What's the cheapest/bargain you ever got?

[Madadh]

Yesterday I got this Zenith Royal 2000...for FREE!

I know, not a boombox but for being pushed with just 500mW (0.5), it can kick some bass!





What's the most you've bargained for?

 

[dubout]

That's a beautiful and clean radio there, congrats! I have found radios for cheap but if you have to put hours of cleaning and repairing into it, is it still a bargain?

Also not a boombox but this summer I found a Sony D-Z555 Discman on the flea market – for 2 Euros. It is a little scratched up and the battery cover is missing (... anybody?!) but it was fully working from the start. So yeah, I have used up my bargain credit I guess ...

 

[donahuest]

I got a JVC m70 from a flea market for $35 Canadian. They were asking $40 but I but I offered $35 because the cassette didn’t work (just needed a belt)

 

[Northerner]

I got a Sharp VZ2000 from eBay for £0.01

 

[floyd]

I bought an m90 on eBay with a $250 buy it now price and free shipping from Puerto Rico now the guy was a former stereo to go member and a true gentleman I got the box with no problems.

 

[floyd]

if anybody remembers Autobot 1984 from Puerto Rico that was who I bought it from and a great guy. not only that the guy had to pack and ship it twice because the first time was too big to go through customs so I told him to do what you got to do and he did it great.

 

[Radio raheem]

Had most of my m90's for £250.....when a box becomes 10x what it's worth it's not worth buying and the m90 is also my fave box along with the jvc pc55

i rember Autobot floyd...new names just come and go though

 

[floyd]

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw that listing on eBay with a $250 buy it now in free shipping for an m90 I just didn't hesitate especially seeing that Autobot was the seller. I think when he sold that box he was just done with the collecting thing and just wanted to get rid of it as fast as he could. and back then m90s weren't selling for $2,000 they were selling more like for $500 to 1,000.

 

[lupogtiboy]

Sharp GF-9494 for free, needs some love and parts, but does work, which is surprising as it sat under a mates stairs for 20 years with a full set of batteries in it!

Not boombox related, but I bought my Sony TPS-L2 at an antiques fair for £6!

Only other bargain I've ever really found, again not boombox related, but a Commodore P500 computer at a boot sale for £4. Last one just sold on eBay for £3500!

 

[Brutus442]

easily my cheapest score was a perfectly functioning M90....found in my neighbours garage after he invited me over to check out some woodworking he was doing. I offered money for it but he was glad to get rid of it as it just sat on the shelf.
Right. Next. Door....for years!

Before and after the clean-up....

 

[floyd]

easily my cheapest score was a perfectly functioning M90....found in my neighbours garage after he invited me over to check out some woodworking he was doing. I offered money for it but he was glad to get rid of it as it just sat on the shelf.
Right. Next. Door....for years!

Before and after the clean-up....View attachment 53810View attachment 53810View attachment 53810View attachment 53810View attachment 53811View attachment 53812View attachment 53813

if I saw that my friends garage I would have had the f****** big one like Fred Sanford no doubt about it I've been coming to join Elizabeth whith a m90 in my hand.

 

[floyd]

believe it or not that's my favorite way to find a Boombox filthy dirty and cheap lol.

 

[floyd]

if anybody saw my thread from like I don't know 7 or 8 years ago I did get like 12 boomboxes for $20 on Craigslist and they were all old school boxes. the guy had way more but I didn't bring enough money.

 

[Hajidub]

Got my Lasonic 931 for $50, the older gentleman told me I just missed the DeWalt construction boombox (LOL). Needed belts and elbow grease.

 

[g_baby]

I got a JVC m70 from a flea market for $35 Canadian. They were asking $40 but I but I offered $35 because the cassette didn’t work (just needed a belt)

How much does replacing a belt usually cost?

 

[donahuest]

How much does replacing a belt usually cost?

I paid a shop $100. I was scared to open them back then. Now out of necessity I fix them myself. 90% of the time the problem is fixed with new belts and some contact cleaner in the function switches and record bar. I just go slow and take pictures.

 

[VWPowered]

got my Sanyo 9998K for €20

 

[jimmyjimmy19702010]

Free Sharp GF-9696 found in a roadside pile of household garbage. Needed a tonne of work but now fully working and sounds great!

 

[Tinman]

found in a roadside pile of household garbage.

Congrats, but this made me laugh my a$$ off.

 

[hopey]

$1.00 I had to drive 30mins to pick it up. Pneumatic soft eject!