[quote9b5074cc35="hairyferry"]Yeah, I'm looking for a 60 to 70 inch 1080p. I'm looking for Sony or a Sammy DLP, when I was searching through threads I saw someone say that http//www.crazy4digital.com was one that they went to or were going to.[/quote9b5074cc35]
Well, beware that vendor is one of those I spoke about. ;) You can identify them pretty easily outside of their mysteriously low prices, they all have almost the exact same web templates. When I was shopping around for my SXRD it looked like all these sites were owned by the same company. They all had virtually the same verbiage, layouts, and very similar pricing.
And nearly all of them liclaimli to be authorized dealers, but seldom are. You can verify if a dealer is authorized by going to the factory website (Sony, Yamaha, etc.) and most will have an authorized dealer search function.
Now you may go with one of these dealers and have a great experience -- some folks do. Maybe they'll actually ship without delay or without ripping you off, and maybe you never need warranty coverage. However when I'm looking to invest THAT much money, I don't take chances.
However I did go with an unauthorized Yamaha dealer (
Electronics HQ[=http//www.ehqonline.com]Electronics HQ) when I bought my Yamaha RX-V2600 receiver. When I e-mailed them, they were up-front about not being authorized, and in place of the factory warranty they gave me a written warranty of their own, where if the unit failed THEY would replace it themselves. Since authorized dealers wanted $1200-$1400 for it and this place sold it shipped for like $897, I decided to risk it. They shipped quickly, were very responsive and polite with my questions, and I haven't had to test their warranty coverage yet. ) But for something like a big-screen TV, I wouldn't take that much risk myself.
At least before you do business with any of these questionable dealers, check them out on resellerratings.com, PriceGrabber.com reviews, etc. to see what sort of complaints are out there.