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"SPRING" Thrift Store Finds....

Advent/3's found at Saint Vincent DePaul. Found one, and had to search for quite some time before I found the second one....... $7 sold! :D
 
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Bohlender Graebener Z-7's

These came off Craig's List, but the seller lived within 5 minutes of 3 different Thrift Stores, so I'm gonna jump in. Great thread, like so many in here! Kudos.
These speakers were too cheap to pass up, and they are lovely in a "modern" way. Competent, accurate, neutral. I like the size, and the ribbon tweeter is kinda sexy. I'm just not sure what to do with them! HT? Happy summer!
 

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atrac said:
Saw a set of "Ashton" Home Theater speakers at the local SA. I had a feeling they were of the "White Van" variety but wasn't sure until I did a google search. Yep!

Best part..they were priced at $1,700. Easily the most expensive thing I've ever seen at a thrift store. And the least worthy at that!
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Was at the SA today and the Ashtons were still there. Now marked down to $1295. "A bargain!" They even printed out an eBay auction showing the BIN price as $3,659.00 and put it on the speakers.

I was going to say something, but figured that they'd just perceive me as some "know it all nut" trying to haggle them down or something.

I'll be curious to see how low they will go.
 
atrac said:
Was at the SA today and the Ashtons were still there. Now marked down to $1295. "A bargain!" They even printed out an eBay auction showing the BIN price as $3,659.00 and put it on the speakers.

I was going to say something, but figured that they'd just perceive me as some "know it all nut" trying to haggle them down or something.

I'll be curious to see how low they will go.
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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

One of our local SAs marked all the records from $1 to $5 because "that's what they sell for on eBay". I said "that is people looking for specific titles, and besides, most of these aren't in very good condition. You've got 2 or 3 $5 records in this whole pile". The guy just gawked at me. I said, "I'll see you in a year and these records will still be here".
 
Garage sale last weekend, I got a perfectly working pair of ADS speakers - the very first little ones in black aluminum case with a 4" woofer and 1" dome tweeter. Man, I forgot how much FLAT bass those things had!

With speaker wire they were $5.
 
highping said:
Advent/3's found at Saint Vincent DePaul. Found one, and had to search for quite some time before I found the second one....... $7 sold! :D
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Those look like they are in great shape. Love to hear your impressions once you get them restored. Planning on recapping?
 
atrac said:
Was at the SA today and the Ashtons were still there. Now marked down to $1295. "A bargain!" They even printed out an eBay auction showing the BIN price as $3,659.00 and put it on the speakers.

I was going to say something, but figured that they'd just perceive me as some "know it all nut" trying to haggle them down or something.

I'll be curious to see how low they will go.
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Don't say anything. Some Idiot will buy them.
 
As I posted in its other thread, few days back I picked up a pair of Technics SB-F1 speakers, minty, including the surrounds.... $5 the pair.
Same store, last year, Koss dyna mite 80's, $8 the pair, excellent condition.
The dynamite's are unusual, made in Japan wih butyl rubber surrounds- all descriptions I have from other owners report made in Korea with foam rings. Reason is they all seem to be looking for new drivers.

I'm not wasting much time at SA anymore. Crappy overpriced merchandise in a disaster of a display, every store. Amvets is pretty good.
I see a lot of DVD and CD players, I wonder what the odds are they just need the lenses cleaned, and the laser carriage rails cleaned and greased? Could turn a profit, unless a significant number couldn't be easily fixed.

Rule #1, go often, and look at everything.
 
Pioneer Spec 2 Amplifier

Took my daughter to Sea World in San Antonio this past Thursday. While I was there I figured I would hit a couple of thrift stores. I found a Pioneer Spec 2 amplifier priced for $6.98, as is. I jumped on it and put in on a shopping cart. One channel is out but I am sure worth fixing for the buying price. i will need some advice on what to check. Still, very happy with the find.:D
 

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Van_Isle said:
So since I have a dead tweeter in the 2nd pair of EPI's I decided to refoam another set of speakers and donate those back. They were "AudioPulse" 3-ways with 12-inch woofers - which are not a fantastic speaker but I have seen several examples of them in there and they do sell. Anyway, I show up to donate them and the lady in the store refuses to take them because they are "awash" in speakers ... and of course are having a 50% off sale (see my post re Paradigm Minis). So, I can understand that - bad timing on my part - but this particular lady was more than a little bit snarky about the whole thing - including comments like "nobody wants big speakers anymore". I think I made some comment back to her, after gazing at the shelf of Lloyds, Yorx, Sharp and other assorted no-name speakers (all with non-removable grills of course - see my post also on that one), regarding "throwing out the good speakers while you put the junk on the shelf".

She was, however, more than willing to take my late 60's / early 70's children's wood table and chair set.

She gave me a real dirty look when I walked in there today and an equally dirty look when I was chatting to the older "techie" that does the electronics testing (or maybe it was the newly-arrived 4 large Craig speakers sitting on the floor in his shop area - awash in a sea of speakers, eh?). Anyway I will come up with something else to fire back to them - and give it directly to the techie.
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"My job would be SO much easier without all these damn customers bugging me all day long. Oh, are YOU back AGAIN? NOW what do you want?"
 
mpena93 said:
Took my daughter to Sea World in San Antonio this past Thursday. While I was there I figured I would hit a couple of thrift stores. I found a Pioneer Spec 2 amplifier priced for $6.98, as is. I jumped on it and put in on a shopping cart. One channel is out but I am sure worth fixing for the buying price. i will need some advice on what to check. Still, very happy with the find.:D
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Wow, look at the size of those caps....
 
Wasn't a thrift store - but I got a lovely Jamo Center 50 in perfect condition for $20 shipped from ebay (!). Heavy little thing it is.
 
Finds over past few weeks.

Kenwood KA-601 IA $10 :music:
Sansui SP-Z77 speakers $20 :music:
Mitsubishi DA-U156 150 WPC IA $20 :music:
Sony STR-DE645 5.1 AV Receiver $5 Would not power up, a little work on power switch, plays fine now. :yes:
Sansui RG-900R Analyzer/EG with remote $6.98 :yes:
Pioneer PD-F407 25 CD player $7.50 :music:
Marantz 4270 Quad receiver $10 Played Aux & phono ok, no AM-FM :tears:
At the local flea. Playstation 3 $60, Would not power up, got home & opened it up, checked connections, powered up , plays great :banana:
 
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rifftrax said:
Wasn't a thrift store - but I got a lovely Jamo Center 50 in perfect condition for $20 shipped from ebay (!). Heavy little thing it is.
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you have me totally jealous....I only have SA's near me and they're really awful...not only do they smell nasty...they kind of all smell the same...but there's rarely anything in there...today I did see some RS 1001s missing the grill and needing a refoam...but they wanted 15 bux....I just wasnt' sure about it.
 
I have no SA or GW near me. Only church thrift shops and the like and garage sales. Garage sale season has another month or so... then nothing more 'till May or June.
 
I have only been hitting Thrift stores for the past few months, but notice their inventory picks up around the last week of the month to the first week or so of the new month. I'm guessing because this is when people are usually moving (and don't have time to sell stuff at a garage sale).

So I tend to increase my visits during this time and go lax during the middle weeks of the month.

Do you guys find that to be an accurate assessment, or is it just all of the time "hit or miss" no matter what part of the month you go?
 
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