Put me down as number 4. I ordered mine last week when it said it took 3 days to ship out. My order went through quickly but the fedex status hasn't changed for a few days. Mine is set to arrive june 6th. I've had this happen before with Buy.com where the fedex status doesn't change but all of a sudden the product arrives. I'm still crossing fingers for a friday arrival, but I'm guessing I'll be in the same boat as you guys. Having wasted my time ordering something that Buy.com never had in stock.

This deal may have just gotten way sweeter. I was just checking over at SD to see if others were having this problem and found there's a $100 rebate for this TV It's advertised on the non-refurb page but the rebate form says nothing about new vs rebate, definitely worth the postage to find out though!

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Bummer though, must purchase between June 3 and June 10...

If that 100 rebate is true that would have me place an order again if it comes back in stock. So whats going on with Buy.com? Are they saving money by taking orders for out of stock items? Then ordering?

If we cancel and re-order and request the ultra expensive shipping, will they actually get off their arse and give the tv to fedex this time? Or will we just be paying an extra 30-50$ in shipping but still have it sit as "information transmitted to fedex"???

flowindex said:If anyone is still looking to buy a SquareTrade Warranty for a high ticket item and couldn't get the discount codes to work there is a work around. Buy a warranty for something cheap and then they will send you the 40% off code. Once you are in their system, both the 50% off, FIFTYOFF, and the 40% off, FREEDOM40, codes will work.

In my case I ordered a DVD player for $25 and a 47" LCD for $750 from the Philips Electronics Employee "Friends and Family" Blowout Sale. I brought a warranty for the DVD player at full price for $3. I then went back and brought the warranty for the TV which is $135 - 50% = $67.50.

Sweet!... I wonder if it's too late to cancel the warranty I bought and go this route? Do they ever do anything to verify the item you purchased (request S/N or anything)? If not I could possibly put a warranty a $25 DVD player that doesn't actually exist and save $15 on the warranty for the TV...

*edit*

Canceling the warranty was very easy, just had to click a few buttons on their homepage and they're refunding the full amount.

Got it all hooked up, seems good so far. No time to thoroughly test tonight though... I did find that the sound isn't working but my Onkyo 805 may not pass sound through to the TV? I'll get a better chance to play with it when we get back from our trip.

My status has been updated to the 11th as well, even though I asked for a refund and it shows it on my customer information page.

I'm still looking for 32" and was going to try and just reorder and submit the rebate. Do you guys think I'll end up being sent this tv anyways and should just take it, likely be billed, and accept the poor service?

thanks for the advice, guess I'll see what happens next week. Btw please post a review of the sets you guys get in. Thanks

Finally got to play around with my TV a bit. I got the sound issue straightened out, my receiver was set to not pass sound. I don't have much experience with HDTV's other than my HD projector but I think the picture is great! The original settings were very washed out, also there is a green push. Here are the settings I found on AVSForum, the picture looks much better now:

TV Settings:

Red 31
Green 28
Blue 31

Best video setting.... (brightness, contrast...)

Brightness 11
Contrast 45
Saturation 27
Hue 25
Sharpness 4
Backlight 35

Use warm setting

Unfortunately there aren't too many details to share...

The box was in good shape, the TV was a bit dusty inside the box (I thought this was a bit wierd) but appears to be in perfect cosmetic condition. I didn't give it a THOROUGH look over but nothing stands out. Hooked it up and everything seems to work fine. The picture is great (by my standards anyway - I am not an HDTV expert or anything though). I'm using this TV to replace a 27" CRT that we used as our main TV. This TV was perfect as a replacement because it is a bit larger than the CRT but the height is about the same. This is important to me because it has to fit under the projector screen that's mounted to the wall above the non-movie TV.

I have not extensively tested the inputs, I run an Onkyo 805 which upconverts all components and outputs them via the HDMI port - HDMI 1 is the only port I've used. I also have not tested the OTA tuner as we're 80 miles from the nearest OTA HDTV tower.

The only issue I had was the sound not working but as I mentioned earlier that was an issue with the receiver that I got straightened out.

The colors seem to be accurate enough, blacks are black enough, whites white enough. The image is very crisp. In all I am very happy with the purchase. I was hesitant to buy as I ordered a refurb roomba through Buy.com for christmas and what I received was not refurbished but flat out used (scratched, gouged, scuffed, and the battery was all but dead). The only complaint I would have is the possibility of a $100 rebate which my order doesn't qualify for as I ordered it a couple days before the rebate period.