Free TV
By Jeff Moffitt
@moffittjc (122206)
Gainesville, Florida
January 11, 2025 4:25pm CST
Christmas 2025 came awfully early this year! Let me explain:
Back when I was on vacation between Christmas and New Years, my boss had texted me and asked me if I wanted a tv. I told him I would get with him when I returned from vacation to get all the details. Well, I forgot about it, and I guess he did too, because he didn't mention it again until yesterday. So I asked him why he was getting rid of it, how much did he want for it, did it work, etc. etc. ect.
Turns out the tv is practically brand-new. He bought it last summer, and over Christmas he saw an even better one he liked. So he bought another one, and asked me if I wanted the other one. He told me it would be free, all I had to do was come to his house and get it.
Now, I'm not going to turn down free! So off I went this morning to his house to load up the tv and bring back to my house. And now I am the proud owner of a new Samsung 85-inch Neo QLED 8K smart tv.
That sucker is a beauty, and the picture and sound quality are amazing! I went on Best Buy's website to look at the price of the tv, and I was floored that my boss would just give it to me for free. So now I feel really guilty that I am going to turn in my resignation on Monday, and quit that job.
Have you ever been given anything of extremely high value for free? Excluding birthday or Christmas presents of course. Just out of the blue someone wanted to give you something expensive?
And by the way, I was just kidding about quitting my job. I have no plans to leave where I'm currently working. But maybe I'll call out sick more frequently so I can stay home and watch movies and shows on my new tv! LOL
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@AmbiePam (95150)
• United States
11 Jan
Congratulations on such a cool item! That’s awesome! I guess the most expensive item I got for free was a really nice queen mattress with bed springs. The parents of a friend had had it for three days when they were gifted a king bed. They knew I was looking around for a mattress, and gave me their new queen. I was so relieved as I didn’t have to wonder where I was going to get the money for a new mattress!
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@AmbiePam (95150)
• United States
11 Jan
@moffittjc Yeah, that’s the stand up thing to do. It’s polite just to offer even though they’ll say no. You were raised like my dad. When that couple gave me that new mattress my dad offered them money, but they declined.
I hope you enjoy the heck out of that TV
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@moffittjc (122206)
• Gainesville, Florida
11 Jan
Good quality mattresses aren't cheap these days! You definitely received a cool gift. I would take a free mattress in a heartbeat if it was still new.
I love the tv that my boss gave me, and the quality is amazing. I feel guilty that I got it for free, so Monday when I go into work I'm going to offer him a couple hundred bucks. I know he'll refuse it, but I'm going to at least make the offer.
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@moffittjc (122206)
• Gainesville, Florida
11 Jan
@AmbiePam I have been playing around with it all day long. I didn't realize Samsung tv's come preloaded with hundreds of apps that you can access, and also hundreds of free tv stations to watch shows/movies.
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@Juliaacv (51967)
• Canada
11 Jan
What a generous guy, but he picked a great guy to give it to.
I kind of wondered why you would quit right after the holidays, glad that you were just kidding.
I used to belong to a website called freecycle.
You posted items that were in good working order and gave them away to prevent them from going to the landfill, and to extend their life and you could ask for something if you saw it posted.
I got a propane barbeque years ago, and yes, it worked.
I also got an antique set of Christmas china. I love that set of dishes.
And I gave alot of items away, especially after our son moved back home from living away while at university.
Household items seem to go quickly, also his high school uniforms did too.
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@Juliaacv (51967)
• Canada
11 Jan
@moffittjc I agree.
Before my mother passed away my brothers gave me her Royal Dalton good dishes. I didn't need them as I have my own and I reached out to a church in the area, as I was looking for a family that was new to Canada, just starting up, who would appreciate the dishes. There were 16 place settings and I gave them to them a few days before Christmas. I hope that they gather around their table together with their family and friends and enjoy a nice meal together.
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@moffittjc (122206)
• Gainesville, Florida
11 Jan
@Juliaacv What a wonderful thing to do! I can imagine in my head the beautiful Christmas dinner setting with that dish set and all the food.
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@moffittjc (122206)
• Gainesville, Florida
11 Jan
Before I went and picked up the tv, I did some early spring cleaning at my house, and I had tons of good stuff I wanted to get rid of but not throw away. Thankfully, there is a Goodwill donation center not too far from where I live, and I took everything there and donated it. I hate throwing anything away, and am happy to see things live on longer with someone else who needs it more than I do.
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@Tampa_girl7 (50937)
• United States
11 Jan
That’s a big screen for sure. I know that you will enjoy it.
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@moffittjc (122206)
• Gainesville, Florida
11 Jan
It's actually too big for my currently living room set up. I'm going to need a bigger tv stand a different set of book shelves bookending each side of the tv. So my free tv isn't going to end up being all that free after all. I need to buy more things to make it all fit in the living room!
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@RasmaSandra (81653)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
11 Jan
Well, good for you getting a free TV, Now, now, don't take advantage of this you still got to go to work
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@moffittjc (122206)
• Gainesville, Florida
11 Jan
I was super productive this morning, and ever since I got the tv set up this afternoon my productivity has declined to almost zero! LOL
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@moffittjc (122206)
• Gainesville, Florida
11 Jan
I have a 55-in tv in my bedroom, and a 65-inch tv in my living room, so I thought that the 85-in tv wouldn't be that much bigger. I was wrong. The thing is huge, almost like a movie theater screen in my living room. It dwarfs the other tv I had in there.
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@moffittjc (122206)
• Gainesville, Florida
11 Jan
@NJChicaa I remember when I had a 42 in tv and at the time thought that anything bigger would be too big. And yet the sizes keep going up and up and up. At what point do the tv's stop getting bigger? lol
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@NJChicaa (120737)
• United States
11 Jan
@moffittjc A decade ago my ex and I partially finished the basement and turned it into a Man Cave so we could host parties. We bought a 50 inch plasma which at the time was huge. Like 2 months later he wound up ordering a 55 or 58 inch one to replace it. The thing was huge IMO.
When I moved here I took the 42 inch TV that we had behind the basement bar. It is enough for me though it will need to be replaced soon. I don't have a TV in the bedroom and I never will.
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@MarieCoyle (39699)
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11 Jan
What a wonderful, unexpected gift! It sounds really nice, for sure.
So you are quitting your job? Did I miss something? I know I have been very hit and miss in here lately.
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@moffittjc (122206)
• Gainesville, Florida
11 Jan
Haha, no that was a joke, I have no plans on going anywhere. Unless I win the lottery of course!
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@moffittjc (122206)
• Gainesville, Florida
11 Jan
@MarieCoyle Okay, I'll let it slide this time, but don't let it happen again! LOL
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@MarieCoyle (39699)
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11 Jan
@moffittjc
Oh, ok. I generally ''catch'' the jokes, guess I am off my game, haha!
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@GardenGerty (161554)
• United States
12 Jan
That is some fancy TV. I am glad you were just joking about quitting. No, I have never been gifted something so nice.
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@moffittjc (122206)
• Gainesville, Florida
13 Jan
I’m still on cloud 9. I spent all weekend playing around with it and seeing all the apps and channels that are preloaded. And the tv is connected through so-if, so I don’t have to have any cords or cables hooked up to it.
@DaddyEvil (138948)
• United States
11 Jan
You really got lucky! I hope you enjoy it.
A television that size wouldn't fit in any room in my house. 
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@moffittjc (122206)
• Gainesville, Florida
11 Jan
@DaddyEvil True, I did save a ton of money by not having to pay for that tv, but on the flip side I didn't need a new tv to begin with, so I wouldn't have spent any money at all regardless. But now I'm going to have to spend money for a new tv stand.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining about it one bit.
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@moffittjc (122206)
• Gainesville, Florida
11 Jan
It's more than 6-feet wide. I am going to need a new tv stand to fit it. And I'm going to have to rearrange me living room setup to accommodate its large size.
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@moffittjc (122206)
• Gainesville, Florida
11 Jan
I may just have to become a lazy couch potato now (which is pretty much what I've been doing all afternoon since I got the tv set up.
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@JESSY3236 (20141)
• United States
14 Jan
lol It wasn't expensive, but my best friend had bought me a shirt out of the blue. It wasn't my birthday or Christmas.
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@moffittjc (122206)
• Gainesville, Florida
14 Jan
That’s nice, especially when it wasn’t expected. Sometimes, those are the best gifts no matter how small or significant they may seem.
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@JudyEv (343662)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Jan
Oh wow! What a lovely gesture by your boss. we were gifted a cabinet which had been made especially for our friends. When they moved, they gave it to us. It is really quite special and I love it. I'm glad you're not resigning. That might have been a bit awkward. 
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@moffittjc (122206)
• Gainesville, Florida
12 Jan
I'm still going to play a joke on him on Monday and tell him that I am quitting my job. His reaction is going to be priceless.
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@moffittjc (122206)
• Gainesville, Florida
15 Jan
@JudyEv I should have recorded his reaction on video. His reaction was priceless when I told him I was quitting. He was so angry he wouldn’t talk to me for a couple of hours after that.
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@JudyEv (343662)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Jan
@moffittjc You need someone in the background with a camera! lol
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@andriaperry (117575)
• Anniston, Alabama
17 Jan
Nothing of that value. That's an awesome gift!
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@moffittjc (122206)
• Gainesville, Florida
17 Jan
I have been enjoying it quite a bit. There are so many free movie, tv shows and sports apps preloaded on the tv that I question why I am still paying for streaming services! Lol
@LindaOHio (183944)
• United States
12 Jan
I've never received anything really expensive. I'm glad you got a really nice TV for free. Have a good day.
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@moffittjc (122206)
• Gainesville, Florida
12 Jan
I've never really received anything that expensive before either, except for when I bought my first house and my parents gave me a nice chunk of money to help with the down payment. Other than that, it's always been smaller value gifts.
@moffittjc (122206)
• Gainesville, Florida
12 Jan
I thought the same thing. It really is too big for my living room, but since it's free I was not going to turn it down. It's going to take me a while to get the hang of using it, because it comes preloaded with like a thousand apps and tv channels, movie channels, and music stations. I've been doing a lot of scrolling on the menu trying to figure everything out.
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@moffittjc (122206)
• Gainesville, Florida
15 Jan
@porwest I was reading a news story on Monday that said Roku is now in 90 million households in the US because most of the tv manufacturers are building Rokus into their smart tv’s now.
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@porwest (94604)
• United States
13 Jan
@moffittjc That might be useful for us. Right now we use a Roku to access all of our streaming and what not. If it was built in that might be easier, and I say might since I am not really a techie and it would probably be difficult to get used to it, as you say.
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@moffittjc (122206)
• Gainesville, Florida
12 Jan
Thank you! Hey, it's been a long time since I last talked to you, I hope you're doing well.
@just4him (318388)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
13 Jan
Wow! Christmas did come early. That's a nice TV and a great thing your boss did.
@thislittlepennyearns (63268)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
12 Jan
That's awsome! lol
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@moffittjc (122206)
• Gainesville, Florida
12 Jan
I almost turned it down, because I don't need another tv, but then I was like when am I going to get another opportunity to pick up an 85-in tv that costs almost $5000?
