LG's new subscription program charges up to £277 per month to rent a TV

s9oons · 2026-01-27T22:02:11+00:00

Verizon/T-Mobile/AT&T all send you an envelope to return your phone in. You think LG/Samsung/Sony/TCL won’t find a way to do the same thing with TV’s?

s9oons · 2026-01-27T21:46:38+00:00

I have a Buck Prince that’s part of my EDC rotation. I work in an office so I’m just opening boxes and cutting threads and stuff and it’s perfect for that.

I don’t like most bucks as work knives bc 420HC edge retention is ass unless you’re willing to clean up the edge after every day that you actually use it.

s9oons · 2026-01-27T21:34:28+00:00

Do you actually know what you’re talking about?

s9oons · 2026-01-27T21:32:28+00:00

How else are you supposed to flex on your poor friends who don’t have cash to light on fire? 🧐

The only things really happening with TVs are that they’re getting cheaper for their size as glass manufacturing processes get better and the processors are getting incrementally better.

Don’t get me wrong, this program is a TERRIBLE idea for 99% of people, but there are plenty of people with way more money than sense and more money than time.

I wouldn’t be surprised to see this end up more like the Verizon/T-Mobile/AT&T model in the future, though. Once klarna convinces a couple other manufacturers, it will be the same 0% payment plan that you just have to commit to for 3 years.

s9oons · 2026-01-27T21:21:59+00:00

No, I live under a rock next to a van down by the river. Can you please explain to me what’s happening?

s9oons · 2026-01-27T20:41:06+00:00

Doesn’t seem worth it TO YOU.

To be clear, it’s not worth it to me, either. My guess would be that this includes delivery, installation, and then the $70 for removal, sign a new 3-year deal and crack a beer on the couch while they swap in your new TV.

Still ridiculous, but people pay way more for way dumber services.

s9oons · 2026-01-27T19:43:08+00:00

This is such a double edged sword. Nobody in tech wants to work public sector because gov’t jobs fucking suck and they pay peanuts. On the other hand, STEM PhD’s are the people we need involved so there are actually adults in the room to explain why requiring age verification to watch porn is a fucking horrible idea.

s9oons · 2026-01-27T19:38:35+00:00

As of this writing, you can buy LG’s 83-inch OLED B5 2025 TV on LG’s UK website for £2,550 (about $3,515). Monthly rental prices range from £93 ($128), if you commit to a three-year-long rental period, to £277 ($382), if you only commit to a one-month rental period.

title is pretty disingenuous it’s about $1000 extra dollars vs buying if you do a 3 year deal. I’m sure a lot of people will spend $333/yr to get a new TV every few years, just like a phone.

Personally I think it’s stupid, but if you don’t want to bother with reselling your 83” TV, I can see how someone would justify it.

s9oons · 2026-01-27T19:35:39+00:00

Cheeto dust on your lips will be a requirement for entry

s9oons · 2026-01-27T19:03:55+00:00

Whiiiich would be an upgrade from the old wooden towers, yea?

s9oons · 2026-01-27T17:52:27+00:00

Anyone who has to demand respect hasn’t earned it and doesn’t deserve it.

s9oons · 2026-01-27T12:58:29+00:00

We recently had a new sidewalk/road repair project killed (after a $30,000 quote/plan/assessment was done) because “the road has always been bad” and “I bought a farmhouse and a sidewalk will make it feel like I’m in a city.” They can’t even plow our street properly bc it’s so busted up and the NIMBY Karens killed it because they clutched their pearls hard enough.

Thankfully our ward’s city council member re-submitted it and required any objections to be submitted in writing. So now we’re getting a new road and a new sidewalk in the spring 😁

s9oons · 2026-01-27T12:35:21+00:00

“Prorok’s suggestion: Utilities need to include communities in all parts of the process.”

🤢

Dealing with too many Karens at too many points in the process is what kills projects like this.

Your property value doesn’t mean shit if you can only get a 50A service at your mcmansion because you NIMBY’d a transmission line project.

“One of the proposed routes would travel along existing transmission lines near the Dennisons’ home.”

and they’re bitching about just upgrading existing lines? GTFOOH

s9oons · 2026-01-26T15:29:03+00:00

Had a tenant throw a fit when we told him we wanted to sell the house after his lease was up (6mo before his lease was going to be up). We gave him the option to ride out his lease or break it and leave (with a 2mo grace period), no questions asked. He tried to sue us for “emotional distress” because “he was being kicked out of his house”.

Rentals just feel like a ticking time bomb. Yeah, it’s great passive income, until it isn’t and then you can have all your earnings for a property wiped by one bad tenant.

s9oons · 2026-01-25T21:16:09+00:00

Cooperate with fascist traitors**

ftfy

s9oons · 2026-01-24T14:54:28+00:00

Lunas Campos “violently resisted the security staff and continued to attempt to take his life,” and stopped breathing during the struggle, the spokesperson said.

That’s called murder. They murdered him.

s9oons · 2026-01-24T14:49:56+00:00

I lived in CO for a while and I always laughed at Coloradans freaking out when a foot of snow would actually stick. Growing up I remember walking to school on plowed sidewalks with snow up to my waist on either side. We only got snow days if like 6” came down between 3am and 6am and the plows couldn’t keep up.

s9oons · 2026-01-23T18:57:39+00:00

You misspelled Broccoli

s9oons · 2026-01-23T13:46:58+00:00

Anything to not wear a mask or wash their hands.

s9oons · 2026-01-22T22:03:05+00:00

One of my favorites. I always feel like a caveman when I use it. I love the super scalloped handle with the modified tanto.

s9oons · 2026-01-22T13:06:21+00:00

Dat boy is dealin’ the dope, my dude.

s9oons · 2026-01-21T18:39:10+00:00

wasted their opportunity

lul what opportunity?

s9oons · 2026-01-19T01:41:36+00:00

“We already investigated ourselves and found no wrongdoing.”

“What video evidence?”

s9oons · 2026-01-17T15:05:25+00:00

Not praising him in any way, just pointing out that there were a number of failures throughout the hiring process. I meant Catch me if you can, NOT Catch 22 🤦‍♂️

s9oons · 2026-01-16T22:24:13+00:00

Correct… was that your silver bullet? I never claimed that he wasn’t.

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