[drh4683]

nicely said captainmoody. I cant agree anymore. Almost all of us on this forum have one thing in common, we like sharing our latest estate sale or garbage day finds. Its exciting because we were able to add something we liked to our collection for close to nothing. Dont get me wrong, Im willing to pay $$ to get the TV. I paid $200 for a ctc19 from rca2000. Ive wanted one of those for the longest time. It worth that only to me becase I like it so much. I just sold two brand new consoles on ebay to captainmoody for like $100. Im so glad he wants them for his collection, as they can be appriciated and with his know how in tv servicing, they will live on. I lose out on $$ all the time with ebay. Its not what it was, back when you could sell a sony micro tv for $169. I dont care what I get for my tvs, regardless of what I put into it as far as time and parts. What is important to me is that someone else out there takes interest and enjoyment of the sets. Think about it, when you sell an old TV on ebay (if your lucky enough to do so today), that bidder wants it to appriciate it, maybe to watch or to enhance the appearance of a room in his home. I became great friends with captainmoodys family because of ebay, he was selling the tvs both I and he liked, mid-late 60s color sets. I was the only bidder on his tvs most of the time because of the lack of interest in these sets.
Lets face it, we on the tv forum are probably close to the only ones that collect and enjoy vintage tvs. If we didnt give a damn, all the great TVs you see on AK would be GONE!
Thats how I see it. - my 2 cents.