Goodwill swamped with CRTs

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Originally Posted by Trance88

I just stopped in my local goodwill today and found a cool little Sony Trinitron from March of 1984 with 13 push button tuning in good working order (No UHF on these??). It appears to be a 15" or so for 20 bucks. Would it be worth it to get it? Interesting how these TV's are flat vertically but curved horizontally.

I'd say it's worth $20 if it works good and is clean. The real question is: What is it worth to you? It's a fact that even '80's TV's are rapidly disappering and I'd come near giving $20 for a good quality '80's set before I would give $5 for a two year old Funai special. Of course, to most of the public, this TV would be worthless and they would have to be paid $20 to take it. This TV could very well sit there until they drop the price, it could get thrown out, or someone might actually buy it. It's like the '69 Zenith B&W console that I paid $50 for at the "thrift" store a few months ago. Yes, the TV was priced at least $40 higher than it's real worth; but, I was afraid of what might happen if I didn't go ahead and get it. So, I paid the $50 and brought it home. That's one way to insure that it does not get thrown out or gutted and made into a fish tank!