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fsjonsey · #16 11-15-2007, 09:30 PM

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In keeping with the spirit of trying to sell outdated TV's for more than retail, I am offering this 13 inch tube TV for the outstanding price of $1,600. This is a very equivalent deal to all of these non HD bigscreens I see on here for an equivalent price. In fact, this is probably worth more, since most people wouldn't take those big hunks of garbage for free. But I'll be fair, and accept BEST OFFER.

I like this guys sense of humor. Its amazing what people expect to get for funai crap on CL. Just because it was $130 in 1998 doesnt make it worth that much, or more now.

radiotvnut · #17 11-15-2007, 09:39 PM

I too find his humor funny. Every once in awhile; someone will try to sell me their broke 1987 GE console for the reasonable price of $50 because "we paid $750 for this TV when new and we're not going to just give it away." I recently saw a for sale ad in the paper for a 20" RCA color TV that has only "minimal use" for $150. Do these people not ever read the sale papers or notice current TV prices in the stores? It seems like the people that want to SELL these TV's are unaware of how cheap TV's are now. The people that ASK about BUYING a used TV are real quick to let you know what they can get a new one for. We might do OK if the rolls were reversed.

MRX37 · #18 11-15-2007, 09:55 PM

At a flea market, one guy wanted $75.00 for a 25 inch no name brand TV that had really bad color bleeding, and various tint problems.

The TV sat where it was for over 2 months, until one day it finally died on him.

He was persistant though. He lowered his price to $50.00 and claimed that it was a "fixer upper".

radiotvnut · #19 11-15-2007, 10:06 PM

I used to pay up to $10 for most "fixer upper" TV's. Now, I get enough broke TV's for free and still have a hard time getting rid of them when they are playing. They mainly give me something to do and I like the satisfaction of bringing something back to life (unless it's a Funai product). About the only kind of broken TV I would buy now would be a vintage set.

ChrisW6ATV · #20 11-16-2007, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by radiotvnut

I guess I'm showing my stupidity; but, I'd never heard of "Eames" until I got on ebay.

It isn't just you. I saw an article about Eames in my newspaper a few years ago, and my first thought was, "You mean those ugly-as-heck chairs and desks we had in school in the 60's and 70's were 'designed'... and somebody likes this stuff???"