[Jigglybootch]

So I bought a monitor from Best Buy. I like it, but it has a single stuck pixel that's really bothering me. I can get the same monitor from Newegg for the same price I paid at Best Buy. So here's what I was considering...

I buy the monitor from Newegg in the hopes that there are zero stuck pixels. If so, I return the monitor to Best Buy and get my money back. If the Newegg monitor isn't any better, I just pack that one up and return it to Best Buy and get my money back.

The key with Newegg is that I can get no interest financing for a year. So if I buy it from Newegg and then return the other one to Best Buy, I get my money back and I get a year with no interest to pay off the monitor.

Sound reasonable?

 

[Arainach]

No. The only things worth getting into debt over are house, education, healthcare, and maybe vehicle. Nothing else.

 

[olblueyez]

Newegg may check the seerial number upon return, other than that WTH.

 

[Jigglybootch]

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Originally Posted by olblueyez /img/forum/go_quote.gif Newegg may check the seerial number upon return, other than that WTH.

I wouldn't be returning it to Newegg, though. I'd be returning it to Best Buy.

One thing I didn't mention is that I did spring for the warranty on the monitor from Best Buy, because apparently the model is being discontinued. But with the warranty, should anything go bad I can take it back and get a replacement. I bought the last one, though, and I don't know when Best Buy is going to be getting a new stock of monitors. That's the only reason I'm considering going to Newegg.

 

[Braver]

They check the serial number. So they don't have to deal with this kind of stuff.

 

[MCC]

Stuck pixels are very common- I'm happy that my new HP LP2475w only has 1. I don't think I've ever owned a device with a full size LCD that didn't have stuck/dead pixels.

 

[csommers]

Ehh isn't that fraud to switch items out like that? I mean sure its the same model....but...

 

[Jigglybootch]

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Originally Posted by csommers /img/forum/go_quote.gif Ehh isn't that fraud to switch items out like that? I mean sure its the same model....but...

If it is, I'm not really bothered by it.

Of course, you guys will probably think I'm insane when I say that the pixel in question is near the bottom right corner of the screen, just above the "AM/PM" in the Windows taskbar. It isn't in a place where it really causes an issue with anything, but it still really bothers me.

At this point I'm tempted to just take the monitor back, get a refund and go back to using my 20" Samsung (which has no stuck or dead pixels) and sit on the money.

 

[terrymx]

google on how to fix stuck pixel and try out some of the methods.

 

[Jigglybootch]

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Originally Posted by terrymx /img/forum/go_quote.gif google on how to fix stuck pixel and try out some of the methods.

Done and done. Didn't work. And for the record, the pixel is dead, not stuck.

 

[iriverdude]

Who cares if it's right at the edge in the corner?

 

[csommers]

Its up to you, but I've had monitors with 1-2 dead pixels before, and I know they are bothersome at first, but you won't notice them after a couple days.

 

[Jigglybootch]

I probably wouldn't care so much if it weren't for the fact that this is the first monitor where I've had a dead or stuck pixel. I suppose it's forutnate that the pixel in question is in a such an out of the way spot, but I still can't help but zero in on it everytime I look at the screen.

 

[malldian]

Take a deep breath, go outside and relax a bit ... just sayin

 

[gadgetman]

Why risk complicate your life (and waste money\time\reputation\etc) over a miniscule problem like this?