Craigslist laugh for the day...

[Carmine]

While searching for old sets..

Beautiful entertainment center - $325 (sterling hts)

this is a beautiful entertainment center in perfect condition
it is 5ft in length
50in tall
20in deep
there are 4 deep shelves dehind the glass magnet close door
the tv opening is 37in wide by 32in tall
2 shelves for vcr or dvd player
a lockable compartment
if you are interested in the tv it is in perfect condition as well 37in Zenith $200

[MRX37]

Heh, that's a 36 inch Zenith from maybe 1998 or 1999. Tube's probably either very dim by now, or has bad color bleeding, with the color white being a shade of green.

[zenithfan1]

Dats pretty 'spensive Lucy!

[willyrover]

Maybe an extra zero on the price by accident?

Actually, I had about 50 replies within a matter of hours for 27" JVC listed at $60....I was sure it would sit for days.

[Carmine]

So you guys think $325 is otta line for an ugly screw-together entertainment center? That was state-of-the-art when Seinfeld was on (the first time). I'll bet they think it's Amish-made, since the Amish watch so much TV.

Maybe if you pay full price for the TV, they'll knock a few bucks off the cabinet.

When I saw the TV was an extra $200, I nearly fell otta my chair!

[radiotvnut]

You'd have to pay me to haul that stuff off; since the TV is a '90's Zenith and the cabinet is probably particleboard. I think I'll save my money for a color roundie combo.

[radiotvnut]

I can't remember what region; but, I saw a 32" Zenith console for $500 on CL yesterday. Surely, they added that extra zero by mistake.

[zenithfan1]

Originally Posted by radiotvnut

You'd have to pay me to haul that stuff off; since the TV is a '90's Zenith and the cabinet is probably particleboard. I think I'll save my money for a color roundie combo.

The best ones are Zenith, of course before 1965. After that the stereo is solid state. The tube stereo in these sound wonderful.

[Carmine]

a lockable compartment

Is this for porn storage?

[Sandy G]

Porn, or dope...(grin)

[Carmine]

Originally Posted by Sandy G

Porn, or dope...(grin)

That would explain the ad...

[bgadow]

I feel sorry for the fellow I'm helping with the TV shop...he has a whole store full of sets that age; he even has a used entertainment center something like that! In his case he will throw it in if you buy the used 32" RCA sitting on it. He's trying to get $130 each for some 90s Zenith consoles. Tough, tough sell.

Some folks have not been in a WallyWorld lately.

[MAXZ28]

I had a stereo rack remarkably similar to that entertainment center in design. It was made partially of solid oak trim, oak plywood, and was a stout mofo.

That could be a hardwood entertainment center and worth a little more than what the partical board stuff sells for. Maybe not as much as the asking price, but to put it in perspective, I got fifty clams for my stereo rack which sold in two days on CL.

[radiotvnut]

Here's another one. Might be worth close to their price if it had the original TV in it and everything worked.

http://bham.craigslist.org/ele/990600772.html

I suspect it had a CTC25 in there at one time.

[radiotvnut]

Originally Posted by bgadow

I feel sorry for the fellow I'm helping with the TV shop...he has a whole store full of sets that age; he even has a used entertainment center something like that! In his case he will throw it in if you buy the used 32" RCA sitting on it. He's trying to get $130 each for some 90s Zenith consoles. Tough, tough sell.

Some folks have not been in a WallyWorld lately.

In his mind, he's thinking about all of the hard work and monetary investment that's been put into his business over the years. He probably can't see giving that stuff away, selling it reasonable, or dumping it because, to him, that would be like flushing the past 50 years down the toilet.

About 15 years ago, I went to an ex-TV and radio repairman's house to see about buying some stuff. His shop was in the backyard and pretty much looked like it did in '68 when he gave it up. His wife showed me to the shop and told me to take whatever I wanted, free of charge. I told her that I appreciated the offer but maybe we should talk to her husband first. She told me he had not used this stuff in 25 years and she wasn't worried about what he thought, it needs to go to someone who can use it. About that time, the old man come hobbling in on his walker and asked his wife what in the hell she thought she was doing in his shop. She said "I'm giving this young man this stuff that you'll never use". He said "Oh no hell you're not, I've got money in this stuff and I'm not giving it away." She tried to reason with him but he was having no part of it. All he was thinking about was how much money he had in the stuff, despite the fact that he hadn't used it in decades. He wanted something like $60 for an old Eico 460 'scope that I feel sure didn't work. I tried to buy a small stack of dirty Sams Photofacts for $10 and he almost ordered me off the property. There was a nice (at one time) high end Atwater Kent console from the '30's that I tried to buy and he wouldn't even talk to me about selling it. "Oh, that's not for sale. I'm fixing that for my Grandkids". His wife looked at me like "yeah, right". The roof just happened to be leaking above where the radio sat; so, everytime it rained, the cabinet went a little more downhill. The old man passed away 2 or 3 years later and his widow put most everything out on the street. Of course, I found out too late (as usual). I went back over there to see if anything was left and got a couple of junky 5 tube AC/DC radios that she'd forgot to throw out. She didn't even remember me.