I was offered this by a guy who I met in the Local while having a meal. I knew him to talk to on the street, but had never known what he does for a living. It appears that he works for a company that supplies a lot of Audio/Video/PC/Device stuff and they were having a Warehouse clearance. They offer the stuff on a protected webpage to employees first, before almost giving it away to those companies/vultures who buy up shed-loads of it and sell it on. He wanted £75 and I laughed, then £50 and I tittered a bit, offered £40 and he bit. After going to see it, still wrapped in box, factory sealed, I unboxed it there and asked to plug it in to his system for a play. It was fine: I know it’s at least 3 years ‘behind the curve’ but it will suit my No. 2 gson for birthday in a few days. Quite a nice setup: LED & IPS, 1920 x 1080 Full HD, 2x HDMI inputs, VGA. Plenty of adjustments to select colours, etc, to taste.
Only found on a USA site of Cnet: http://tinyurl.com/yauhl87u
Did I get a good deal? Obviously been sat on a shelf for some time, no marks on box and sealed as I say.
Gson has a problem now: either he satisfies dad that he has cleaned, de-gunged and tidied his room, or he doesn’t get the monitor. Sounds cruel? Dad, granddad and sister have been telling him for at least 4 years. I have emphasized to him that I will not budge on this: room really is disgusting. In all other ways, he is a grand lad, will do anything for us, but when I say that he is 100% worse than his dad was at home with us, believe me that is Black Museum territory.
When the Thought Police arrive at your door, think -
I'm out.
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