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Originally Posted by Phil Nelson
It's a shame that set was lost. Makes no difference that it was dirty and the cabinet had boo-boos. I could teach a 12-year old how to cure those things.
The little tubes are generally common and not worth much, but it's nice that you saved them, if they test OK.
In hindsight, if there was anyone in the area willing to rescue the set (even for later resale), it might have worked the phone the store and ask them to hold onto the set for another day or two.
I wouldn't waste too much breath cussing out the people who work in thrift stores. They can't all be geniuses or electronics experts, and they don't make the rules. If somebody brought me a box full of dishes, with a couple of priceless pieces of china mixed in with 100 worthless pieces, I wouldn't have a clue.
The sad truth is, they priced that TV the same as a cup of expensive coffee, and still nobody bought it.
Oh, well . . . still a few more fish in the sea :-)
Phil
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I tried telling them to hang on to it for a few days because a lot of people from around the country were interested in it. Unfortunatly that was my first mistake as it alerted them to the fact that it had been sitting longer than the 3 days stuff is supposed to sit out before going to the bin.
Their responce was: "well you better tell them to hurry up because its going to go soon." Whatever.
Cabinet stuff is not hard, but the faux painted on woodgrain would have been hard to duplicate. I have restored radios in far worse shape. I have a GE J-805 sitting in my room right now that was a trash heap when I got it from goodwill. Now the cabinet looks like a million bucks after a complete strip to bare wood, refinish, and 5 coats of poly. Its partially the reason I didn't bring the TV home, I have NO ROOM for more stuff!
