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I have 3 broken decent sized flat screens that I thought about trying to fix and sell; but, the cost of new flat screens seems to be coming down daily. So, people are not going to pay much for a used one; which, limits what I can spend on the set and still make a profit. Another factor is that if the TV stops working (or, they hit it with something and break the screen) within the first six months, they'll expect me to take care of it for nothing. Frankly, it's not worth the trouble.
As far as CRT TV's, I recently had a '93 Toshiba 19" that I tried to sell for $15. The only two people who were interested backed out when they found out it didn't have A/V input jacks ($15 and they expect the moon). There was a time that I could have easily gotten $75-$100 for the same TV, in short order. I had two other CRT TV's that I didn't even bother to advertise. Someone from a flea market showed up and bought the TV's as part of a package deal with some other stuff (it averaged out to about $10/TV). His flea market is in a rural area, where he has a lot of older customers. He said that they'd still buy an old TV because most of them are not trying to "keep up with the Joneses." Instead, they only want a cheap working TV.
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