[QUOTE=Bill-n-Brillo;
Point is, do as much research in advance as you feel necessary to potentially avoid any of these "lemon" type of issues.
Good point Bill.
FWIW - I also go to google to look up viewer reviews for a large purchase item and see how they rate a product.
Joe
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