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A few years ago, I ran an ad in the local paper looking for old tube TV's with knob style tuners. For the exception of one beat to heck 19" Zenith B&W TV from the late '70's, all the callers had modern BPC/SPC. When I was a kid, "tube TV" meant a set that actually used vacuum tubes. Today, "tube TV" means anything with a CRT, even if it's from 2009. I was thinking the "with knobs" part of my add might weed out a lot of unwanted junk; but, that was not the case. I too certainly couldn't afford to pay $10-$20 for every crap TV that I didn't want just to get that one set of interest.
One of the biggest drawbacks with placing ad's or expressing interest in a particular type of item is people then think that said item is worth big money. They don't understand that we might be wanting these items because we enjoy playing with them, not because we intend to "cash in." Fact is, if I were to die today, my Mother would probably have to pay someone to get rid of 85% of what's over here.
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