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Originally Posted by rca2000
NOT_-Accd. to some here...if the cord is messed up, or broken tubes or such---they do NOT sell them....and trash them and will NOT let ANYONE take them--due to "liability". In such a CASE---since they would NOT really want it...it would NOT be theft...IMHO.
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Well its interesting that you say that because my old Magnavox Console I have in my basement which is a tube powered unit with a Single-Ended 6BQ5 Stereo Amplifier in it was bought from inside the local Goodwill and it was even missing all of the amplifier tubes in it when I got it and the cord would be what one would consider a "liability" type cord because of it being an old style rubber cord that even though its intact and not crumbling someone if they didn't look carefully enough at the cord could of easily just chucked the unit because of just the looks of the cord alone and the fact that it was missing vacuum tubes in the amplifier, but apparently they thought they could get something out of it because they did put the thing on the floor for $10 (which I ended up getting it for $6 and some change with half off because I donated a dollar to them. So with that in mind Goodwill will sell ANYTHING electronic no matter the cosmetic shape or they think they can get some money out of it, which is why anything except tvs are off limits to me. There was even one time that I saw a 1930s Truetone Console radio for sale in the local goodwill store for $100 and the cabinet was in horrible shape (it looked like it was in someone's damp basement for 40+ years) and the power cord was roached on it with exposed wires and it was missing tubes and knobs and preset pushbuttons and the speaker grill cloth and speaker was roached and everything and they still had it on the floor for $100 which is like I said the reason why I wouldn't take any antique/vintage high-fidelity equipment and other electronic equipment vintage or not because despite what you might think goodwill does put antique electronics on the floor sometimes whether its roached or not, which I would of been like you and thought the same thing as far as Goodwill not taking roached out electronic equipment but then when I saw the old Magnavox console that I ended up buying from them and then later on saw the aforementioned 1930s Truetone Console that was roached out like crazy on their floor for sale for $100 that's when I realized that Goodwill will sell just about anything they think they can make a buck off of even if its a roached out piece of 1930's electronic equipment.