The TV Update

I have a new TV sitting in my entertainment center. I did take my old heavy as hell 27" TV down 3 flights of stairs. I did carry my brand new 32" LCD HDTV up three flights of stairs and set it up my self. How did I come to change my mind - new information. Here is some of the stuff old dude didn't say that would have made yesterday much easier for him and I.

• Your TV is old. (I bought my TV 11/25/2006. It was a slimfit HDTV with a standard tube. Basically, it looked pretty and had all the bells and whistles but it was old technology.)
• For what you paid for this one, you could get a pretty cool new TV with much better technology.
  
• The new TV would be much lighter than this one and it can fit in your car.
• In other words, let me upgrade you.
  

So how did I find out all this new information? I drove myself to Best Buy this morning to pick out a TV and setup a delivery. I stood in line and waited way too long to find out how much I paid for the TV. Apparently, their stores and online systems don't actually communicate. So when I found out I had approximately $500 to spend, I went to look at new TVs. The helpful sales guy shows me TVs that fit my entertainment center but they are closer to $600 or $700. He shows me the 27" TVs which fit the budget but they are kinda small. So I head back to the 32" TVs. I ask "how soon can you deliver this?" "A couple of days." I give him the look. He asks "well, do you need us to set this up for you?" "No, I know how to do that." "Well you can just take that home." "Will it fit in my car?" " Yeah."

I need a minute. I walk around. Check out the smaller TVs and come back to the one I want. I can pick it up. I can get it up the stairs. I head back to customer service hoping they'll let me walk out with this new TV and forget about the monster that I have at home. No Deal. They can pick up the old one/deliver the new one on Tuesday or I can bring the old one back and walk out with the shiny new one. I'm a little heated but I want that new TV. Today. So I come back home and make it happen because...

• my girl is coming over for a sleepover tonight and I don't wanna watch movies on my laptop.
• the 24 special will be on TV on Sunday.
• I'm pretty sure my new HD-DVR is full.
• I refuse to pay Comcast for another day without being able to watch my cable.
• I want to go to the gym and have breakfast with Kismet on Tuesday instead of waiting on my TV.
• my mama told me I don't need a man to do anything.

So I pushed, pulled, dragged, rotated and whatever else it took to get that TV down my 3 flights of stairs and into my car. By my damn self. I may have bruised a knee and stubbed a toe but I got the job done. Best Buy has their lemon back and I have a new TV, with a new 4-year warranty. I didn't need a man, yours or one of my own, to get it done.