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Do you know if there are any hamfest or antique radio meets in your area? Much of this stuff turns up there at often give away prices. Also, if you can find an older TV shop; they may have old equipment stashed somewhere that they would sell cheap. Other than that, ebay (gag) is probably your next option. I agree with you on the high shipping prices and that much of that stuff on epay is junk and needs to be thrown out. I know someone locally who has an RCA senior voltohmyst, an HV probe, and a B&K 470 CRT tester; but, he expects to get big prices for this stuff. I think he wants $50 for the VTVM and $50 for the HV probe and $250-$300 for the CRT tester. I've seen those CRT testers go for less than $100 on ebay. All he's thinking about is what the stuff cost new. I tried to convince him that there was little demand for that equipment and not to expect to get those prices. I think it went right over his head. He just moved to a retirement home; so, I'll ask again and see if I can get a better price. As far as CL and local advertising, I've not had good luck either. The few replies I do get are usually from people wanting some ungodly price for their crap. It's like "ding, ding, ding, WANTED ad. This stuff must really be valuable; so, let's see how bad he really wants it".
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