hi all just thought id give you all something to read.
sometime last june when i was living in skegness i got a buy now deal off ebay, i think it was something like 7 or 8 decent blasters buy now £50.
the guy lived in reading which is 180 miles from skeg, i arranged to do a pick up on the friday, it was tuesday i got the deal.
anyway after 3 anxious days i woke up on the friday morning with bad pain in the side of my abdomen. i did'nt want to miss this deal and was going to make the journey no matter what, my girlfriend drove me there with the 3 kids as i don,t drive anyway aswell as the kids playing up all the way my pain was worsening but nothing was gonna stop me.
after a 3 hour drive we arrived and i was greeted by a guy called paul who then shown us up to he,s flat.
when i walked in i was stunned by the amount of boxes he had they was in every room he had, even he,s bath was piled high with them anyway to cut a long story short i got 10 boxes not 7 or 8 like he said he threw me more in, for my pain i think
i got a sony cfs88 a hitachi 8190 and good few more decent boxes for £50 there was 1 box i wanted but he would,nt part with, a crown 950.
after leaving we headed home as it was getting late, my pain was worse than before so when we finally got back i decided to go to a&e for a check.
after diagnosis i was took straight to hospital for my appendix out, damn i thought i won,t be able to play with my new boxes for a few days.
anyway after 3 days in hospital i was discharged and was able to go home, all i thought about in hospital was my new boxes (and my kids).
as anyone else on here had a pick up that,s a bit out of the ordinary like mine?? please share

hey man, that only happens to me in my dreams, lol
but sure is a good story.
the only good deal i had was finding a m90 for 3 dollars but thats it.

an m90 for 3 dollars, are you telling porky,s that,s amazing dt beats any of my finds hands down

no porkys here man, is a true story, and i still have it.

you lucky guy, iv,e never seen an m90 in the flesh, is it as good as it,s reputation says?

threw a bid on 3 boxes last year, £110 not thinking i would get it, won the lot for £100!

they were 2 crown sz5100's & a gf767. nice win. the guy didnt want to split or send so i got a good deal there/ had to goto essex to get them, 170 odd miles round trip i guess

these are they with my conion/clairtone

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Originally posted by lav loo:
you lucky guy, iv,e never seen an m90 in the flesh, is it as good as it,s reputation says?

yes lav, so far is the best sounding box in my collection, the only other boxes that come close to it, is the 5350, 777, 880 and the conion c100

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Originally posted by billy the binman:
threw a bid on 3 boxes last year, £110 not thinking i would get it, won the lot for £100!

they were 2 crown sz5100's & a gf767. nice win. the guy didnt want to split or send so i got a good deal there/ had to goto essex to get them, 170 odd miles round trip i guess

these are they with my conion/clairtone

wow that,s unreal andy not every day that happens eh.
i see you have the conion aswell

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Originally posted by driptip:

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Originally posted by lav loo:
you lucky guy, iv,e never seen an m90 in the flesh, is it as good as it,s reputation says?

yes lav, so far is the best sounding box in my collection, the only other boxes that come close to it, is the 5350, 777, 880 and the conion c100

im not surprised the 5350 comes close, panasonic have a great reputation for sound sounds like you have all the grails there dt or most of em

"Paul" in a flat in Reading, with boomers floor-to-ceiling? Thats got to be s2g member pacwestuk, right?
Without wanting to post any personal details in the public domain, it was near Junction 11 of the M4, yeh?

I've had a few trips to Reading to fill-out the 3D collection, etc. almost always leaving with more than I went for.
Last time I picked up a GF777 (that needs work) & he threw in a near-perfect TRK8200 to sweeten the (already good) deal.
The guy is a boomer addict, for sure...


Hey, hope you're recovering OK from the op.
A 360 mile round trip is surely above & beyond the call of boombox duty, even for ten boomers. Nicely done!

yeah got that c100 back in 2004! £250 all in off ebay canada, that was also incredibly lucky, similar bidding circumstances for that one too!

Appendix. Ouch. Very painful. So i don't collect boomboxes, but those things look beautiful. Real sci-fi look to them.

you were showing your hard as nails side,az-but was worth it for you in the end-look at me-went to a 20 mile away carboot in all that snow in january-and had to push the scooter home nearly all the way-but not as bad as you me old mate
and nice pic bill-thats the way its done eh?
fancy a swap,conion for d8614?

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Originally posted by isolator42:
"Paul" in a flat in Reading, with boomers floor-to-ceiling? Thats got to be s2g member pacwestuk, right?
Without wanting to post any personal details in the public domain, it was near Junction 11 of the M4, yeh?

I've had a few trips to Reading to fill-out the 3D collection, etc. almost always leaving with more than I went for.
Last time I picked up a GF777 (that needs work) & he threw in a near-perfect TRK8200 to sweeten the (already good) deal.
The guy is a boomer addict, for sure...


Hey, hope you're recovering OK from the op.
A 360 mile round trip is surely above & beyond the call of boombox duty, even for ten boomers. Nicely done!

junction 11 of the m4, that,s the 1 isolator sure gotta be him

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Originally posted by billy the binman:
yeah got that c100 back in 2004! £250 all in off ebay canada, that was also incredibly lucky, similar bidding circumstances for that one too!

that,s a bargain for the c100 andy especially back in 04 when prices was higher, well done very lucky

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Originally posted by Derek Mc Caffrey:
Appendix. Ouch. Very painful. So i don't collect boomboxes, but those things look beautiful. Real sci-fi look to them.

yeah it was quiet painful dmc, also you should collect boxes it,s a great thing to do you,ll love it

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Originally posted by andy v:
you were showing your hard as nails side,az-but was worth it for you in the end-look at me-went to a 20 mile away carboot in all that snow in january-and had to push the scooter home nearly all the way-but not as bad as you me old mate
and nice pic bill-thats the way its done eh?
fancy a swap,conion for d8614?

i would,nt of bothered pushing the scooter back andy i would of left it at the booty mate

id have probably sold it, eh?