"SPRING" Thrift Store Finds....
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Lol, thanks for the laugh.....BTW, the fridge needs a refoam too, damned door won't stay shut!
OK, so I walked back into the same thrift store today and the fellow that does the electronics testing is there (must be in his mid-80's at least). And sitting next to him in his little office is ANOTHER set of EPI 100's! Same vintage. So I mention to him that I had bought the pair they had last week and he says .... how do they sound. I say not so good right now because the foam surrounds need to be replaced. He says ... oh I'm terribly sorry about that .... they were priced accordingly because the grills don't come off and we couldn't check them. I said, they sure do come off and proceeded to show him with the set he had. Of course the foams fell onto the floor as soon as I pulled the grill. I explained that they could be replaced relatively easilly. This nice old gent then proceeds to say ... well, if you want those ones then take them because otherwise they are going to the dump !!!! :sigh: !!!
Well, turns out they fire all speakers that have rotten foams straight into the dumpster. I can see their point, in that they do offer refunds on non-working electronics and otherwise not everyone that buys a pair of speakers is expecting to have to redo the foams .... but can you just imagine the numbers of old classic speakers that these folks have turfed for want of a few bucks (and some time) in foam replacement? I have wild visions of somehow saving all these old speakers from a misrable fate!
Same goes for most of the old receivers, amps, turntables, etc. Fellow has quite a collection back there backlogged for checking out ... mostly of course bpc (no, I'm not going to save that .... except maybe that interesting Akai receiver he has .... going to have to check back on that one.)
So now I have 4 EPI Model 100's + 1 set of stands for $30. I think maybe one set once it gets fixed up will get donated back to them!
guitarslam
Sonic Moron
You have done well! :thmbsp:
Sharpstik
Stuck in the 70's
About a year ago, I paid 20.00 for a JVC amp, slightly different from the one I once owned. I returned it and they procede to cut the power cord. I said If I knew they were going to do that I would have kept it.
Pioneer sx 535 mint- 40.00 today
Sansui 4000.-nice 40.00 last week
both at flea markets
Too much, I think..I am used to finding this stuff for 10.00
Sigh ... yes I passed on a decent looking Yamaha amp for $20 (can't recall the model, but it was lower powered silver face) at the Salvation Army .... next time I was in it was gone ... and the next time I went in it was in the recycle bin at the front of the store buried under a pile of beige computer towers and CRT monitors. They wouldn't let me retreive it. Probably returned due to a blown fuse!
Goodwill_HiFi
Super Member
At one of the Goodwill's I go to, speakers with rotten foam are apparently just as good as speakers with good foam :scratch2: They must have someone new doing there pricing as I noticed everything took a jump in price about 2 months ago. The other Goodwill in town..... same Goodwill unit/organization normally has great prices.
Just the other day, I saw an el-cheapo (junk) pair of speakers with rotten foam (priced too high) and another customer made a comment about "putting something like that out". I explained to him that while that particular pair pf speakers were junk anyway, rotten foam surrounds can be replaced and that if the speakers were good to began with I'd have no problem buying them. He didn't get it...."I just could sell something like that".
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Goodwill_HiFi
Super Member
Did it not work? If it didn't work, did you really think they'd put it back out on the floor?
I found a cd player I wanted once..... and old GE from 1985. The drawer didn't open. No biggie, I was sure it was the belt. However, it was priced a bit high. I asked the shift manager for a lower price explaining that it didn't work.....Oh we can't sell it to you then. Huh? So you'll sell it for $12 if it works, or throw it away and get $0, but you won't sell it for $5 broken? She began to see the light, but said she couldn't go that low. I think I got it for about $8 with tax and the stipulation that I couldn't return it. She wanted to be sure I wouldn't/couldn't return it...... which escapes me, since the reason for a return would be in the case of it not working..... I already knew it didn't work.
Jeff's Class
Member
Note to self: Start dumpster diving behind the local GW Store...
Sharpstik
Stuck in the 70's
Goodwill_HiFi
Super Member
If there was a problem then it didn't work as far as Goodwill was concerned...... unless it's a shelf system, as they seem to have no problem selling them with non-working cd-players....... not sure who buys those, Though
Well, so far I have 1 dead tweeter
. Haven't been able to check the 2nd pair yet. Man ... I seem to attract the things! Paradigm Phantoms, Technics SB-4000's and now the EPI's. But my Mirage SM-1's ($10 Estate sale) and my Paradigm 3SE Mini (SA $10 purchase) are both back up and running with new foams
OLDisGOLD
Well-Known Member
Just bought a Magnavox AK-729 5 Disc CD changer at the local thrift for $5.00. It loads all the slots but comes up with E 99 & won't play a CD. The other functions seem to be working as much as I can check them without actually playing anything. This unit is in like-new condition otherwise. Not a scratch on it. I looked up error 99 on Google & it says something about not being able to read the CD or CD not up to speed but it applied to another brand CD player. I know some of the error messages are universal across the board & some are not.
Anybody have any ideas?
Anybody have any ideas?
All-Trac
Active Member
I haven't had any luck at the thrifts, but have had a couple good scores at Estate & Garage Sales.
Estate sale a month ago I bought
Pioneer SX-636 Reciever
Pioneer RT-1020L Reel to Reel
Dual TT (not working)
Old Magnavox tube cabinet converted over to hold traditional equipment.
Four STR P10 speakers, with bad foams.
Total winning bid $130, $10 of that was for all four speakers.
This last Thursday it paid to be the early bird at a garage sale. Records, Stereo, Speakers, 8-Track player was in the newspaper ad. I got there and picked up
Pioneer SX-450
Pioneer Project 100 10" speakers
Realistic small speakers
Mistsubishi DP-409R 5 Disc CD changer
3- Five disc cartridges for the above CD player
Everything for $25!
The old lady told me this was her old lake house stereo she didn't know how to use and the 8-Trac player I would guess was the CD changer. The funny thing is the CD player was made in July of 1986, still works down to the orignal Mitsubishi batteries in the remote! FINALLY a CD player!
Also picked up a Technics M-218 silver face cassette deck for a buck Saturday during the city-wide garage sale
Estate sale a month ago I bought
Pioneer SX-636 Reciever
Pioneer RT-1020L Reel to Reel
Dual TT (not working)
Old Magnavox tube cabinet converted over to hold traditional equipment.
Four STR P10 speakers, with bad foams.
Total winning bid $130, $10 of that was for all four speakers.
This last Thursday it paid to be the early bird at a garage sale. Records, Stereo, Speakers, 8-Track player was in the newspaper ad. I got there and picked up
Pioneer SX-450
Pioneer Project 100 10" speakers
Realistic small speakers
Mistsubishi DP-409R 5 Disc CD changer
3- Five disc cartridges for the above CD player
Everything for $25!
The old lady told me this was her old lake house stereo she didn't know how to use and the 8-Trac player I would guess was the CD changer. The funny thing is the CD player was made in July of 1986, still works down to the orignal Mitsubishi batteries in the remote! FINALLY a CD player!
Also picked up a Technics M-218 silver face cassette deck for a buck Saturday during the city-wide garage sale
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Tucker99
Super Member
That will increase your audiokarma points total!