where do you brittish guys find all these boxes?
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MasterBlaster84
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Everywhere and anywhere!
All my boxes have come from a mix of flea markets, thrift stores, eBay, want adds and a few random finds in local classifieds for other cities. The real trick has been timing which means you have to spend a fair amount of time searching and do it often.
All my boxes have come from a mix of flea markets, thrift stores, eBay, want adds and a few random finds in local classifieds for other cities. The real trick has been timing which means you have to spend a fair amount of time searching and do it often.
im_alan_partridge
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im with you on this one sean, last saturday morning i went to three charity shops and one more on sunday + a carboot and drew zip, but as master blaster said its all about the timing
Timing, luck, ebay, more luck, fleas, rummage, family. You need to get the word out that you are buying all boomboxes, no matter the condition even if you aren't actually going to buy them all. It makes you the first person people will think of which saves you lots of time and brings the bbx's to you! Your family will actually be hunting for you. Let them know to at least call you with a model number of a bbx so you can look it up and tell them to get it or not.
Good luck!
Good luck!
Kennedy
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I feel you Sean91, it's tough collecting in the UK.
The few nice boxes that come up on ebay.uk always reach way above my top bids, and I rarely find anything of any worth in the wild. I gotta be honest MasterBlaster, in the US you guys generally have a better quality of boxes showing up in the wild and in neighboring cities/states in classifieds etc - I'm not saying it is easy for ya, but there are more blingy Lasonics, Helix's, Sharps etc in circulation than here . . . I know y'all will tell me it ain't so!
I've done a lot of searching this year and found very little other than very very poor quality featureless boxes.
BUT, that's the fun of collecting isn't it, never knowing what might turn up, always hoping the the bloke down the road might be selling an M90 for a fiver at his garage sale . .
I've looked on ebay.de a few times and the German guys seem to have some nice boxes in circulation, maybe the UK folk should hire a bus and go on a boombox hunt across europe!
Sean91, keep searching dude
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The few nice boxes that come up on ebay.uk always reach way above my top bids, and I rarely find anything of any worth in the wild. I gotta be honest MasterBlaster, in the US you guys generally have a better quality of boxes showing up in the wild and in neighboring cities/states in classifieds etc - I'm not saying it is easy for ya, but there are more blingy Lasonics, Helix's, Sharps etc in circulation than here . . . I know y'all will tell me it ain't so!
I've done a lot of searching this year and found very little other than very very poor quality featureless boxes.
BUT, that's the fun of collecting isn't it, never knowing what might turn up, always hoping the the bloke down the road might be selling an M90 for a fiver at his garage sale . .
I've looked on ebay.de a few times and the German guys seem to have some nice boxes in circulation, maybe the UK folk should hire a bus and go on a boombox hunt across europe!
Sean91, keep searching dude
KND
kingrat2010
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i agree with a little bit of research ebay germany is the place to be
only the postage kills the good deals
only the postage kills the good deals
ClaretBadger
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FO SURE!
I drift net ebay for mislistings
but in general all the stuff is overpriced - or P.O.S
I do check out local bootsales - but I really hate crowds of POOR people.
I drift net ebay for mislistings
but in general all the stuff is overpriced - or P.O.S
I do check out local bootsales - but I really hate crowds of POOR people.
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