Yeah, the internet really made it hard to find good value in collectibles. People can just Google "what is this worth" now lol. I used to score all kinds of great comics and magic cards on eBay or dope books at yard sales buyung lots and collections. Everything is picked over now.
Used to make gunpowder and smoke bombs w KNO3 (aka Saltpeter). Had I known it was in stump remover I would’ve made a bunch more lol. A soda can 50/50 KNO3 and sugar would cover a whole block w thick smoke. Melt the aluminum can w a pretty bright green flame. At the time I used one of the university library’s computers to go onto the non-graphical web and ordered some lab grade. Guy said, “what do you want it for?” I said, “meat tenderizer for a bovine class, how much can I get?” He said, “you can get a coffee can for $5 or a 55 gal drum for more but we can talk price.” Try doing that shit now you’ll have ATF and FBI stepping over each other knocking on your door ?
Yeah absolutely. I used to find tons of great game stuff on craigslist too.. was so much better than FB marketplace. CL is pretty dead here now. Used to do well with old cameras, graphing calculators too haha.
That's awesome. I was eavesdropping to a couple fellas rifling through the little bags of children's toys hanging from the pegboard wall. They said they find some gems, and I started to think maybe I'm sleeping on that section. I don't resell though, I'm mostly just a hoarder of things I like.
Very cool! We had a magnavox one for a bit, had to let it go though as it wasn't exactly space efficient ha. Cool vibe and all but something that big with not much storage usage (just fit some jars haha). Would have kept if our house was bigger but with small houses storage is important!
That is all I can think about looking at this thing in staging, in our living room. We have absolutely no space for this, and now I know why the girl gave it to us. I don't necessarily feel like carrying it down to the basement to collect dust....it may just end up at the thrift that I frequent. Still up for debate. My bluetooth stereo and audio technica turn table take up 1/8th of the space and sound better.
Holy cow a 2k thrift come up is awesome. I have dreams where I pull thousands of old cash out of a suit pocket while thrifting...still ain't found the right suit yet.
Yup that's where we ended up, I think we gave it away using a buynothing group, so at least it went to some cool folks. Yeah hard to compete with a quality turntable - the built in ones aren't great quality and some can actually damage vinyl.
That was the first thing I thought - "Not sure I'd drop that arm on a record I cared about."
