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That too. Anything handknotted wool and asymmetrical will be most likely worth something. So if you are in the sub $50 range you are going to probably be a couple times your investment on it at least.
Anyone know why anyone would buy cable modems from thrift stores?
I got about 30 pounds of Ceramic 486 CPUS for 650$.
Il have to wither Ebay them or bring them to a scrapper, From what I hear Scappers pay out almost 100$ a pound for them..
I almost scored a Pentax K-1000 for $25. It was in a glass case so I walked away to go find someone to open it. When I came back it was gone.
Klipsch Promeda 2.1's (new version) at Goodwill Austin for $25. Still working perfectly, great condition
A week earlier found the original version Promedia's for $35 at another Thrift store but after using it for a while the sub needs to be fixed, it's rattling.
Long post ahead just so you're warned...
I know it won't mean much of anything to anyone else - maybe a few knowledgeable folk, perhaps - but I was at a Savers here in Las Vegas the other day scouring over their "electronics" section which is where they bag all the hardware and hang it on hooks on a wall. Nothing in particular stood out during the scouring until I saw what looked like a set of headphones - mind you I have several sets at this time: a 1st gen pair of Sony V6 purchased in 1986, a 1st gen pair of Koss PortaPros purchased in 1985, a few sets of Koss KSC-75 earclips, a Sony noise canceling full ear set that I removed the noise canceling circuit from (because it sucked and didn't help at all), and a Plantronics headset/mic that originally was part of the Microsoft Sidewinder GameVoice hardware (from 2000, even) - it's still the best sounding mic I've ever used so like most all of my belongings I take very good care of it. The GameVoice hardware - aside from the headset - was ahead of its time unfortunately and just didn't take off as Microsoft had hoped.
Anyway, while scouring and noting the headphones, I grabbed the bag and realized exactly what they were/are: an honest to goodness brand new (including the manual/paperwork) set of Radio Shack aka Realistic Pro-35 headphones from many many years past. This is an original set, not the updated Pro-35A that came out a few years later with the grey color scheme - these are the original solid black headphones with "TITANIUM" on the sides to denote the fact that the driver diaphragm is coated with a layer of Titanium a few microns thick.
And as expected, they literally are brand new, never used from what I can tell, not a mark on them, the pads are untouched and still soft as expected. I'm guessing that whoever owned them previously either just never used them or didn't have a clue about how awesome their sound quality actually is. The original Pro-25 (the Pro-35 predecessor headphones) were absolutely stunning as well and for good reason:
All the Radio Shack "Titanium" laced models share a heritage with the Koss PortaPros (first produced in 1984) because the Pro-series of headsets for Radio Shack (using the Realistic trade name) were made for them by Koss, the company that created stereo headphones in the first place back in 1958. Yes I'm a fan of Koss products, have been for decades so finding these effectively brand new Pro-35 headphones was a major catch, at least to me.
They sound as awesome as expected and I'll treasure them for as long as I own them considering that Radio Shack is now unfortunately gone from the retail market. I grew up shopping at Radio Shack in the early 1970s, always loved just going there with my Dad and checking out whatever was new and grabbing a free battery (I even still have a few "Free Battery" cards too) on the way out along with the awesome catalogs - if you're a fan of those and just like looking at the history of consumer electronics from Radio Shack's point of view, there's a website you should check out sometime:
http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/
Not sure how long that site will stay around but it's always fun to take a look at how far things have come from "the good old days" where some of us older folk (yes, I'm dating myself, so be it) can remember by flipping through some of those old catalogs.
A trip down memory lane I suppose... here's a few pics of the headphones:
The song "She's A Beauty" by The Tubes keeps playing in my head and now through the Pro-35 headphones, amazingly, thanks to modern technology and YouTube (and yes I know the song certainly ain't about a pair of headphones but whatever).
Anyway, for the amazingly insane price of only $2.99 I now have a collector's item to cherish once more which is nice considering they were $39.99 originally (as seen here on page 105 of the 2000 Radio Shack Catalog when they were introduced)
Funny thing: I found the Plantronics headset at the same Savers thrift store about 5 years ago for the same price: $2.99.
Strange things are afoot in Las Vegas, I tell ya.
I found a matching set of three Dell 19" monitors for $10 each. Not great monitors (TN, about 8 years old, 1907FP models I think), but two of them fit well in portrait mode on either side of my 27" IPS and give me more room to work.