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Romboy


Joined: 31 Mar 2007
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Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 3:38 am    Post subject: New HE Comission Rates  
For all you HE associates who do not know, my BC manager just showed this to me today. The new rates will be as follows (I believe they start this sunday[6/29]):

120hz TVs are no longer 5%, they will drop down to the 'Core' category. "As new TVs come out later in the year with new innovative features they will be added to the Advanced Category"

All Camcorders will drop to 1% except for the HD camcorders

All SLR Cameras will move from the 5% category to the 9% Category.

All Bluerays, HTIB and High-End Audio Components will be 5%.

Installation,accessorys,MRAs/SPPs, and of course MPAs will be 9%

As an added bonus the week of 6/29-7/5 there will be an extra 2% spiff on ALL LCD TVs. (I really do like selling plasmas though, but seems the industry is trying to do away with them...)

That's all I got so far
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Major Appliance


Joined: 09 Feb 2008
Posts: 1292
Location: Brand Central
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 4:22 am    Post subject:  
query: why do you prefer selling plasmas?

IMO they operate 'hotter' .. eating more power and causing more heat gain on my A/C, and are not as bright.
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Romboy


Joined: 31 Mar 2007
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Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 4:39 am    Post subject:  
They are an easier sell in my opinion. They are cheaper, produce more natural colors. They last just as long, and have no burn in, little glare and have a much faster response time and refresh rate (480hz)
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MastaShake1108


Joined: 11 Apr 2007
Posts: 317
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 5:28 am    Post subject:  
Romboy wrote:
They are an easier sell in my opinion. They are cheaper, produce more natural colors. They last just as long, and have no burn in, little glare and have a much faster response time and refresh rate (480hz)


OK...I'm pretty sure they have a shorter shelf life then LCDs....AND have burn in....
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Major Appliance


Joined: 09 Feb 2008
Posts: 1292
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Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 1:34 pm    Post subject:  
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They are an easier sell in my opinion. They are cheaper, produce more natural colors.


that part makes sense

from what I read, Sony dropped them entirely as LCDs have become more available/competeitive

I bought an out-of-box- clearance Sony Bravia 40" last summer and have been very happy with it... personally, I waited until the LCDs got more reasonably priced before I got one... I never liked the bad pixels issue and heat generated by plasmas.... but I'm a Fla native and things that generate more heat are BAD. LOL.
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Nofsdad


Joined: 06 Jul 2003
Posts: 6727
Location: Central CA
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 2:56 pm    Post subject:  
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allhandsabandonship


Joined: 28 Apr 2005
Posts: 1634
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 3:35 pm    Post subject: Re: New HE Comission Rates  
Romboy wrote:
For all you HE associates who do not know, my BC manager just showed this to me today. The new rates will be as follows (I believe they start this sunday[6/29]):



So how do you think these changes will affect your total compensation? I'm sure in their neverending concern for the welfare of employees they are making sure the salesperson gets a bigger slice of the pie.... Rolling Eyes
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Major Appliance


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Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 12:32 am    Post subject:  
great link Nofs -

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Because LCDs use florescent backlighting to produce images, they require substantially less power to operate than plasma TVs do. LCD displays consume about half the power that plasma displays consume.


that was a driving factor in my personal decision.
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RickFromTvs


Joined: 06 Feb 2008
Posts: 15
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 4:15 am    Post subject:  
MastaShake1108 wrote:
Romboy wrote:
They are an easier sell in my opinion. They are cheaper, produce more natural colors. They last just as long, and have no burn in, little glare and have a much faster response time and refresh rate (480hz)


OK...I'm pretty sure they have a shorter shelf life then LCDs....AND have burn in....


Shake, you sound like every unlearned customer that walks into HE. THe new plasmas last LONGER than current LCD, 40k hours longer, and burn in is a thing of the past, even if it does occurr, it can be erased. Also, the new Panny plasmas use no more power than comprable lcd's.
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MastaShake1108


Joined: 11 Apr 2007
Posts: 317
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 3:12 pm    Post subject:  
RickFromTvs wrote:
MastaShake1108 wrote:
Romboy wrote:
They are an easier sell in my opinion. They are cheaper, produce more natural colors. They last just as long, and have no burn in, little glare and have a much faster response time and refresh rate (480hz)


OK...I'm pretty sure they have a shorter shelf life then LCDs....AND have burn in....


Shake, you sound like every unlearned customer that walks into HE. THe new plasmas last LONGER than current LCD, 40k hours longer, and burn in is a thing of the past, even if it does occurr, it can be erased. Also, the new Panny plasmas use no more power than comprable lcd's.


Oh well, I'm sorry if I haven't worked in electronics in over a year. I'm a bit rusty.

Burn-in is a thing of the past? ....maybe they have burn-in reduction, right? They do that white out burn in process that I've seen on some of the tvs?
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rwarchol


Joined: 07 Feb 2008
Posts: 169
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:00 am    Post subject:  
RickFromTvs wrote:
MastaShake1108 wrote:
Romboy wrote:
They are an easier sell in my opinion. They are cheaper, produce more natural colors. They last just as long, and have no burn in, little glare and have a much faster response time and refresh rate (480hz)


OK...I'm pretty sure they have a shorter shelf life then LCDs....AND have burn in....


Shake, you sound like every unlearned customer that walks into HE. THe new plasmas last LONGER than current LCD, 40k hours longer, and burn in is a thing of the past, even if it does occurr, it can be erased. Also, the new Panny plasmas use no more power than comprable lcd's.


So the plasma's have a 100k hour bulb life?
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hopelessatsears


Joined: 04 Sep 2003
Posts: 115
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 4:51 am    Post subject:  
RickFromTvs wrote:
MastaShake1108 wrote:
Romboy wrote:
They are an easier sell in my opinion. They are cheaper, produce more natural colors. They last just as long, and have no burn in, little glare and have a much faster response time and refresh rate (480hz)


OK...I'm pretty sure they have a shorter shelf life then LCDs....AND have burn in....


Shake, you sound like every unlearned customer that walks into HE. THe new plasmas last LONGER than current LCD, 40k hours longer, and burn in is a thing of the past, even if it does occurr, it can be erased. Also, the new Panny plasmas use no more power than comprable lcd's.



Naughty! Problem here is most HE associates are as "unlearned" as the customers! Not really their fault because training is minimal and most time is spent on cleaning, restocking or resetting, which is endless. However they act as if they know the product and mislead the customers. I have always found it best to check my facts if I'm not sure.

So Rick, to save you some time I'll correct your inaccurate facts. Plasma TV's still have burn in however it has been minimized by image shift. If you "erase" burn in you decrease the life of the set. And the power consumption of the "Panny" 42" 80U is 573 watts. The 40" Samsung 530 LCD is 200 watts. Thats almost 3 times the power consumption which is hardly comparable!
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MastaShake1108


Joined: 11 Apr 2007
Posts: 317
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 5:55 am    Post subject:  
hopelessatsears wrote:
RickFromTvs wrote:
MastaShake1108 wrote:
Romboy wrote:
They are an easier sell in my opinion. They are cheaper, produce more natural colors. They last just as long, and have no burn in, little glare and have a much faster response time and refresh rate (480hz)


OK...I'm pretty sure they have a shorter shelf life then LCDs....AND have burn in....


Shake, you sound like every unlearned customer that walks into HE. THe new plasmas last LONGER than current LCD, 40k hours longer, and burn in is a thing of the past, even if it does occurr, it can be erased. Also, the new Panny plasmas use no more power than comprable lcd's.



Naughty! Problem here is most HE associates are as "unlearned" as the customers! Not really their fault because training is minimal and most time is spent on cleaning, restocking or resetting, which is endless. However they act as if they know the product and mislead the customers. I have always found it best to check my facts if I'm not sure.

So Rick, to save you some time I'll correct your inaccurate facts. Plasma TV's still have burn in however it has been minimized by image shift. If you "erase" burn in you decrease the life of the set. And the power consumption of the "Panny" 42" 80U is 573 watts. The 40" Samsung 530 LCD is 200 watts. Thats almost 3 times the power consumption which is hardly comparable!


I'm pretty sure I knew quite enough to be dangerous - granted I haven't worked there in a while.

I didn't mention that yes, LCDs use alot less power to operate.
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