

Well, think of it this way.....years from now, you and your wife will have a fun teasing your daughter about it.....everyone will get a great laugh......not that this will help right now...now is just plain sucky :cry:

mikeymike · **Joined:** Mon Mar 24, 2008 12:05 pm **Posts:** 2032

/me pre-emptively hugs my computer due to my sister-in-law's family coming to stay this summer for a couple of weeks!

Timelord · **Posted:** Wed Mar 07, 2012 6:43 am

A gift worth giving is worth giving twice?

Man... You know what you need to do.. Make yourself a "This is my/our room" no kids allowed!
I have a crappy 13" color TV laying around here somewhere your daughter can have. :lol:

Mikey... I'd lock that thing up in the attic or something before they get there!

CraigV · **Posted:** Thu Mar 08, 2012 5:57 am

Timelord wrote:

A gift worth giving is worth giving twice?

That’s just it though – Financially, we’re struggling. My wife’s parents have been more than generous helping out with our bill payments, and when they discovered we had bought the TV with some of our tax refund $, they were pissed, and have every right to be. Our insurance deductible is about the same as the cost of a new set. I just feel sick in my heart every time I think about it.

mikeymike · **Joined:** Mon Mar 24, 2008 12:05 pm **Posts:** 2032

No chance of getting it repaired?

CraigV · **Posted:** Thu Mar 08, 2012 5:54 pm

mikeymike wrote:

No chance of getting it repaired?

More than the cost of new :crybaby:

Scorpiuscat · **Posted:** Thu Mar 08, 2012 7:24 pm

Is it still under warranty?

Maybe you can claim that it just cracked for no reason, so logically the glass on the screen must have been under some sort of tortional stress due to a manufacturing defect and thus needs to be repaired under warranty. :^o

Maybe?

mikeymike · **Joined:** Mon Mar 24, 2008 12:05 pm **Posts:** 2032

CraigV wrote:

mikeymike wrote:

No chance of getting it repaired?

More than the cost of new :crybaby:

What, every local repair company has said that?

CraigV · **Posted:** Fri Mar 09, 2012 5:54 am

I already called Panasonic and told them what happened, I have to be honest about these things. And everything I’ve read suggests the repair is too costly.

mikeymike · **Joined:** Mon Mar 24, 2008 12:05 pm **Posts:** 2032

Achieve fame on the Internet by starting a donation scheme and encourage everyone who feels your pain to each do a small bit to pay for the cost of replacement?

You might want to invest a bit more after that by having some sort of cupboard/enclosure to protect it while it isn't being used

mikeymike · **Joined:** Mon Mar 24, 2008 12:05 pm **Posts:** 2032

Timelord wrote:

Mikey... I'd lock that thing up in the attic or something before they get there!

I'm dreading it. Last summer (or the one before?) we have another sister-in-law's family over, well, the mum and three kids (the kids aged between 12 and 3 IIRC). In a bungalow designed/sized for people to retire in. There basically wasn't enough room for the kids to be kids, and the garden isn't big enough either, and the two older kids were in that "everything sucks" phase.

This time it's going to be two parents with two kids aged between 2 and 5 I think. The stupid thing is that my parents have a neighbour who just owns the house over the road from them (which is about 5 minutes' walk from us) but uses it as a holiday home, and they would probably let us borrow it for a couple of weeks. I've tried to convince my wife that this is a much better idea but she's not having any of it.

Preparing for two weeks of hell...

fritzthefox · **Joined:** Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:54 am **Posts:** 56

My autistic son did this to both an LCD TV and a monitor within about a month of each other. I have since invested in a screen protector for the TV he uses. They are essentially thin sheets of optical grade plexiglass. Various companies make them, they are easy to attach and relatively inexpensive if you can find the right vendor. Keep an eye on Amazon for sales. (A 60" inch one would still cost you a couple hundred bucks, probably. But if you have small children, its probably worth it.) Here's one vendor: http://tv-protector.com/

Sorry to hear about your TV.

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