How to Score the Best TV Deals: My Secrets for Big Savings
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- Learn how to score the best deal on your dream TV with minimal hassle! We share tips on the best times of year to buy, why buying a prior-year model can save you big bucks, and how to set up price alerts without getting spammed. Discover tools like CamelCamelCamel for checking price history and tips for getting great deals. Don’t miss out on these tips that could save you hundreds or even thousands on your next TV purchase.
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01:57 Understanding TV Product Cycles
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There's usually good sales right before the Super Bowl. New models have already been announced and retailers are trying to push people to upgrade their TV before the big game.
absolutely correct, they want to liquidate the outgoing model year since basically new TVs come out in March.
Depends what you’re looking for. Sony has barely budged on prices since 2019, A8H is still selling for $1200-$1400 for a 55”
Like with the A95L I doubt ur gonna find it any cheaper then the $300-$400 off what they are offering now
You should only buy tvs on black Friday, boxing day or Superbowl week. Otherwise you're overpaying.
@@2jyeti909 the problem of waiting till April to June is specific TV sizes specially larger ones would likely not be available
I've been getting good head discounts from the same store manager at Best Buy for the past few years.
I recently upgraded my old series 7 Samsung 1080P Yes 1080P! to a Samsung Q80C 75" model which was like going from black and white to color! I purchased through my local best buy in Canada. I first purchased the Q70C 75" but found it was suffering from DSE. Big time. I then saw within 2 weeks they discounted the 80C for much less. Then BB matched the 80C to the price of the 70C! Incredible. I also upgraded my old Bose cinema mate sound bar to the Bose 900 with 2 500 subs and the 700 rear surrounds. I am in the lap of luxury now. I have gone through a complete audio\video upgrade and was worth every penny! We are avid movie watchers and my wife says its like watching a 3d movie the picture is so clear. It was also calibrated by BB and that is a first for me as well. So happy with this new set up. It pays to check on prices even after you have pulled the trigger. It paid off for me big time.
Picked up a 55” S90C today for £789, it was £2199 at launch.. Crazy how much tv prices depreciate so quick.
Watching this on an LG C3 42" connected to my PC that I snagged for $369 brand new on super clearance from Target. Bought in April 2024. Super stoked!
For my military or DOD people out there go buy from the AAFES exchange. I was able to buy a 65” Sony x90l with no sales tax for $999 back in December and it got shipped directly to me and the service was great. No tax may not sound all that great but in some places that could be a 8%-10% savings.
That is true, the only problem is they dont carry higher end models.
@@AnythingGoesJoJo I promise they do. I know I’ve been on there and seen 55”, 65”, and 77” oleds from the big three and even the LG M series for sale. I just verified and they have the s95d and G4 right now. They might not carry them in store but you can get them online from AAFES.
@@AnythingGoesJoJosure they do. I bought my 77A80J and my 83A09J from AAFES in ‘21. They currently have the Sony Bravia 9 (85 in) on sale now for $4500 and the 83” LG G4 for $6300 (ouch)
@@AnythingGoesJoJo Not necessarily, back in December 2019, I bought a brand new LG C9 through AAFES. I also applied for a new Star Card, which carried a further 10% discount for the first 24 hours. So I got the latest gen TV, no tax, and another 10% off. But you're generally right, AAFES tends to be a generation behind in electronics offered.
I find the best time to get deals on TVs is between Amazon prime day in July and right before Black Friday. So between July and October.
April 2024 got a refurbished 65" LG C3 for $999. Had a 90 day warranty. It's been flawless.
One month ago you did a video called Buy These (2023) TVs Now. I was looking to replace my aging Samsung as the picture was getting to dark for our bright living room. I waited 2 weeks from watching that to buy. The Sony A80L was gone. The Samsung S90C was gone. I "settled" for the LG C3. Thank you, thank you, thank you for the advice. I couldn't be happier with my new LG. The moral of this story is DON'T WAIT!
Several stores will also do price matching through the return period as well. I saved $1,000 bucks getting price matching after my TV drop and Sonos system went on sale right after I bought it.
Been do'n most of these "tips" for a while, saves so much on all sorts of stuff
I bought my 77 inch LG G3 from Costco for $3,500 during the superbowl sale. This is considered one of the best times to get a new TV besides the holidays.
By far the most informative video I’ve ever watched on TH-cam! Excellent job DT!!!!
Miles Davis “On The Corner” vinyl 🤩 one of my absolute favorites ❤️
I Just Gor the Samsung S90C QD-OLED 55" Inch version for 887$ Dollars and Also the Samsung QN90C MiniLED QLED 50" Inch Version for 545$ I believe I got hell of a deals right there and Top Model TV right there.
My tip: Befriend an instore sales person and keep in touch to become the first to get price down/ heavy discount/ clearance sale notification on your favourite TVs.
Btw, befriending Caleb will also payoff 😉
Came to post exactly this then found your comment. Better yet, befriend 2 salesmen at different big box retailers and let the two companies fight it out for your business.
June is a good rough end time, but I think it's closer to the first week of July due to 4th of July sales. Amazon prime day sales rock it out of the park too. Superbowl for large TVs, but most of the time it's tailored more towards older models, sometimes 2 years old due to the timing of new year models being introduced in January. Thought I'd also share, Amazon will price match if you can find a better deal elsewhere, you just have to be able to show proof. Another thing I'd say is for those who want warranty, Best buy will match price sometimes, but their warranty does cover burn in' if you're concerned about that.
I just bought the LG c3 77" at Costco as a display unit with the 5yr warranty for $1600 out the door. The other I was looking at was the G3 77" at Best Buy also a display unit for $2100 with their 5 yr warranty. I went with the c3 because I don't like having my tvs hanging on a wall and it's a great enough upgrade from my 2012 60" 1080p Vizio 😅
Did not know you can shop for display unit.
@@siddharthsah1989 oh yea. I didn't know either till I was looking around and saw an employee putting a new tag on it as a display and on sale. they want it out so they sell it at a big discount so they can replace it with the newer model.
I have absolutely got brand new TVs (Sony, Samsung, etc) from my local pawn shops!! Hundreds of dollars off even off new stuff!
Great advice, Caleb! 👌🏼
Fantastic video. Thank you for sharing this with us. 🙏
I think I along with many others appreciate the tremendous range of tech that you cover and I always look forward to videos like this one.
My biggest gripe, and its nothing to do with you, is that we cannot and do not in the UK receive deals anywhere close to the ones in various countries around the globe
Hey Caleb! Nice Video, again - you are absolutely right. I did most of that back in 2020. I bought a 2019 SONY OLED in June 2020 but I asked my local dealer, if he will gave me the Super Sale Price from another Dealer which was the best price I have ever seen. Yes he did and two hours later I had the TV of my dreams in my living room.
you nailed it
On the OLED subreddit, people were going to the assistant chat and asking them price match down the LG G3 77 inch to $2,279.99 and shipped from the warehouse, lots of people were having success!
Yup. Picked it up a few days ago. It’s not advertise online. It was a local deal on local stock they had.
Got one ordered at the store on 6/30
Now this was a really great video. Great info!
I've always been told to buy TVs during the two weeks before Super Bowl!
Great video!
Just bought the S90C 65 inch in the UK for £1099.00. Incredible deal.
I followed Amazon's 65" QM8 TCL market and grabbed the TCL when the price dropped $200 for one day. Instead of around $1,000, it was $802. For 1 day. Then it went back up in price.
In mid June I found a Samsung S95C marked down over 60% off its original MSRP so jumped all over it. I admit my first choice had been the Sony A95L, however I could only find it listed for at minimum 230% higher than this Samsung. As a Sony customer in years past I know they’ve always demanded a premium but lately their prices seem stuck on ‘extremely high’ and it is costing them market share. Anyway I knew in advance I was not going to go wrong with any of 2023’s three top tv’s and had no hesitation pulling the trigger on this S95C. I’m very happy with it so far for all the right reasons.
I was in the same boat was looking at the A95L every day online😂 But right now Woot has the S95C 65” brand new, not reconditioned for $1597 comes to $1727 with tax I had to get one at that price, plus the OCB will go perfect for my set up. I believe the 77” is going for $2547.00 killer deal, tbh most of the best deals come when your not looking for them or don’t need a new tv😂
I hope no one is selling the Superbowl sale myth, maybe if your looking for huge low end models 😂 Sony has barely budged on some of their flagship OLEDs since 2019 models, the best time to by a TV is when and where you catch the deal, I doubt your gonna find the A95L any cheaper then $400/$500 off at the most on sale brand new, G4 won’t be too much more off either, unfortunately the only one outta the big 3 that drops the price in flagships is Samsung, which is a marketing strategy it isn’t because their cheap, just like LG gives you the automatic 5 year warranty another strategy, even though they always drop down low on the B and C series but don’t go down too far on the G and M series, Sony don’t give a damn its take it or leave it with them😂
Lg has a big discount on their website right now. Some of the best prices I’ve seen yet. Lg C3 65 inch under $1300 with code. That’s a damn steal 😂
What's the code?
Sony A95L still hasn’t gone on sale yet. Retailers have no stock on it - it’s all mail order.
Hisense TV is the best !
Just yesterday, I saw a 77" LG C3 for the best price I'd ever seen, and I was very tempted, but I reasoned that my 75" Samsung NU7100 is still doing well and has no dirty screen effect, so I ultimately gave the C3 a pass. Also, I've only just gotten back on my feet properly employment-wise from the pandemic within the past year and am still licking my wounds a little bit. Maybe in the spring of 2025, I will look at the C4 at a deep discount! Thanks for the tips Caleb.
I just upgraded our Sony 65” 90H with an LG C3 OLED 65” for $1450. Amazing upgrade. I looked at the C4 I have zero FOMO 😎
Samsclub has the LG C3 65" for $1250. I guess you didn't have a great deal after all.
Just a quick note McDonald’s French fries do have a long shelf life, they reheat one fries in the fryer
I am the person who wanted to buy the LG G4 77 inch. It very recently in Norway became approximately converted about 1000 dollars cheaper. Now it retails for 4000 dollars instead of 5000. I don’t know if it went on sale worldwide, but this deal at least in my location is lasting from 24th of June until the 14th of July. Some other fact is that the other size models they offer (not including the 98 inch model) has been discounted a few weeks earlier and that did expire. So currently the 55 inch and 77 inch model is on sale during the mentioned time period. As you mentioned in your “you asked” episode you don’t expect it to go down more than 1000$ I ended up picking up the Lg G4 77 inch model and I expect it to be delivered by mid July, I am definitely looking forward to getting it :D
I notice the Miles Davis album On the Corner on the shelf. Cool, I always liked that album, though it was too much for a lot of people.
Thanks! I wondered about that album!!
Few weeks ago i got the S95C 65" for 1.4k. It was a no brainer for me.
I bought a 77 inch LG c3 2 weeks ago for around 2000$ with a cashback bonus of 500$ to use in the store in Sweden. So basically 1500$. That was an extreme steal. They had it for 2500$ with the 500$ cashback, 20% cashback for all LG tvs. Then they lowered the price a couple days later. Asked if i could price match or if i had to cancel my order and buy it again. I hadn't picked up my tv yet. They did that and i got to keep the cashback. Last year's C2 at 77 inch was 2500$ as lowest.
I was aiming for the S90C and see if that could be under 2000$ now during the summer. But when the C3 got the discount i couldn't wait. I have recently bought a new apartment and a 77 inch oled was the perfect choice. I was lucky to get it even cheaper. 😁
Another rare possibility to save is to check what kind of promotional bundle offered for sale. Sometimes it's really crazy deals! I personally bought TOL Samsung 52" TV bundled with newest Blu-Ray player many years ago, which I easily sold cause it was unopened BNIB with 25 percentage discount of it's retail price. -And everybody ended up happy!..🙂
Check different States also.
Im in California and I bought a Sony 85" Z9K from Value Electronics and Robert hook me up with $500 discount plus there is no sales tax if shipping (also free) outside New York.
I litterary saved over $1500 compared if I bought it where Im at.
Im pretty much in save mode right now to update from a 55 to 77 inch OLED. It's way too soon to buy anything right now but by April-June of next year i should be more than ready and a 24 model should be more than enough of an upgrade, especially with the gains in brightness OLED has made since '19.
Great video as usual.
Thank you, Caleb.
You did not share your opinion about the extended warranty for the new TV.
The 85" TCL QM8 was $1399 at best buy and sold out pretty fast.
Best Buy has the 2023 TCL QM8 85” for $1399 right now
Great video but rrefuse to worry about the newest product, I bought my 1st 4K Sony 65" A80K and love it considering my previous Somy KDL52 from 20 years ago.
This is a great price hack
I bought my lg g3 for $2,600.00 brand new at the beginning of this year.
July is also a good time some stores have deals
Hey Kaleb, based on your review of the Hisense U8 ,where you said its almost competing with an OLED tv went to Best Buy looking for the 75inch U8. They are sold out even online at $1,499. They have available the U7 75 inch model for $1000. should I get back to Best Buy and pull the trigger?😂
Couple of days ago found for a friend LG C3 77' for 2200 GBP with 6year warranty and bundled soundbar LG UCS9S, almost sorry that I'm not shopping for tv for myself at the moment.
I casually walked into a Best Buy a couple months ago and found out that they were a couple days away from putting out the 2024 TV models. Because of this, the 2023 75inch TCL QM8 had a $600 price drop. I chocked on my spit when I saw the price drop and then proceeded to by one of the last ones available within 100sqr miles.
If your tv is pretty old, and you’ll benefit from a new tv drastically I would say don’t want to wait for the April window for the lowest price.
Just before Black Friday, when the retailers institute the really long holiday return period is a sweet spot. Get it early so it doesn’t sell out, if the price drops you’re covered, and you’ll get to enjoy your tv for a few more months (nearly half a year).
For me, that was great as I got the A80J for a price that it took ages to get back to. I didn’t feel like i was buying an old tv, I had a lot of piece of mind regarding the price (and in a way an extended trial period), and had the TV gone down another $100 5 months later, I wouldn’t have cared because of the enjoyment I got.
Obviously if your budget entails you needing the cheapest price possible, i get it and the wait may be worth it if prices do actually get lower.
He didn't cover the options of TV exchange offers.
Also, If you want to upgrade to 77" G4 from 77" G3, just sell it off at $3K (with warranty still active) and get the G4 by adding another $1K from your own pocket. Can't get a better win-win deal.
Dang, I wonder how much better my viewing experience will be since I have an 11 year old tv. It's a 75 inch tv that I paid over $4k for when brand new from Best Buy. I'm sure the tech has improved greatly, but I still have a hard time getting a new tv (even if it's last years model) since this one is still working just fine.
Sony TV seems to announce their new models in a slightly different timeframe.
Thank you for your great videos and reviews. Speaking of the deals, Sony BRAVIA 7 75" and X93L 75" are currently 2500$. Which one is the better purchase? Thanks again
Just got aa LG G3 77 brand new for $2279. Didn't even think I could get the C3 for that price.
Where did you buy it?!
Best buy clearance
@@danielunderwood5217 sorry to ask, but did you buy it online or did you go to the store to buy it? Did the salesperson have to use a coupon or some type of discount to give you that price? Thanks!
This video gets a like just for the Miles Davis “On the Corner” highlight 🎺
I have not had good luck with refurbish/renewed products. I avoid them now, regardless.
Thanks for a great Chanel, now i have being saving for a year to get the beovision harmony and has 3 more years, so do you think it will still be around in 3 years?
Excellent video.
One thing I have discovered regarding buying at a brick and mortar store, aka Best Buy.
If I buy from Best Buy online and choose in store pick up, the tax is LESS than if I walked in and bought IN the store.
How can that be? Well, it appears that you may be able to avoid some of the local sales tax, if there is one, and only pay the state sales tax due to it being an online purchase.
Samsung has their 4th of July Sale going on. 77in S90C for $1900
EPP for Samsung and LG if you work for a company that is in the program is the best deals you can get. Greentoe also.
Yeah I just got a 48” C3 a few weeks ago for only 1k
I saved 700 on my QM8 by researching a bit and waiting for Black Friday.
A week ago I ordered a brand new 77” G3 for $2,278 before tax by walking into Best Buy and asking what deals they had. Sometimes you won’t find the best price on the big box stores’ websites.
Got an lg g3 55inch for £949 on April. Awesome price
The April to June sales have finished but I still want to buy a tv this year anyone have any good recommendations on when to buy?
Wait until Black Friday you’ll see TVs heavily discounted. Costco always has bigger sales to then most other stores.
Should add an onging price comparison segment to end videos one a month.
I just got an a80l for $1599
"Buy between April and June" OK, Calen I DID. I bought SONY 65" A80L from CostCo on June 15 for $1699 and it INCLUDED a full 5 year warranty. Beat that deal if you can......
Buying the outgoing model is a great savings strategy. I got the 77" Sony A80K OLED TV for $1899 pretax (MSRP $3199) in June of 2023. No regrets at that price, and I was able to get to 77" by doing so.
Looking for a 4k to replace my zt60 plasma Panasonic. Hard to give up my Plasma but would like to experience 4k . Wnoder if the a80l sony would be a worthy upgrade or qd oled tv
You sound like a true plasma lover. I would put off the upgrade another year or two
@@gregjones2472 burn in is now starting to show up more and more. Thank you for the response
About refurb. Whenever a customer brings back a TV, retailers are not allowed to sell it as new. Many, if not most of your refurbished TVs have nothing wrong with them when they get this TV back. Maybe it didn't fit in the place they wanted to put it. So many, if not most of your reconditioned TVs refurbished TVs have never had a problem.
This video is hilarious to me, a person who sells tvs at Best Buy, because Caleb is talking about finding a 77 inch LG G3 at $3000 like it's a crazy deal. Meanwhile, for the past few weeks, we have been clearancing that same tv for $2279 at Best Buy, brand new in box.
Hey,
Can you talk about the upsides (and downsides) to buying a consumer TV, vs buying Business TV. ESpecially in the age of ads (read: spyware) coming on every high end consumer TV, I am looking more at paying more of a better and more robust warranty, and for no spyware.
But is that just conjecture, or factual?
Are those KEF speakers I see behind you?
Ugh getting good tvs here in Brazil is absolute hell. I can't even get a G series TV in my region. This sucksss I'm gonna have to settle with an S90D
I am in Germany and just fouid in a add the 75 ich Sony bravia 9 at 30% discount....just don't need a TV right now
I also look for open box TV's, the ones used by the store. Not customer turn-ins.
Those are usually worse to buy than the returns. Running all day at peak brightness shortens the life span considerably
GREENTOE
Good tips . similar price pattern in Australia (may and june for best prices ). Main issue here is that due to smaller consumer market - ESP at the high end (flagships of largest sizes) a lot of models never make it here , or are in such short supply that you cant see a good deal.
Aussie equiv of bestbuy/frys etc, didnt even GET the Sony 2023 LED Bravia X95L range, for example, and stuck with X85 and x90 only.
Btw Caleb - I think its cute to imagine ppl having only one or main email address still. Dont we all have several and some throwaway options?
If you live in the state of Washington, I can give you an amazing deals on the new top rated Tvs. As I sell them for a living.
bravia 9?
I don't suppose you can do (or have done) a relatively boring show on TV energy consumption? My wife has the TV on most of the day (12 year old Toshiba) and I would love to know if I can get a significantly more energy efficient one, or if the newest TVs actually use significantly more power than older ones. Thanks.
What’s the music???
Great advice, and the price matching definitely worth a punt if you have a decent preferable retailer. Caleb, you sold me on the Sony Bravia X95L 85" in your previous review, and now there is the stunning Bravia 9 (OLED challenger'ish)... the X95L has dropped, so is the 9 worth c. £2K/$2.5K more?
I really want the Sony 77” A95L or the Sony 83” A80L, but they don’t go lower than $4,800 or $4,500 respectively while the LGs and Samsungs sell at least $1k less for the comparable models 😞, but like Caleb said on this video “buy what you really want, not another TV just because it is a good deal” 🤔🤷🏽♂️
The problem with when is a lot of people get a new TV when the old one has died and they need one now.
BRAVIA 9, WHEN ?
Never buy new I always buy last years models because they are heavily discounted.
7:40 - That's assuming they don't just 'refurbish' it by not doing anything.
Like those nasty earbuds with.... earwax still....
I've found that most of my 'refurbish' purchases of items are at best 'recertified' as in, someone returned it for who knows what reason and they just are selling it used or what a big box store might call open box.
I just bought the SAMSUNG 55" Class Neo QLED 4K QN90B Series Mini LED on Amazon for $980.00,because I wanted the next gen tuner, and many other reasons also. i called Samsung to make sure this 2022 model will have the full warranty and they said yes. I just hope I don't get a tv with a known local dimming failure. I am tired of repairing TV's all my life******
Any TV with side or bottom connections is fine by me. I would never buy another back connection TV ever again. Some connections are on the side and back no thanks.
65 inch LG G3 is right now 1890 eur including shipping and 20% taxes which is 2025$ while 77 inch is 3500 eur... that is a significant jump in price... 65 inch Sony A95L is 2850 eur... 65 inch LG G4 is 2850 eur... looking at these price differences it seems that LG G3 is the no brain pick.. a full 1000 less than the newer model
Do you think display model OLED deals are ever worth it? If so, how much of a discount does that TV need to make it worth it?
I would love to see sony tv's drop in price but the only time they actually drop is when they finish their stocks....and what's left are tvs that were on display for countless of hours.....would anyone pull the trigger on a tv like that? Also i have no idea how sony handles the warranty if you have a problem with it. LG was super friendly so far.