How do you find sets in your area?

[bgadow]

I hardly ever buy radios or TV sets anymore...they come to me. Through the years I have casually mentioned my hobby to many different folks; now, several times each year, I'll get a call or a visit from somebody asking if I want an old set. In the last year I have ended up with: a Motorola VT-71, a Pace SSB base station CB with Astatic mic, a decent Craig 8 track player/recorder, a Sony "lollipop" crt Watchman, a Philco 38-7 console, a small Crosley tombstone, a box of radio tubes, an early 60s Philco console stereo, a gutted CTC-17 combo, an early 80s Zenith videocamera (pre-camcorder), 1 or 2 radios from the 70s, a BPC or two. Right now I need to make time to pick up a GE 25" table model from the early 80s, which might have the "blue" crt. Granted, some of these things I didn't want at all, and many I got rid of...but, people remembered me...and none of the above cost me a dime.