eBay sellers don't always tell the whole truth... Sony KV-1201U

[kx250rider]

Don't we all love it when we buy a collectible TV, drive 100 miles round trip to get it, only to find out that the seller left out a very significant detail? Well, sometimes I do love it; LITERALLY! I went last night in the rain to pick up this Sony KV-1201, which I need like a hole in the head. But they've all but disappeared, and the price was right (free). The lady and her husband had bundled the set up all nice & dry for me, and we loaded it in the back seat of my truck. This morning, I brought it in and unpacked it. Well, it's basically what she said it was, except for one detail. She forgot to tell me it's BRAND-NEW! This is the same woman who has been selling off her Dad's collection of new-old-stock Sony products on eBay, and this is one of those items. It didn't have the box, so she probably didn't realize it's another unsold, unused item. I have scrutinized the set all over, and can't find one lick of evidence it was ever powered up. Even the high voltage jelly on the bell of the CRT is clean and clear, and that gets black & nasty after only a month or so of use. Especially in metro Los Angeles, where all this stuff lived. The only unfortunate part is that since it wasn't in a box all this time, there are a couple of scratches on the plastichrome trim, and the SONY emblem fell off. I have a Sony emblem, and the scratches are livable, and I'm sure happy to have this thing! Here are some pics... I have NOT cleaned it; not in any way! The way you see it here, is exactly how it came. A very scarce film of white house dust is all it has, and there is no more house dust on the anode lead or any other HV-charged area, than anywhere else. No marks anywhere on the AC plug prongs, and the antenna terminals are 100% virgin.

Charles