and on top of that, there is NO CABLES ATTACHED to the tv''s
Watch this shopper 'accidentally' destroy four brand new smart TVs, causing $6000 worth of damage
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and on top of that, there is NO CABLES ATTACHED to the tv''s
Trillionsin
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Weak setup, poor placement, bad decision on store. I really hope this is either fake, or that they didnt charge the customer a penny for this. Store failed on this setup, BIG TIME.
Trillionsin
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Yes, lets put the most expensive TVs right in front of the door, no cables or anything, dont worry nobody will be tempted to steal them, or BREAK them. I vote STAGED!
Trillionsin
Posts: 1,910 +488
Do you really consider these TVs to be large? Like... if I'm moving a SAFE, an ATM/SAFE which I have helped with TWICE. I would definitly move out of the way. Upon loading it, the guy told me Safe Moving 101, if it starts to fall, just get out of the way as quickly as possible, because that's what everyone else will be doing when a few hundred, possibly thousand pounds of metal is falling torward them.
I would try to stop a TV with my body. If possible. Either way, this is staged, and sorry for posting three times in a row TS!
Master Yeti
Posts: 14 +12
While everybody is looking at the guy trying to "turn that TV on", his partner in crime is actually stealing way more expensive things.
It was staged, or he did it on purpose. When the two sets in front fall he steps back, reaches behind him and pushes the two there over. Whatever the case it did NOT look to be accidental.
The store would not be able to charge the customer in any way unless they can show the customer had intent to damage on purpose or was grossly at fault by their actions. Stores carry insurance for these situations, if they don't have the insurance it's their fault, not the customer's. Plus if a judge saw how they were stacked like that, he would laugh, pound the gavel then laugh some more and tell the customer to go home.
Why is he looking at the bottom bezzle?
There's nothing there to look at.
There's nothing there to look at.
Fire the manager for setting this up. Maybe he thought it would bring customers into his store by the free publicity. I also think the TV's facing each other didn't make sense. What normal thinking person would put expensive electronics at the door for anyone to snatch and run off with?
90% of the time it's going to be the customer's fault and they should be billed the FULL amount for any damages. But in this case. only a complete ***** would have put those TV's on stands that a breeze could have knocked over, not to mention stacking them "domino fashion" which is one of the BIGGEST sins in merchandise placement. The store should bear the full financial liability and the manager is personally responsible.
Once cables are attached to a TV in the UK, you MUST pay the yearly television licensing fee (£145.50 for colour). It doesn't matter if the set's sold or on display.
slamscaper
Posts: 278 +85
No way that is real. Period.
Regardless of the stupid customer(s) This was entirely the fault of the store. Proper display management would never have made for such a stupid imbecilic display. I speak from good authority as the manager of the largest most-expensive TV Store in America, which at one time was located in Haltom City Texas. Curtis Mathes was "the most expensive TV in the world and DARN WELL WORTH IT." and my store held 65,000 in display merchandise when the 27"RCA had not yet been invented. Our TV were fimly displayed on double deck risers. Our huge combo units which were as tall as 6 ft and contained up to 18 speakers had two lag bolts which anchored the unit to the floor. Our wall rack of movable shelves for Stereo componenets had a mounting screw underneath that locked the shelf in place and 2 chassis mount screws that locked it to the shelf.
Even a deliberate attack would have had trouble.
PLUG: Here is a late slap on the back to #44 Chuck Foreman who supported efforts for the orphans of Central Minnesota and for the great job of community support that he organized through Curtis Mathes back in their day. I wish their wer more like him.
Even a deliberate attack would have had trouble.
PLUG: Here is a late slap on the back to #44 Chuck Foreman who supported efforts for the orphans of Central Minnesota and for the great job of community support that he organized through Curtis Mathes back in their day. I wish their wer more like him.
Your comment is the first one that I agree with partially. I would take it a step further to say that this was a planned social media viral event. Everyone there looks like they are acting. Including the employee grabbing his head in "utter shock".
Here is the thing that I am surprised no one mentioned, who would place $6000 worth of TV's in the front entrance way of the store that is impeding traffic from coming in and going out. Not to mention the security risk of having someone pick them up and walk out with the.
This just looks like it was done for publicity of the store.
Here is the thing that I am surprised no one mentioned, who would place $6000 worth of TV's in the front entrance way of the store that is impeding traffic from coming in and going out. Not to mention the security risk of having someone pick them up and walk out with the.
This just looks like it was done for publicity of the store.
A few things wrong with this. I would not have set up the display that close together. For one, with how low they sit, somebody will have to bend down to look. The odds of bumping a TV in the back or the front in such a tight space are high enough to not risk the thousands of dollars of damage. Those stands should have been diverted further apart. In addition, definitely should have put up bigger, taller stands.And even if those TVs were adequately assembled right, they still should have some additional support to keep them stable.One place I know of has rigs for their TV mounts that wraps down on the mounts and anchors them to the base of what they sit in. Easy to anchor, strong enough to hold some of the biggest TVs down.And in looking at that video, I do not see any promotional information on the TVs. Those look like transparent stands with TVs fresh out of the box and set up. Where's the pricing and spec information? Will someone just look, ask for details, and an associate will know everything about those TVs?
Fobus
Posts: 127 +103
Those TVs don't even have price or spec information on them. Not connected, not turned on, no wall separating the units. It doesn't even look like TVs are attached to stands at all. And the dude pushes second set of TVs with his hand. Not to mention awkward placement of them. Most likely faked.
The store needs a new display person. Merchandise is of an expensive kind. By the door , unsecured, and stacked right next to each other. That allows the customer to cause the knock over.
I don't know if this was fake or not....BUT, the TVs are not setup properly. They slip out of their stands. The stands are supposed to be screwed into the TVs. If the TV's flip, their stands should have gone with them. So, at a minimum, the person who setup the TVs was negligent. I am not discounting that the whole thing was staged.
Magic Rat
Posts: 10 +3
That instantly caught my eye as well. Blatantly obvious it is a setup to get the shop free (surely returned as damaged merchandise covered by insurance) publicity. I say free because of all the above mentioned circumstances: no stand, stupid arrangement, *****ic display location, yada,yada,yada. I have one of the new Samsung TV's with the color dot (or whatever) screens and it is mindblowingly brilliant. HD blueray movies are amazing. Even the upscaled 1080p is incomparable to any TV I have ever watched. It makes the 480p ESPN insists on using to broadcasting football games unbearable to watch. Sorry, didn't mean for this to turn into a Samsung commercial. I'll just show myself out now.
Absolutely fake, and the biggest clue of all is that the youtube video's comment section is disabled because they don't want you talking about it. It takes quite a bit a strength to push the first tv forward, and backing up was a fake and unnatural response, and you can even see his left hand giving some extra nudge to the tvs he backed into.
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