This poor guy. He's gonna drop 200 bucks on a late 70s 10" toshiba blackstripe.

http://cgi.ebay.com/COLOR-Retro-Eames-Era-SPACE-AGE-T-V-TOSHIBA-Blackstripe_W0QQitemZ170166329641QQihZ007QQcategor yZ3638QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

a fool and his money....

:jawdrop:

The guy whose selling it SERIOUSLY believes that it's one of the first color TV's?! Either that, or he's a weasel.

The buyer is a hipster that doesnt know how to handle money. Look at his other purchases, how many studded belts and huge buckles does one guy need?

It might be a better deal than what looks like a US$260 plastic hammer:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130149247542

Then again, I have bought a few odd things on Ebay, too.

Shoot, the buyer is probably a friend of the sellers and he's tryng to get people to think it's worth something... Iv'e seen it before... Truely sad

I need that bidder to come see me. I wonder if he'd give me $200 for a 1977 19" RCA XL100 in working condition. You know, it was the first "large screen" color TV, LOL!! Seriously, that Toshiba is another one of those sets that you couldn't give to most people. One of the things that irritates me about ebay (well, selling in general) is that people will pay a fortune for something most of us would consider as low end junk. Yet, when a nice, restored item is placed on epay; it just sits there and does not sell.

Maybe the bidder just wanted to make a donation to the charity.

Bill R

Hey, I had one of those in simulated wood!! One of the first, you say? Found it in the local trashpile, too. Damn shame how some people just scrap history!

Seriously, They ain't bad sets, but COME ON, surely the bidder knows its a run-of-the-mill plastic cube....

...

Ebay pulled the auction.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Retro-Eames-Era-SPACE-AGE-Portable-TOSHIBA-Color-T-V_W0QQitemZ170169071839QQihZ007QQcategoryZ3638QQss PageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I reckon that Eames feller is more important than the Good Lord...EVVERTHAING that was made between 1900-2000 is somehow related to him...Reckon the Trilateral Commission, Bilderbergs & the Helicopter Guys know about this ? Where's my tinfoil hat...

I guess I'm showing my stupidity; but, I'd never heard of "Eames" until I got on ebay.

I reckon that Eames feller is more important than the Good Lord...EVVERTHAING that was made between 1900-2000 is somehow related to him...Reckon the Trilateral Commission, Bilderbergs & the Helicopter Guys know about this ? Where's my tinfoil hat...

You must be a Coast To Coast AM listener. George Noory rules! Don't tell the New World Order I said that.

How about a Funai Symphonic for 1600 bucks.....or less? :sigh:

http://norfolk.craigslist.org/ele/458126256.html

In keeping with the spirit of trying to sell outdated TV's for more than retail, I am offering this 13 inch tube TV for the outstanding price of $1,600. This is a very equivalent deal to all of these non HD bigscreens I see on here for an equivalent price. In fact, this is probably worth more, since most people wouldn't take those big hunks of garbage for free. But I'll be fair, and accept BEST OFFER.

I like this guys sense of humor. Its amazing what people expect to get for funai crap on CL. Just because it was $130 in 1998 doesnt make it worth that much, or more now.

I too find his humor funny. Every once in awhile; someone will try to sell me their broke 1987 GE console for the reasonable price of $50 because "we paid $750 for this TV when new and we're not going to just give it away." I recently saw a for sale ad in the paper for a 20" RCA color TV that has only "minimal use" for $150. Do these people not ever read the sale papers or notice current TV prices in the stores? It seems like the people that want to SELL these TV's are unaware of how cheap TV's are now. The people that ASK about BUYING a used TV are real quick to let you know what they can get a new one for. We might do OK if the rolls were reversed.

At a flea market, one guy wanted $75.00 for a 25 inch no name brand TV that had really bad color bleeding, and various tint problems.

The TV sat where it was for over 2 months, until one day it finally died on him.

He was persistant though. He lowered his price to $50.00 and claimed that it was a "fixer upper".

I used to pay up to $10 for most "fixer upper" TV's. Now, I get enough broke TV's for free and still have a hard time getting rid of them when they are playing. They mainly give me something to do and I like the satisfaction of bringing something back to life (unless it's a Funai product). About the only kind of broken TV I would buy now would be a vintage set.

I guess I'm showing my stupidity; but, I'd never heard of "Eames" until I got on ebay.
It isn't just you. I saw an article about Eames in my newspaper a few years ago, and my first thought was, "You mean those ugly-as-heck chairs and desks we had in school in the 60's and 70's were 'designed'... and somebody likes this stuff???" :yuck: ;)