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Aaron2
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Post subject: Crazy? Probably.  Posted: Apr Mon 09, 2012 10:16 pm |
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I saw this ad on CL here in Phoenix, $1,000 for a mid-sixties GE console in good, but not spectacular, condition. http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/atq/2948311588.htmlHere's the e-mail exchange between me and the seller: Aaron2 wrote: Seller wrote: Nope. 1000 obo. Where do these people come from?!? 
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Nick D.
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Post subject: Re: Crazy? Probably. Posted: Apr Mon 09, 2012 10:29 pm |
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He just cut it in half. 
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Aaron2
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Post subject: Re: Crazy? Probably. Posted: Apr Mon 09, 2012 10:31 pm |
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Nick D. wrote: He just cut it in half. He's still nuts, though! He probably reacted to my follow-up e-mail, in which I tried to educate him a little: Aaron2 wrote: OK. Typically, solid-state stereo consoles from the '60s sell anywhere from $10 up to maybe $75 if it's a really exceptional model. I sold a GE recently for $149, but it was super-rare and had a really incredible Danish Modern type cabinet, which is a style that a lot of people like right now. But $1,000? I don't see it selling for anywhere near that price.
I'll give you $60 for yours since it looks like it's in pretty good shape.
Aaron I didn't get a response to this e-mail. Big surprise, huh? 
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Post subject: Re: Crazy? Probably. Posted: Apr Mon 09, 2012 11:35 pm |
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I wouldn't even offer $60. Its a set I wouldn't think twice about driving past if I saw it with a big "Free!" sign stuck to the front on the side of the road.
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Post subject: Re: Crazy? Probably. Posted: Apr Tue 10, 2012 12:29 am |
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[quote="bobwilson1977"]...... I wouldn't think twice about driving past if I saw it......quote] I wouldn't think twice to drive THROUGH it!
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Aaron2
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Post subject: Re: Crazy? Probably. Posted: Apr Tue 10, 2012 12:47 am |
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bobwilson1977 wrote: I wouldn't even offer $60. Its a set I wouldn't think twice about driving past if I saw it with a big "Free!" sign stuck to the front on the side of the road. I think it's a "Porta-Fi" set and I have the satellite speaker to go with it. It's probably a pretty nice sounding set, believe it or not.
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Aaron2
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Post subject: Re: Crazy? Probably. Posted: Apr Tue 10, 2012 7:15 am |
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Post subject: Re: Crazy? Probably. Posted: Apr Tue 10, 2012 8:15 am |
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Aaron2 wrote: Now he's back up to $1,000! http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/atq/2948311588.htmlWhat is wrong with these people?!? He thinks you are trying to screw him out of his thousand bucker for $60, which you will then obviously flip for a grand. He ain't no fool... 
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Post subject: Re: Crazy? Probably. Posted: Apr Tue 10, 2012 4:53 pm |
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Maybe we should be telling him that he's nuts for selling so cheaply; that those usually go for $4,000!.
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bobwilson1977
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Post subject: Re: Crazy? Probably. Posted: Apr Tue 10, 2012 5:00 pm |
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The thing is ugly looking. That's my biggest problem with it.
That said... I will say that these are starting to become somewhat popular with the hipster crowd. I go to a local and fairly trendy antiques fair that seems to always attract people with money and the last time I was there were quite a few 60's and 70's consoles with $100+ asking prices.
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Nick D.
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Post subject: Re: Crazy? Probably. Posted: Apr Tue 10, 2012 9:26 pm |
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Aaron2
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Post subject: Re: Crazy? Probably. Posted: Apr Wed 11, 2012 5:00 am |
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bobwilson1977 wrote: The thing is ugly looking. That's my biggest problem with it.
That said... I will say that these are starting to become somewhat popular with the hipster crowd. I go to a local and fairly trendy antiques fair that seems to always attract people with money and the last time I was there were quite a few 60's and 70's consoles with $100+ asking prices. True. My wife and I were renting a booth in an antique store (before the owner stopped paying his rent and got kicked out of the building!). We've sold three of them in the last six weeks or so. Two of them sold for about $99 and one sold for $149. But they were all very clean and operational, so I'm not too surprised. It wasn't really my choice to sell them. We're moving into a new house soon, and my wife wanted most of them gone. I had about a dozen when I started. I'll whittle them down between now and our moving date. 
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Aaron2
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Post subject: Re: Crazy? Probably. Posted: Apr Wed 11, 2012 5:01 am |
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Nick D. wrote: The guy's crackers. Period. 
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Aaron2
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Post subject: Re: Crazy? Probably. Posted: Apr Sun 22, 2012 8:08 am |
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After several days of fluctuating prices, the seller is back down to $400. Um...yeah. Good luck with that, guy.  http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/atq/2948311588.html
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Post subject: Re: Crazy? Probably. Posted: Apr Sun 22, 2012 9:14 pm |
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He'd be lucky to get $40 for it.
In fact he'd lucky to find anyone who'd haul it away to the dump for $40.
Bob
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Post subject: Re: Crazy? Probably. Posted: Apr Mon 23, 2012 1:05 pm |
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I collect solid state consoles and some of mine arent that attractive, but that looks like a cabinet that belongs in a bathroom. Ugly but interesting.
He still has it listed at $400 when will these people learn?
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