Comments on: My new, cheap remote control

By: leigh

leigh — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:05:08 +0000

Sadly Access electronic in the west-island is sold out :(

By: Pepper Boxer

Pepper Boxer — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:39:05 +0000

The "official" remote is available at Zellers for 24.95.

By: Elias

Elias — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:48:05 +0000

It's the same reason FutureShop can charge $150 for a Monster HDMI cable when you can get the same picture quality buying a $6 HDMI cable at monoprice.com. They sell all of the cables and accessories for your home theatre needs at a fraction of what you'd pay at Best Buy. They even offer iPhone and video game accessories as well. Shipping is cheap to Canada as long as you buy a few things at once.

Only thing more bush league than charging $35 for a remote is Videotron's HD lineup.

By: wkh

wkh — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:09:04 +0000

this is relevant to my interests. my illico remote has had a busted volume for about two years now, and probably some other functions too. We use it for nothing other than channel changing at this point.

By: ATSC

ATSC — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:10:40 +0000

Congrats for finding a deal over at Addison. It's really a great place to get stuff. The other place I go to as well in Madison in Laval. If you know what you want, you'll get a great deal.

By: SpeedyGonzales

SpeedyGonzales — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:56:01 +0000

I dunno if it's still like this, but a couple of years ago, when my remote wasn't functionning, it just went to my local Videotron Superclub, told them the remote wasn't working anymore and they gave me a brand new one, no questions asked. If you didn't try that, give it a whirl, you never know. Just don't tell them about the juice... that might reduce your chances...

By: Marc

Marc — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:48:59 +0000

It's a store designed for people who know what they want and know what they're doing. The staff also really know their stuff.

By: Fagstein

Fagstein — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:03:23 +0000

I'm joking, of course. The law requires a merchant to sell what is advertised, which means if it doesn't work you could take it back. But there's still a lot of risk on the consumer. Addison does this mostly because of people who buy electronic components and then realize they have no idea how electronics work and want to take it all back.

By: Fagstein

Fagstein — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:01:20 +0000

I pointed it at myself and it still worked, so it at least bounces off me.

By: Bill Lee

Bill Lee — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:29 +0000

Does it bounce off walls, heat your coffee cup with its rays and turn on neighouring TVs through the windows?

By: Shawn

Shawn — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:56:24 +0000

I don't think I could ever shop at a place that refuses to exchange even if they sold you something defective. I mean, come on.

By: Gilles

Gilles — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:13:09 +0000

I prefer books to cable :-) (although I won't criticize you all for watching cable tv or television in excess).

By: Fagstein

Fagstein — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:51:55 +0000

I only need one (two in the rare case I use my VCR). The remote is also a universal remote.

By: Fagstein

Fagstein — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:45:21 +0000

Teksavvy doesn't provide digital cable TV, or any TV for that matter. If my consideration was solely providing low-cost Internet service, I'd probably choose another provider, but I like my TV.

By: Christelle

Christelle — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:09:51 +0000

Nice find!

By: Marc

Marc — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:41:39 +0000

why does Videotron's remote cost more than four times as much?

Like the accompanying Illico boxes, it's a cash cow P.K.P. can't stop milking. Actually I think the Pioneer one looks nicer.

I love Addison - great store.

By: JoLalo

JoLalo — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:39:52 +0000

Steve. How come don't you own a Harmony remote? There's always some kind of an extreme deal at NCIX, TigerDirect and other similar webstores, for like 40 bucks.

Of course, it's not 8 bucks, but it sure doesn't but you in the hassle of owning 4321 remotes.

By: John

John — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:03:51 +0000

It costs more because you are helping to pay for all those nifty TV ads and full page ads in the newspaper... Same thing with Bell DSL - It will cost you a lot less with a lot less headache if you go with a DSL reseller like teksavvy who does not advertise... You sir have done what a lot of people don't do and that is research and bargain hunt. If you're semi technically inclined - you could even get 1 cent/minute long distance on your cell phone if you use a voip service provider like link2voip - I've been doing this for about a year now and i'm sure i have saved thousands of $$$. The possibilities are endless and i'm just happy that i'm not dealing with Bell anymore!