Sharp GF Prices!

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Ghettoboom767

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Hello,been looking at epay lately and was just shocked at the prices people are now trying to get for the 9*** series boxes!!! What the? Like what happened?! Are people really getting 250-300 for GF8989 and 9191's?
Just crazy,luckily I have all of mine except 1.😮📟💳📻
 

Reli

Boomus Fidelis
Prices are way higher in the US than they are in UK or AUS.

GF8989 should be a $100 box tops, unless maybe it's mint with the original box or something.

As for the GF9____, well they're not as common in the US as they are overseas, so they sell for more.
 

koleloi

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The price for Sharp box in my country is very high compared to other brands. For example, people are willing to pay more for a mint 9494/9696 than for a mint M70/M90. Craps like 700z, 800z, 939 also go for alot of money. Even a QT-80, 90 can go as high as a M90. Seem difficult to understand? Well, keep in mind that for every good m70/m90/toshiba bombeat 18/16/90 that pop up, there're like dozens of 777/999/939 that offered. There're like hundreds of guys with five or more 777 in his collection :lol: :lol: .

But wait! My Panasonic 4360 (7700) being offered first time for few weeks till it's sold (I'm not in this hobby by that time). On second times, it's on display for few days before I saw it and bought it for half of the offered price - just as much as regular price of a 9191/9292 :clap: .

The reason is simple. Most of the old guys collecting box right here is only familiar to Sharp box. Don't know why but few decades ago Sharp is the most popular brand here while others are not so common. So Sharp boxes nowadays have greater nostalgic value to most collectors than boxes of other brand and therefore, being sold at much higher price.

Among thousands of collector here, very few guys know value and quality of those boxes like Toshiba S90, Aiwa 955, National 7000 etc. :lol:
 

Nickeccles

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The 8989 is very common here in the UK - you can get a minter for around £100 (Way too much) or knocked about one for say £40! They are so overrated & in my opinion any Sharp using that deck is a load of crap!! It's unreliable, unstable & dull sounding :sad: I hate to think of what it's bigger brothers that share the same deck are like!! :-D
Yeah I am very fussy when it comes to cassette playback issues, stability wow & flutter all very important!!

Sharp 9191 & 8585 etc..................now they are great stable decks - love those :-)
 

Hisrudeness

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I had a 8989 and there isn't a lot to them. They are good looking and quite cheap in the UK but alas no line-in.
 
ScareDe2 said:
there is a 9696 $225 at a local deal, one missing antenna and faulty cassette deck. Looks very good.
Great price - they are a super easy boomer to work on - I think I've restored/fully serviced around 10 of these and they always turn out fully working!!
 
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