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Samsung Accuses LG Exec of Vandalizing Washing Machines

posted by n1 on Wednesday September 17 2014, @01:51AM   Printer-friendly
from the corporate-espionage-in-the-digital-age dept.

lhsi writes:

Samsung have accused LG employees of vandalising their washing machines ahead of an electronics show in Berlin. LG has said that the damage to two machines was inadvertent as the door had "weak hinges".

Samsung Electronics has accused the head of rival LG Electronics' home appliances business of damaging Samsung washing machines at retail stores in Germany and asked Seoul prosecutors to investigate.

Samsung, in a statement on Sunday, said it asked the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office to investigate LG employees who the company says were seen deliberately destroying several of its premium washing machines on display at two stores earlier this month ahead of the IFA electronics show in Berlin.

"It is very unfortunate that Samsung had to request that a high-ranking executive be investigated by the nation's legal authorities, but this was inevitable, as we concluded that we had to get to the bottom of this incident," Samsung said.

 
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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by hamsterdan on Wednesday September 17 2014, @06:57AM

    by hamsterdan (2829) on Wednesday September 17 2014, @06:57AM (#94415)

    The same can be said for about any modern electronics. Last year I found a big-ass 52" Rear-Projection CRT. only had to resolder the flyback and it's worked fine since (thank you lead-free solder).

    My 27' Trinitron XBR (found on the curb) only needed a new Vertical amp (SONY didn't think it was a good idea to put a heatsink on it). Total cost to fix? about 3$ (including a heatsink).

    Failed caps in about *every* power supply in LCD TVs and monitors seems to be the norm nowadays (replaced the no name crap with Panasonic caps, all fine now)

    Cheap caps and lead-free solder are a plague in modern stuff (that and the fact they are not designed to be easily repairable compared to the old stuff).

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  • (Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Wednesday September 17 2014, @12:37PM

    by LoRdTAW (3755) on Wednesday September 17 2014, @12:37PM (#94509) Journal

    LCD TV's in the trash are a gold mine. My tenants threw out two el-cheapo 32 inch LCD TV's. I took them home and you guessed it, burst caps in the power supply. I changed them out and the TV's worked fine. Sold them for $100 each on craigslist.