Goodwill/SA/Thrift Store Discussions & Finds

[RJolly87]

Spotted a couple of polk monitor 7's (sans grille) for $40, and a pair of stands for $8. Took them for a spin on the newly acquired SX-780 with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes. The results were breathtaking, and a shocking reminder as to why I picked up this hobby to begin with. Simply amazing.

Pics:

 

[highping]

It's been awhile since I've posted any finds. Went to a couple electronics recyclers today. Picked up a NAD 1300 preamp and 4150 tuner for $20, and a Yamaha CR-640 & Harman Kardon AVR 7000 also for$20. The HK has a huge toroidal in it.

 

[SoCal Sam]

More thrift store plunder:

Onkyo TX-85, $20
Nakamichi Receiver 2, $20
Yamaha CDX 930, $15

Roadside plunder:

Western Digital 2 TB hard drive
Dish Newtork 625 set top box
Pair of Zmodo HD IP cameras
Small box of remote controls

Hard drive works. When I figure out how to backup and restore an O.S., it will go into one of my computers.

 

[mstrane21]

More thrift store plunder:

Onkyo TX-85, $20
Nakamichi Receiver 2, $20
Yamaha CDX 930, $15

Roadside plunder:

Western Digital 2 TB hard drive
Dish Newtork 625 set top box
Pair of Zmodo HD IP cameras
Small box of remote controls

Hard drive works. When I figure out how to backup and restore an O.S., it will go into one of my computers.

Was anything on the hard drive?

 

[SoCal Sam]

Was anything on the hard drive?

I had a look using a Win 7 boot CD and good ole DOS. Looks like a bunch of jpg's. No it is not that...

 

[bobsvinyl]

Walter (DublinTrader) and I made our weekly Wednesday visit to GW Buy the Pound. I found this artwork that I liked for the retro look. Backing boards are a little banged up, but I can touch them up.

We then went to the retail store next door and there was a cart full of records and more on shelves by the cart. We walked away from there grinning. I found some avant-garde electronic albums, Beatles and Zappa. The best was a private pressed Boston folk psych album by James Lee Meadows.

 

[N8Nagel]

Not a super score but I got a really nice looking pair of Advent/3s for $20 on Monday.

The $6.99 ADC CD-100X that I passed on on Saturday was gone however. I don't know why I didn't just snag it. Probably because I got a Yamaha CD-X2 and a Pioneer PD-M910 at the same store not long ago.

 

[Cadillac Kid]

On my rounds for records and vintage gear I always look out for sterling silver. This bracelet, marked .925 , was $1.99. Scrap value is about 20 bucks. My wife likes it, so it will not go in the scrap pile.

 

[Crazy Gnome]

Was Patting myself on the back for finding a couple blugrass albums today for 2 bucks each. That is until i saw @bobsvinyl 's haul. Great stuff. Zappa always sells high at my home town record store.
I did have a personal victory today when i left a John Fahey vol 2 stereo pressing behind. Spotted some groove damage. A couple months ago would have probably grabbed it and found out my mistake at home. I am learning.

 

[bob smog]

Very nice haul @bobsvinyl

I have that Partch record - I believe it features "hobo chanting"

Burnt Weeny Sandwich is my fav Zappa.

I would have gone for that art too. What a day!

 

[skeesby]

Nice $13 haul from Goodwill today.

 

[nickdinatale]

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Nice $13 haul from Goodwill today.

It's always nice, yet a little sad when you find what is presumably a large portion of someone's former collection. Nice haul!

 

[skeesby]

It's always nice, yet a little sad when you find what is presumably a large portion of someone's former collection. Nice haul!

I always just assume they went digital and had too much money to worry about selling their old stuff

 

[nickdinatale]

I always just assume they went digital and had too much money to worry about selling their old stuff

I like this thought process much better!

 

[highping]

Nice haul skeesby!

 

[RJolly87]

I always just assume they went digital and had too much money to worry about selling their old stuff

Or went flatline and the family doesn't know what they are or what to do with them.

Good haul!

 

[skeesby]

4 years to the day after my best haul of all time. A $10 yard sale box. Facebook is good for something (reminding me of this stuff).

 

[RedShift42]

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4 years to the day after my best haul of all time. A $10 yard sale box. Facebook is good for something (reminding me of this stuff).

What i find most remarkable is not the haul, or even the timing, but the sweetie in the pic who is charmed by what you've carted home.
Not married yet, are ya?

 

[Markoneswift]

Had a decent pickup of records at dump today. They have hiked their prices lately with most being $3, which is a bit more than I would like to pay for discarded records but then, I do have a sickness lol.

I initially left the Renee Geyer records and The Commodores Machine Gun, but I later found those could the most valuable of what I saw so I went back and picked them up.

Paid $40 NZ for the lot.

 

[SoCal Sam]

Not a score because plastic DVD players are rarely worth anything. However, I picked up a Denon DVD-1740 for $3.75. It has optical and coax digital out and HDMI video out with 1080p upscaling. Can't go wrong for the price of fries and a drink.