{"id":290537,"date":"2010-02-07T13:00:19","date_gmt":"2010-02-07T18:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"tag:consumerist.com,2010:\/\/1.10001494"},"modified":"2010-02-07T05:35:36","modified_gmt":"2010-02-07T10:35:36","slug":"best-buy-sells-shattered-tv-in-time-for-super-bowl-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/290537","title":{"rendered":"Best Buy Sells Shattered TV In Time For Super Bowl Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/assets_c\/2010\/02\/tv-thumb-133x100-36750.jpg\">         <\/p>\n<p>On this, the holiest of all American TV-watching days, we&#8217;d like to share with you the horrific story of a Florida family whose Super Bowl viewing party will be a lot less intense than they had planned. The new, expensive HDTV they purchased from Best Buy was somehow shattered inside its box, and the retailer claims that it&#8217;s the family&#8217;s fault.<\/p>\n<p>A Best Buy employee loaded the box in their vehicle, and they brought the TV home only to discover that its beautiful 50-inch screen was destroyed. The family says that Best Buy blames them for the damage, and they have now filed in small claims court.<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstcoastnews.com\/news\/local\/news-article.aspx?storyid=151678&#038;provider=rss\">Family&#8217;s New Big Screen Television In Pieces<\/a> [First Coast News] <em>(Thanks, Justin!)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><object id=\"flashObj\" width=\"486\" height=\"412\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f9\/35104629001?isVid=1&#038;publisherID=35067928001\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"flashVars\" value=\"omnitureAccountID=gntbcstwtlv,gntbcstglobal&#038;pageContentCategory=video&#038;pageContentSubcategory=&#038;marketName=Jacksonville, FL:wtlvwjxx&#038;revSciSeg=J06575_10057|J06575_10254|J06575_10290|J06575_10300|J06575_10384|J06575_10395|J06575_10396|D08734_70115|D08734_70120|D08734_70121|D08734_70620|D08734_70091|D08734_70093|D08734_70106|D08734_70009|D08734_70019|D08734_70043|D08734_70045|D08734_70071|J06575_10541|D08734_70623|D08734_70629|D08734_70665|D08734_70667|D08734_70672|D08734_70685|D08734_70694|D08734_70695|D08734_70696|J06575_50133|J06575_50056|J06575_50353|J06575_50359|J06575_50366|J06575_50367|J06575_50376|J06575_50507|J06575_50532&#038;revSciZip=&#038;revSciAge=&#038;revSciGender=&#038;division=Broadcast&#038;SSTSCode=video.firstcoastnews.com&#038;videoId=65098501001&#038;playerID=35104629001&#038;domain=embed&#038;\" \/><param name=\"base\" value=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\" \/><param name=\"seamlesstabbing\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"swLiveConnect\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f9\/35104629001?isVid=1&#038;publisherID=35067928001\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" flashVars=\"omnitureAccountID=gntbcstwtlv,gntbcstglobal&#038;pageContentCategory=video&#038;pageContentSubcategory=&#038;marketName=Jacksonville, FL:wtlvwjxx&#038;revSciSeg=J06575_10057|J06575_10254|J06575_10290|J06575_10300|J06575_10384|J06575_10395|J06575_10396|D08734_70115|D08734_70120|D08734_70121|D08734_70620|D08734_70091|D08734_70093|D08734_70106|D08734_70009|D08734_70019|D08734_70043|D08734_70045|D08734_70071|J06575_10541|D08734_70623|D08734_70629|D08734_70665|D08734_70667|D08734_70672|D08734_70685|D08734_70694|D08734_70695|D08734_70696|J06575_50133|J06575_50056|J06575_50353|J06575_50359|J06575_50366|J06575_50367|J06575_50376|J06575_50507|J06575_50532&#038;revSciZip=&#038;revSciAge=&#038;revSciGender=&#038;division=Broadcast&#038;SSTSCode=video.firstcoastnews.com&#038;videoId=65098501001&#038;playerID=35104629001&#038;domain=embed&#038;\" base=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\" name=\"flashObj\" width=\"486\" height=\"412\" seamlesstabbing=\"false\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" swLiveConnect=\"true\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/shockwave\/download\/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this, the holiest of all American TV-watching days, we&#8217;d like to share with you the horrific story of a Florida family whose Super Bowl viewing party will be a lot less intense than they had planned. 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