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Thank you so much, guys, for your input. I'm meeting the guy-from-the-bank over there Tuesday afternoon, and we will be taking pictures. I'll have him email me the pictures and I'll post them here, hopefully I don't have any formatting trouble, etc. doing this. (I've been using computers for over 11 years but I still only know "what I have to know" and there are some chasms in my knowledge.)
All of the caveats and such that you've mentioned on here, make good sense. I know how important condition can be, as well as not having missing pieces, etc. It appears the converters may be "incidental" add-ons if somebody happens to come here and buy...to be more specific, these items are located in Macomb, Illinois. You have given me some pointers on what to look for on some of these, and thank you earlyfilm for the short primer on screen types...I'd heard "rectangular" before but never Double-D, and I can now be more speficic on that.
And init4fun, I agree about ebay strategy...COMPLETED Listings are the only ones that are relevant. That's not to mention that Completed gives a somewhat more thorough search, because current items are generally listed for one week only. But somebody can ask what they want, but until it actually sells, it's not "worth" that - not even once - at least in that marketplace AT THAT MOMENT. I buy and sell old records, and there are a couple of sites that have built huge databases on prevailing values of rare records, based entirely on COMPLETED listings, which is the only way to do it.
I have suggested to the bank guy that he may want to consider joining this site, because he will better know what types of arrangements, etc. are most appropriate for them. Time is always at a premium, but I'm suggesting this to him because my own schedule is actually in the middle of an extreme crash-and-burn situation, and I am getting ready for an extended vacation. In the near future I can only devote a limited finite time to this.
decojoe67, as far as checking the CRT's on the Pilot and others, there's a way other than actually plugging the TV's in? I'll mention that they shouldn't be plugged in.
Thank you again guys, he will be aware of all of this.
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