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Samsung accuses rival LG exec of vandalising washing machines
Reuters ^ | Sep 14 2014

Posted on 09/16/2014 5:56:14 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

Samsung accuses rival LG exec of vandalising washing machines

Sun, Sep 14 2014

SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS: Quote, Profile, Research) has accused the head of rival LG Electronics Inc's (066570.KS: Quote, Profile, Research) 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at uk.reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: germany; lg; sabotage; samsung; seoul; washingmachine
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1 posted on 09/16/2014 5:56:14 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster; AmericanInTokyo; Steel Wolf; nuconvert; MizSterious; endthematrix; ...

P!


2 posted on 09/16/2014 5:57:35 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

I didn’t know Samsung made washing machines (silly me)…so maybe the point is that they don’t mind the PR?


3 posted on 09/16/2014 5:58:42 AM PDT by aposiopetic
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??

Very strange accusation


4 posted on 09/16/2014 5:58:54 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Must be rogue elements from the Cincinnati office.


5 posted on 09/16/2014 5:59:10 AM PDT by headstamp 2
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To: TigerLikesRooster

For those of you who thought mental stability was a prerequisite for climbing the corporate ladder...


6 posted on 09/16/2014 6:01:31 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: TigerLikesRooster

I opened the article to read this more thoroughly, and it (appears) there may be something to this story.

Not sure.

Still.


7 posted on 09/16/2014 6:03:21 AM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network (http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html#2013)
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I just bought a new washer and dryer.

The manager at Pacific Sales [biggest in L.A] ... said that Maytag and Whirlpool used to be the best in the USA until everything computerized.

Now LG and Samsung make the best washer and dryers in the US. I bought Candy Apple Red side by side front loaders ..; on pedestals.

They are so cool!


8 posted on 09/16/2014 6:05:40 AM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Boy, here I just thought they hated Apple!


9 posted on 09/16/2014 6:06:41 AM PDT by Lake Living
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

Samsung does make some pretty amazing products. Unfortunately, the ratings they get for quality and customer service are really low. In the one-star range.


10 posted on 09/16/2014 6:08:03 AM PDT by Not gonna take it anymore (If Obama were twice as smart as he is, he would be a wit)
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To: aposiopetic

I have a Samsung washer and an LG TV. I’m always having to pull them apart.


11 posted on 09/16/2014 6:09:55 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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>>>Must be rogue elements from the Cincinnati office.<<<

Perfect! - You win the internet today!


12 posted on 09/16/2014 6:10:50 AM PDT by Above My Pay Grade (The people have the right to tell government what guns it may possess, not the other way around.)
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I bought Candy Apple Red side by side front loaders ... on pedestals.
Me too - waaaay cool! Oh, wait ...
13 posted on 09/16/2014 6:16:49 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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Winner


14 posted on 09/16/2014 6:39:04 AM PDT by lacrew
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15 posted on 09/16/2014 6:39:45 AM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

AIRING THEIR DIRTY LAUNDRY?
IT’LL ALL COME OUT IN THE WASH..............


16 posted on 09/16/2014 6:45:28 AM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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Whirlpool now owns Maytag, and they also make Sears Kenmore. Now they are all crap......................


17 posted on 09/16/2014 6:46:31 AM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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I didn’t know Samsung made washing machines (silly me)…so maybe the point is that they don’t mind the PR?

We have one. It's been flawless, quiet, efficient, and effective, truly a fine expression of the engineering art.

18 posted on 09/16/2014 6:47:45 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (Democrats: the Party of slavery to the immensely wealthy for over 200 years.)
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To: Red Badger

Yeah, I ended up buying LG and they tell me they have the technological edge ... along with Samsung.


19 posted on 09/16/2014 6:51:11 AM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: Carry_Okie

That’s nice to know. :o)


20 posted on 09/16/2014 6:51:43 AM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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