I say we all email him and threaten his tank!!!!:nono:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Antique-Television-with-Built-in-Fish-Tank_W0QQitemZ290055142574QQihZ019QQcategoryZ3638Q QrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem



polaraman

Ugh.:puke:I was just about to post this, but I was busy trying to dig up this old thread here, where it was asked if anyone has actually ever seen a fish-tanked tv: http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=71263&highlight=fish+tank
I've had this Emerson console for sale on Craigslist for a long time, finally someone e-mails me saying how much they wanted it but something about the e-mail just said fish-tank to me, so I deleted it. Now this set is blocking my front door, and I would like nothing more than to give it away free to anyone who will preserve it, but I had to turn down $40 for it last week just because I thought it might become a fish tank or dog bed some other screwy object. :thumbsdn:

Been there, done that
The fish tank thing that is.
Twenty five years ago, the set was shot and the cab was some nice looking mahogany. since I liked fish and wood better than busted TVs, my choice was obvious.

Now I know better, but old TVs still don't get the juices pumping like old audio gear :dunno:

I emailed him to ask if he still had the insides from that TV, and got this response.

---------------
I have the speaker to this one and will have to look to see if I kept the rest. I have another antique tv in the garage that is still in one piece. If you are interested I will email you the model and you can get out your dumbass wallet and make a bid.
---------------

What a jerk. I guess he does not feel he destroyed a very nice TV.

polaraman

If you are interested I will email you the model and you can get out your dumbass wallet and make a bid.
---------------

What salesmanship!!!

This guy's either a douchebag, a prick, or probably both.

But IF you really want the set, give him a call, find out what it is, and make a lowball offer. Heck, if He told me he had an old console stereo with Scott and JBL stuff in it, I'd probably offer him $50 for it :naughty: :naughty:

I say we all email him and threaten his tank!!!!:nono:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Antique-Television-with-Built-in-Fish-Tank_W0QQitemZ290055142574QQihZ019QQcategoryZ3638Q QrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem



polaraman

I think we should get a rope, tie him up and dunk him.
bill

OK everybody. Let's tell this (pick adjective of your choice) what we think. 1....2....3....

THHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHH!

What a Narsewhole !!

...If you are interested I will email you the model and you can get out your dumbass wallet and make a bid.
---------------

Miss Manners would be dissapointed...

Where I come from, this guy would be caled a ---k head!!!!!!!!!!!
I saw that tank earlier, and it made me sicker than I already was.:thumbsdn: :sigh: :tears: :no: :nono:

Well, maybe I provoked him just a little. My email to him suggested that a complete television might be worth more (to some people anyway) than a dumbass fish tank.

I later invited him to send me the make & model of the other TV in his garage. It's located on the wrong coast for me, but you never know.

i am very very glad it wasn't a CT-100...

Oh, my. The other TV in his garage is a Dumont RA105 Teleset.

http://www.tvhistory.tv/1949-DuMont-RA105.JPG

I gather that the RA105 came in both console and tabletop cabinets. I don't know if this one is a console tv/radio/phono like the one pictured above, or a tabletop. Keen looking set, either way.

This dude is located in NY state. Safe shipping from there to my crib in WA state would probably run around $500. And I'm on a strict no-more-consoles diet until I finish restoring my CTC-11 and find a place to put it.

If anyone in the NY area is interested, I would recommend contacting him through the original eBay link and innocently asking whether he has any more old TVs lying around the place. I don't care that much about the Sylvania, but the DuMont seems like too nice a set to be made into an aquarium -- and then possibly junked when the aquarium doesn't sell.

Phil Nelson

Another one lost in Atlanta. A really cool loking set destroyed by the unknowing!!!!


Real 1960’s TV converted into 10 gallon fishtank. Dazzle your friends and family with this customized jewel! Could also be a terrarium. Check out the mod Jetsons legs! Everything works great.

Includes: vintage television stand, 10 gallon fishtank with lid, channel knobs wired to control interior case lights – so cool, fishnet, suction hose, chemicals for water/testing chemicals, air filter pump, tropical fish food and NYC backdrop.

Dimensions are 20.5 D x 23 W x 37 H.

polaraman

What an as....

Yeah thats a senario where i would have grabbed an empty tv cabinet, dropped my droors, pressed my tush against the glass, snapped a photo, and sent it back to him... :)

Steve

Another one lost in Atlanta. A really cool loking set destroyed by the unknowing!!!!


Real 1960’s TV converted into 10 gallon fishtank. Dazzle your friends and family with this customized jewel! Could also be a terrarium. Check out the mod Jetsons legs! Everything works great.

Includes: vintage television stand, 10 gallon fishtank with lid, channel knobs wired to control interior case lights – so cool, fishnet, suction hose, chemicals for water/testing chemicals, air filter pump, tropical fish food and NYC backdrop.

Dimensions are 20.5 D x 23 W x 37 H.

polaraman

I'm sure the new owners will be dazzled when the legs snap off under the weight of 80Lbs of water and the bric-a-brac arranged on top. God i hate hipsters.

One more on the 'Bay...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280136141571