Those TVs are probably more unusual in 2006 than a roundie! I just don't see 60s & 70s tube portables anywhere anymore. Nice rescue!!!!
What kind of a place is it??? That sounds like it could be a potential gold mine
Is it a recycling dropoff, or ? Not asking to reveal the location. Just wondering what the origin of the pile is.
When I was about 10, my Mom took me to Disneyland.... On the way down, on Interstate 5 just south of East Los Angeles, there was a central warehouse for the ATA stores (building is now an Office Depot). ATA Stores sold TVs, applicances, etc. I think it was a last-gasp effort of the dying Whitefront Stores. In the parking lot, there was a mountain of old TVs!!!! I couldn't stop thinking about it all day at Disneyland, and I convinced my Mom to get off the freeway on the way home
From what I remember, the TVs were mainly B&W 21" consoles and a few round color sets. (this was about 1977, so the sets were 15-20 years old). They were just sitting there, and the warehouse was closed for the day. I was tempted to take parts & tubes, but she wouldn't let me because "they were on private property and that would be stealing". Well, maybe so.
I am assuming that the pile I saw was all the trade-ins. It's too bad that nowdays most people go and buy a TV and bring it home. I remember when it was the custom to get your new TV delivered & installed, then the delivery guys would courteously remove your old one. Maybe still in some places, but not in The Big City. I befriended a Sears TV delivery man, who would call me if he took a trade-in from my immediate neighborhood. I actually got some nice sets for "lunch money" including a 21" Predicta and a few nice roundies.
Stretching the subject, I also befriended a newspaper/can salvager, who also picked up small old TVs for me for a nominal finders fee.
Charles