New 75" TCL TVs for 16,800bht ......... and everyone whines about inflation.

[BritManToo]

So I was browsing the Lazada 4.4 sale and noticed this offer, 75 inch, 16k8.

Everyone keeps on going on about inflation, but last time I looked a 75 inch TV was around 35,000bht.

 

Obviously it might be junk but reviews are good, 3 year guarantee, Android Tv, free delivery.

Offer only on mobile app, still priced at 20k+ on website.

What could possibly go wrong?

[impulse]

I remember when a 386 computer with a few megs of RAM and a 20 meg hard drive set the company back $5,000.  Today, you couldn't even give that computer away.  Tech marching forward isn't deflation.

 

I also remember when I couldn't carry $20 worth of groceries, it would have been so heavy.  Today, I can easily carry $50 worth, though I'm older and weaker.  That's inflation.  The same products costing more.

 

Edit:  I also remember the first time it cost $15 to fill my $2,500 (new price) Pinto AND the boat that I was pulling with it.  Today, that would be $150 to fill the $25,000 Corolla and the portable 6 gallon gas cans for the boat that I can't pull with a Corolla.

 

[SAFETY FIRST]

I remember when a bar fine on walking street was 500 baht. 

 

A soi 6 short time was under 1000 baht. 

 

Pattaya cops would go home at midnight. 

 

 

[Photoguy21]

Would I be correct in thinking it is Chinese made? If so good luck should it go wrong at any time.

[JeffersLos]

5 minutes ago, Photoguy21 said:

Would I be correct in thinking it is Chinese made? If so good luck should it go wrong at any time.

 

Why, you can gets the parts needed at the 20 baht shop. 

[Guffman]

2 minutes ago, Photoguy21 said:

Would I be correct in thinking it is Chinese made? If so good luck should it go wrong at any time.

 

I have an old LCD tv from TCL that I bought in 2008. It still works perfectly. Never broke. I bought a newer one about 7 years ago. Never had a problem with it.

[impulse]

8 minutes ago, Photoguy21 said:

Would I be correct in thinking it is Chinese made? If so good luck should it go wrong at any time.

 

I'm looking at a 10+ year old TCL 40" model that hasn't given me a lick of trouble.  Bought it in Bangkok for work and brought it up here to China when I left Thailand.  It sat idle for 3 years during Covid and fired right up when I arrived.

 

Besides, I don't know if you can even find an affordable big screen that isn't made in China.  (Oops.  Just looked at the back of my 12+ year old 24" Toshiba and it was made in Indonesia.  My bad)

 

[Photoguy21]

1 minute ago, JeffersLos said:

 

Why, you can gets the parts needed at the 20 baht shop. 

Chinese products all look good and in fairness some things are pretty good but not everything

[scubascuba3]

My new TCL AC is excellent and based on that i almost bought a TCL refrigerator yesterday I didn't need. TCL seem to be undercutting the competition. I'd say buy the TV

[Will B Good]

The TV market is cut throat and innovations abound......as a consequence once the novelty value of an innovation has worn off deflation is the name of the game....hard to imagine what the next step-change might be.

[thaibeachlovers]

15 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Everyone keeps on going on about inflation, but last time I looked a 75 inch TV was around 35,000bht.

Inflation is more about tv sets.

 

I've noticed a big decrease in the amount of food I can buy for the same cost as last year.

[thaibeachlovers]

14 hours ago, Photoguy21 said:

Would I be correct in thinking it is Chinese made? If so good luck should it go wrong at any time.

LOL. Seems that just about everything we can buy in NZ now was made in China.

[thaibeachlovers]

14 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

I remember when a bar fine on walking street was 500 baht. 

Expensive. Cheaper on Soi 8. I remember when long time was 500 baht.

[SAFETY FIRST]

45 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Expensive. Cheaper on Soi 8. I remember when long time was 500 baht.

 

Some Soi 7 and soi 8 bars still have long time bar fine 500 baht. 

 

There are a few bars around town 300 baht long time but walking street has always been much, much more expensive, it's in the 1000's of baht long time bar fine in walking street these days.

 

[thaibeachlovers]

1 hour ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

 

Some Soi 7 and soi 8 bars still have long time bar fine 500 baht. 

 

There are a few bars around town 300 baht long time but walking street has always been much, much more expensive, it's in the 1000's of baht long time bar fine in walking street these days.

 

They have different prices for LT vs ST? Oh dear, how times change. It used to all be one price.

WS was always more expensive, so I rarely took away from there. I liked Super Baby Gogo though as had the best looking girls in Pattaya, but I never had a takeaway from there. Sadly it closed for good many years ago.

[0ffshore360]

Check what version of Android it runs.

Lazada was still knocking of  smaller models with Android 4.1 long after many apps would not update .

I know. I bought one. Had to resort to a peripheral box.

[Denim]

17 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

I remember when a bar fine on walking street was 500 baht. 

 

A soi 6 short time was under 1000 baht. 

 

Pattaya cops would go home at midnight. 

 

 

 

You mean it isn't any more ?

 

What is the world cumming to.

 

On the subject of televisions , our local BigC is selling off old stock Aconactic models. 40 inch smart TV for 5900. Tempted to get one for the bedroom.

 

But as others noted, 500 baht worth of groceries used to be heavy. Not any more.

[Will27]

17 hours ago, Photoguy21 said:

Would I be correct in thinking it is Chinese made? If so good luck should it go wrong at any time.

If it lasts as long as the guarantee, it owes him nothing at that price.

 

BTW, I've had Samsung and Sony Tv's die after 3 years.

[Asquith Production]

17 hours ago, Guffman said:

 

I have an old LCD tv from TCL that I bought in 2008. It still works perfectly. Never broke. I bought a newer one about 7 years ago. Never had a problem with it.

Had one for 2 years and no problem

[BritManToo]

31 minutes ago, 0ffshore360 said:

Check what version of Android it runs.

Lazada was still knocking of  smaller models with Android 4.1 long after many apps would not update .

I know. I bought one. Had to resort to a peripheral box.

It's Google TV version, so based on Android 11 or 12.

[sammieuk1]

I'm in the looking stage of a new 75 inch and Panasonic android/google standing out for me 25-35k half the price on my 6 year old 65 inch LG that's developing turning on and off +wifi issues 🤔

[KhunBENQ]

Chicken on the stick cost me 150 lately.

100 when I came to Thailand.

Most all food stuff even domestic has sharply increased.

Favorite Lindt chocolate was 84 in 2011. Villa puts a 140 price tag now.

Air dried French salami cost me 590 for 250 grams last month.

 

Enjoy cheap electronics and invest saved money in delicatessen.

[vinny41]

16 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said:

I'm in the looking stage of a new 75 inch and Panasonic android/google standing out for me 25-35k half the price on my 6 year old 65 inch LG that's developing turning on and off +wifi issues 🤔

I think you need to post your current LG model number there are many different types of TV and if you go by screen size alone you may end up with a new TV that has a worse picture quality than your 6 year old current model

[Henryford]

18 hours ago, Photoguy21 said:

Would I be correct in thinking it is Chinese made? If so good luck should it go wrong at any time.

 

TCL owned by the Chinese Government. Most of that money goes to fund the Chinese PLA.

[SAFETY FIRST]

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I liked Super Baby Gogo

I remember super baby, it was opposite carousel. 

 

Yes, the girls were a little too young. 

 

How good are these AN threads, discussing Agogo bars on a TCL postings 😂

 

[KhunBENQ]

10 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

How good are these AN threads, discussing Agogo bars on a TCL postings 

 

Inflation hits everywhere 😁

[Caiman]

New "budget" TV's are being made as cheap as possible with egg carton quality plastic, purchased a 32" for the bedroom. Similar model from 2 years ago weighs twice as much and just feels much stronger. The new ones wouldn't take much to fold in half!

[mania]

They are just as cheap at Walmart  in USA 75" runs $448 / 16,461 Thai Baht

[gomangosteen]

Guess it's nationwide policy for Lotus? - recently they were selling their range of display TVs, sign said they'd been used for up to 3 months, full warranty and priced at around 60% full retail.

 

TVs. Wife won a LG 50" in a 100 baht raffle fundraiser for school sports trip, it was installed Monday this week. The hand-me-down effect - it replaced a 43" Samsung purchased in December which has now replaced a 32" Samsung that we have now given away. The electronic version of musical chairs (TVs).

[BritManToo]

59 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

I remember super baby, it was opposite carousel. 

Yes, the girls were a little too young. 

How good are these AN threads, discussing Agogo bars on a TCL postings 😂

I posted it more of an inflation/deflation thread than a TV thread, although it was the TV prices that got me going.

Just dug out my TV feet for my current 60" wall mounted LG, it cost 21kbht.

Thought it was a 65" ........ can't believe it was purchased in 2018, seems like yesterday, thought it was only 3 years old but in reality 6 years old.