Electronics

[bargainsgirl]

I see QVC has the Wave radio "back in stock" for $499.  I hope people realize this is being discontinued by BOSE.  They were on sale for $299 both QVC and HSN before xmass.  THese must be the returns....

[fthunt]

Interesting.........their CD players bomb out after few years and Bose refuses to repair.

Lost a lot of  respect for them.

[Snowpuppy]

Sorry. BOSE is NOT discontinuing the Wave 4. $499 is the retail pricing for a Bose.

These units are shipped directly from Bose, not the Q or HSN. They are often sold out during the holidays on the Bose website.  Customer returns go to Bose.

I own 3.  I picked up my 3rd unit on HSN Black Friday for $299 + Rakuten cash back. 

[MezzieStarr]

@Snowpuppy If this is the same Bose IV that was the TSV a couple months ago than it has been discontinued.

Every presentation that day kept beating over our heads that this unit was no longer going to be made because Bose could no longer get parts to make CD players.

"Get it now or get it never" was the selling point that day.

Here's a thread that discussed it back in November:

https://community.qvc.com/t5/Today-s-Special-Value/BOSE/m-p/7749577/highlight/true#M108173

[hckynutjohn]

I have mentioned Bose many times on this forum. Been an Audiophile since I was 14 years old. I have listened to hundreds of different sound systems since the 1950's, also owned many of them.

I listened to several different Bose systems bought by co-workers and friends. A few of them think they are great, and hearing is afterall, subjective. To me they sounded like a radio I wouldn't pay over $50 to own.

They sell their name and I think the speakers they made years ago, advanced their name more than these little radio/CD units. The ones I saw had few, if any, sound adjustments to work with also. One co-workers had only a Left/Right Balance adjustment. And with a unit, what 20" wide, how much can that change the overall sound.

For those that are happy and willing to pay $300-$400-$500 for them, enjoy.

hckynut 🇺🇸

[bargainsgirl]

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@Snowpuppy wrote:

Sorry. BOSE is NOT discontinuing the Wave 4. $499 is the retail pricing for a Bose.

These units are shipped directly from Bose, not the Q or HSN. They are often sold out during the holidays on the Bose website.  Customer returns go to Bose.

I own 3.  I picked up my 3rd unit on HSN Black Friday for $299 + Rakuten cash back. 

I own a BOSE which died. I called in December to see if it could be repaired.  The tech on the phone told me NO because the wave radios were being discontinued.  

I was offered a trade in: the latest make for $299, just what QVC and HSN were seling them for,  I said No Thanks.  I'll try something else to play my CD's.

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[Kachina624]

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@fthunt wrote:

Interesting.........their CD players bomb out after few years and Bose refuses to repair.

Lost a lot of  respect for them.

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They say the reason they're being discontinued is because they can no longer get the parts to manufacture or repair the CD players.  Nobody wants CD players anymore.  This radio is a technological dinosaur with no wireless Bluetooth and the poor radio .available to us.  I wish I had my money back that I spent on this thing.

[millieshops]

@fthunt   I am still using Bose to listen to my CD collection day after day without problems.  No real idea of its age, but definitely more than 10 years.  Fingers crossed here for 10 more.

[Largoman]

You are incorrect.  This past Friday, January 13, HSN presented the Bose Wave 4.. Bobby Ray Carter and Aaron Berger, presented it in the afternoon, and Adam Freeman and Aaron Berger, presented it that night.  They offered it at $309.99 witth free shipping and 5 flex pay.  Many, many, many time during the presentations the hosts stated the following:  THIS BOSE MODEL IS BEING DISCONTINUED AND ONCE WE SELL OUT, WE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO GET IT AGAIN.  You can also go online and you will find that this model is being discontinued.

I wanted to buy one years ago, but way too many bad reviews about it, especially the CD player.

[JoyFilled Warrior]

I apologize.

I didnt see this thread abt BOSE & unwittingly started a new thread titled:

"Pinch me! Bose for $309??"

Thank goodness I found this thread also, AND posted a request on my other thread. There,  @Kachina624  helped me with advice abt this Bose & price

    Now I'm saving $310 plus.  I really dont like the info I'm reading about this Bose.

   I guess I "missed the boat," holding off all these years, waiting & waiting for a better price for a good Bose

Thanks for all yr advice!

Thanks for all who are saving me $310+