# Want a big flat panel TV? Here's an "open box" deal on a 103" set for $ 43,000 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 12, 2009, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-a-big-flat-panel-tv-heres-an-open-box-deal-on-a-103-set-for-43-000/485505 "2009-02-12T07:57:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-a-big-flat-panel-tv-heres-an-open-box-deal-on-a-103-set-for-43-000/485505/1 "2009-02-12T07:57:28Z")
[Panasonic TH-103PF9UK 103" 1080p Flat Panel Plasma HDTV SKU: PANTH103PF9UK - Dsplay Model On Sale Now! -QTY 1: ONLY 1 LEFT](http://www.6ave.com/shop/Product.aspx?sku=PANTH103PF9UK) ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-a-big-flat-panel-tv-heres-an-open-box-deal-on-a-103-set-for-43-000/485505/2 "2009-02-12T19:47:06Z")
How about if I just buy 2 50" plasmas? ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-a-big-flat-panel-tv-heres-an-open-box-deal-on-a-103-set-for-43-000/485505/3 "2009-02-12T20:17:13Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > How about if I just buy 2 50" plasmas? You’d have to buy four of them. If they’re still using diagonal measurements, that 103" is from corner to corner. Course, four TVs working together would still be about half as cheap as that. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-a-big-flat-panel-tv-heres-an-open-box-deal-on-a-103-set-for-43-000/485505/4 "2009-02-12T21:05:56Z")
Not even: [How about $1300 each?](http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-FPT5084-50-Inch-1080p-Plasma/dp/B000R1E59O) That’s $5200 for 4. Helluva a bargain vs one 103" set for $43,000! ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-a-big-flat-panel-tv-heres-an-open-box-deal-on-a-103-set-for-43-000/485505/5 "2009-02-12T21:31:03Z")
It weighs 485lbs. What is the shipping on something like that going to be?! ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-a-big-flat-panel-tv-heres-an-open-box-deal-on-a-103-set-for-43-000/485505/6 "2009-02-12T21:39:29Z")
50 Cent don’t care about no shipping fees. You gotta wonder what the markup on that thing was, and if they even had one in stock or would just drop-ship it from a warehouse somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-a-big-flat-panel-tv-heres-an-open-box-deal-on-a-103-set-for-43-000/485505/7 "2009-02-13T20:50:06Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > 50 Cent don’t care about no shipping fees. > > You gotta wonder what the markup on that thing was, and if they even had one in stock or would just drop-ship it from a warehouse somewhere. It’s so out there as a technology demonstration I’d almost bet the manuf is barely breaking even or losing money on each sale. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-a-big-flat-panel-tv-heres-an-open-box-deal-on-a-103-set-for-43-000/485505/8 "2009-02-13T20:52:26Z")
Meh, not even nine feet.