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18 years ago

I am looking to replace my outdated monitor with a flat screen.I have only Staples to choose from in my area(we are in the boonies for real) and will look at on line shopping. Who knows a good dependable and safe place to shop for them on line?? TY in advance,,

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fruitjarfla
18 years ago
Places to online shop. I have used Amazon and Ebay (buy it now) without problems. I compared one monitor advertised online by Staples - Hp W1907 - with Amazon and pricegrabber.com sources. Staples $240 versus the other two at $220. In that case, I would pay Staples the extra $20 if I could return it to the store within the warranty period. Staples seems to have most of the brands and would be a cleaner source for info if I had questions about the product.
owbist
18 years ago
Make and model may be as important - if not more so. Because if things go wrong you will be returning it to the maker or their representative rather than the store who might hang on to it before shipping it back. Mostly we never have to return things but there are instances when that becomes necessary.

Remember too that your old CRT monitor is a 5 X 4 screen but all the new 'widescreen' ones are 16 X 9 ratio. Just something to bear in mind as you look around.

I quite like Samsung and Acer these days, Acer seem to have improved a lot. I liked Viewsonic till my daughter had to return hers for repair. Took 10 weeks and three used replacements all older than her original monitor before she got a good monitor.
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caroline1947
Original Author
18 years ago
I called a gal I know who deals a lot in computer stuff. She had an Acer monitor a year old,for $50. All thats wrong with it is ONE pixel is red,in the upper left corner. I had to look hard to find it.On top of that, I bartered with her for a quilt top,(Im an avid quilter) so no cash out for it.Just traded her for a quilt top.WOOHOO!!! Thanks for the help though!
owbist
18 years ago
Oh, nice find. So now you are all set for a while then.

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