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I took a chance. I could NOT tell if the screen was broken or not, and it VERY well could have been--lying in one of those big tubs they have with all sorts of other crap on and around it. And it would NOT cone on--just had an orange power light that would NOT change. But it had the computer-type cord on it and a stand. So...I figured out that if the panel WAS Broken--i had at least $10 worth of parts there....
As it turned out--the panel was OK. I ended up selling the set for $110, with a westinghouse remote I had that worked perfectly for it. It has ONE scratch on the very left side of the panel--but it was NOT really visible when on. that set had FOUR HDMI inputs, and a digital tuner too.
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10-31-2015, 08:54 AM
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Our biggest and best thrift store is Thrift Store City on East tLittle Creek Road. It is run by a company for the local battered women shelters. They do have TVs - both CRT and flat panel, as most folks here are on cable and can use either type.
The store used to be beyond awesome - they were in a tiny location, had lots of donations, and had to get rid of stuff quick. I got some of my best buys there: Altec tube amp in original shipping container, $4.98, later sold on eBay for 426 bucks. Sansui AU11000 amp, bought for 14.98, sold to a Connecticut lawyer for 412 bucks. Sorensen 0-60V, 30A metered supply, I still have it, bought for $29.98. I damn near got a hernia getting it in the shopping cart. HP 1740A O'scope, $24.98 - worked from day one with only a dirty control or two. Numerous Heathkits, sold all of them - amps, test equipment and a weather station Big bag of HP and Tek Oscope probes and parts, $3.98 - no one knew what they were and sold them as power cords! Two huge Conn Organs - 15 for one, 29.98 for the second. I got about 35 clear top RCA tubes from both, and sold a few of the caps on eBay. Two 1000VA autoformers for 4.98 - 120/240 Wavetek 183 sweep gen - 4.98 - they thought it was a computer peripheral of some sort. Eico HF-81 - I paid 24.98, and it was missing all but one tube. I sold it for parts, getting 50 bucks for the knobs alone. Westinghouse 22" LCD TV - had a busted HDMI input (only one on the set) - so I donated it to my church for use as a video monitor/TV - I paid 39.98, and did not know about the busted HDMI connector. Several Supreme instruments, and I haven't attempted restoration on any of them. Now that they are at a larger location, they have both higher prices, and a boutique area for their electronic items, most priced beyond what I would pay, but still a bargain for most people. They use eBay for starting prices on high-demand stuff, but come down on Thursdays by 30%, and if it doesn't sell, come down another 30% the following Thursday. I got one of the Conn Organs that way - I waited them out, as it was sitting no where near a power outlet. They also have clothes, books, the usual housewares and such, but man do they get odd items occasionally.
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I love going to Goodwill here. Their CRT sets, even consoles, are priced at $1.00 each. My husband hates it when I go to Goodwill. I almost always bring home a TV or two. Most of the time the TVs are from the 80s and 90s. I have gotten a few from the 70s, and some tube stuff.
As someone mentioned above, their price tags have different colors on them. Each day is half off of a certain color tag. Then every other Saturday is half off store wide. Once one such day, I brought home $70 worth of tubes. The lady at the register told me someone had spent about $100 on tubes earlier that morning.
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 As for "Deadhorse", that's a name of a small town on the north shore of Alaska. They probably don't have any thrifts, though.
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11-09-2015, 02:51 PM
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That video of the Outlets rolling "BINS" could have been taken at the one two miles from our place. In the last 2 months, I got two console stereos there as much furniture is placed against the walls.
One was a Zenith SF2505 1959 stereo tube-amped record player in a decent Blonde CABINET. I swapped in a newer Zenith-VM 2g changer for the fubar'ed BSR someone stuck in there when they plucked out the cobramatic. For just $15, it was a steal and sounded fantastic after I restored it. The second was last week, for a ten-spot I got a 1967 Magnavox Astrosonic console with the manual and registration card still inside. I was not surprised to see a local owner and dealer (still in business and migrated into high-end audio installs) I ordered caps for that one, as those Mags always need ALL new electrolytics to sound great again. I drop by there every few days just to check when out shopping. Talk about compulsive!
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11-09-2015, 04:18 PM
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It's very common for Goodwill to not accept CRT televisions. None of the ones in my area down, and that includes North East Illinois, and South East Wisconsin.
No CRT TV's. Occasionally Salvation Army will have a CRT TV or two, but rarely. When I flew to Portland, Oregon earlier this year, I checked several Goodwill stores out there. Same policy. No CRT Television sets what so ever.
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