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Two weeks ago, I took the RCA console TV to a consignment shop/flea market in which I know the owner. He said he'd sell the TV for me and keep 30% of the price for his efforts. He marked it at $65; but, I told him that I'd be fine with whatever it sold for. Of course, two weeks later, that set and all the other BPC/SPC sets are still there. My 19 year old friend who was with me asked me what that console would have brought 15 years ago and I told him $150-$200 without much waiting around for a buyer. My friend is one of the few young people today who thinks like I do. He has an early 2000's off brand 27" set and he sees no reason to replace it with something new. He said that for what a new TV cost, he could better invest that money elsewhere. OTOH, he has a sister-in-law who is the exact opposite. He said that her parents gave her everything she wanted growing up and that now she expects, and gets, the same thing out of her husband. He said his brother would be fine with whatever he can get; but, it's easier to give in to her than to tell her "no". He said that just yesterday, she was planning to buy a 70+ inch TV that "only cost $1200", while they have a perfectly good 46" flatscreen that isn't that old. I'll tell you what, if I ever get a woman like, I'll be giving her back to whomever she came from.
My other friend still has the two 13" TV's with remotes and instruction books, priced at $15/each, with no interest. The closest thing he gets are those people who claim they'll be back on the first of the month; but, they never come back. All I can say is that if they're not willing to pay a lousy $15 for a working color TV; then, they don't need one in the first place.
I've still got a 19" Orion color TV that I fixed out of my junk stash; but, I'm getting tired of advertising it for $20 and not one single bit of interest. Therefore, I'm almost ready to perform the "durability test" from the roof of my shop with that one. Hell, if the SOB ain't worth $20; then, I might as well have some fun with it.
About two weeks ago, a woman called to say that she had two BPC TV's she'd give me if I would haul them off. I told her I'd take them; but, honestly, I can't even get up enough ambition to pick them up because I know they would just sit here from now on.
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