This one's for big guns with wads of cash....

OUCH! Lil' bit on the high side. Lil' mo dan a lil' bit!

not at that price.....damn...

are the woofers refoamed? look the the center one, it looks new!

Hmmm tis pretty and the movie does show that this works ...

I dont know about the speakers ,,, being original or not ...
aiwa cs-880 h 77111270uz4 crop

aiwa cs-880 h 36823798nc9 crop

email sent to seller ,,,

no reply as of yet ,,, just seconds ago ...

Dear bx-me,

What History, do you know of this Aiwa? Are You the original Owner, If not, Whom Was the original Owner? Do you have the Instructions, owner's Manual for this, Can you find it? Are These the Original Speakers for this, Have the speakers been reFoamed or reConed? Has there been any Service work Performed on this? Can you show in another Movie, How well that the Music search work's in Either Direction for the Cassette? Here is a price sheet from 1983 showing that this only cost $290.00 Brand New http://i3.tinypic.com/4yi7zbc.jpg and or found here Brian Mills 1984-85 Catalogue http://stereo2go.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/8306018954/m/7171089905 thanks James


- decentman4you

It looks pretty nice "IMHO".

I emailed the seller last night and asked if he would do free shipping with Buy it now, and he responded saying no, he wouldn't.
So after sleeping on it - I've decided to take it personally and not bid on this box at all

Ira, do you have one yet??????

Is this one to high in price?

Not all original this one?

thanks bredgeo --i did finally get one -

btw --to me - it all looks very original --but perhaps i cant tell --(as mine might NOT be )

does it all look original to you guys ??

I do not think the antennas are original, but it looks very clean...

These are fantastic radios, but for that price the seller should have had it in for a through servicing on the deck.

It's probably worth it at $400, but not $649.

quote:

Originally posted by DecentMan4you:
email sent to seller ,,,

no reply as of yet ,,, just seconds ago ...

Dear bx-me,

What History, do you know of this Aiwa? Are You the original Owner,
If not, Whom Was the original Owner? Do you have the Instructions,
owner's Manual for this, Can you find it? Are These the Original
Speakers for this, Have the speakers been reFoamed or reConed?
Has there been any Service work Performed on this? Can you
show in another Movie, How well that the Music search work's in
Either Direction for the Cassette? Here is a price sheet from
1983 showing that this only cost $290.00 Brand New http://i3.tinypic.com/4yi7zbc.jpg and or found here Brian Mills 1984-85 Catalogue http://stereo2go.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/8306018954/m/7171089905 thanks James


- decentman4you

Reply from Seller ... Drat He didnt Post my Question on his Listing ...

Dear decentman4you,

Dear James, thank you for your question.
I do not have any manuals for this radio and can not
tell you anything about the history of it as I purchased
it locally with the sole purpose of reselling it. Not sure
what you mean about the speakers, but from what I can see,
the outer ring looks like new on the center woofer
(is that a bad thing?) and the other speakers all look aged
but in perfect condition and do not show any signs of any
repairs. Antennas also look absolutely original. I had
someone help me with testing and the video, so we may do more
this weekend for you. I myself can not figure out the music search -
I press the MS button and numbers appear in the window and
I have no clue what to do with them. However, if it is so
important to you, and you buy this and discover that music seach
is not working, I will refund the shipping and insurance just for
this particular function. (If that makes any difference, one
other function that was tested is autostop and it is workng).
Thank you also for the historic reference; as you most likely know,
unlike in 1984, the dollar is no longer backed up by anything
tangible and is not worth more than 10-15 per cent of its value,
and with the economic stimulus refund coming
(read: more paper money printed) it is bound to drop even lower. Thanks!


- bx-me

Antennas are not original.
I can do photo of my AIWA CS-J88.
Also, I think speakers were repaired.
It is impossible to keep foam on them during 30 years.

And now there's another one - $450 starting bid Aiwa 880

hey - will you forget these stupid 880 things --i have a Lasonic 920 -- posted below

and ?

quote:

Originally posted by redbenjoe:
hey - will you forget these stupid 880 things --i have a Lasonic 920 -- posted below

quote:

Originally posted by vladi123456:
And now there's another one - $450 starting bid Aiwa 880

No doubt they saw the other 880 and thought they could undercut them and make some $$'s. Are we going to see a rash of 880's now? Seems sales of the nicer boxes come in bunches.

Ya, I know!! It's like that crazy week with four Sanyo 920s. And now we have two Aiwas - with one week to go. The first seller is probably biting his nails now for not accepting my offer But ya - the second one is $200 cheaper - BIG difference

Vladi, I think your offer was very fair so it will be interesting to see what happens now. The seller responded to DM4U that he bought it strictly to resell it so I think he's getting greedy.

Oh ya - he's definately getting greedy! I personally am not going bid on his. Are you thinking about bidding on the second one? $450 seems a LOT more reasonable

$450 is definitely more reasonable but the condition is on the low side for what I would like so I'm not sure I will even bid on it. Are you considering going for it?

I'm like you - the condition is not up to my already pretty low standards So I'll be just watching this one

quote:

Originally posted by vladi123456:
I'm like you - the condition is not up to my already pretty low standards So I'll be just watching this one

Yup, my standards keep changing so even I don't know where they will be from day to day.

Great, the seller wouldn't sell it to me for $760 and free shipping, but he sold it to somebody else for $699 and free shipping - how do you explain THAT

cause you werent watching this change from hour by hour is why I guess ... I was watching it as I gathered my finanance's together as I was gonna either get this one after reading thought this thread and the other thread on Aiwa CA 70 's as I went through my work week, and now ... its gone and there is the lessor one out there for less but may need more work ... so.... thimking ...

quote:

Originally posted by vladi123456:
Great, the seller wouldn't sell it to me for $760 and free shipping, but he sold it to somebody else for $699 and free shipping - how do you explain THAT

p.s. this thread
Aiwa CA 70 20 and the PDF's descriptions

its gone now ...

Aiwa CS-880 Bidded for by somebody

When can you post a picture of a Aiwa CS-J88? I have a inside source that there will be one of these on ebay soon

quote:

Originally posted by sikorsky:
Antennas are not original.
I can do photo of my AIWA CS-J88.
Also, I think speakers were repaired.
It is impossible to keep foam on them during 30 years.

quote:

Originally posted by DecentMan4you:
When can you post a picture of a Aiwa CS-J88? I have a inside source that there will be one of these on ebay soon

Hi, James. I haven't good camera in the way. I will try to get it in days. Then I will do photos. If you want see photos now - I can use camera from mobile phone, but it will in bad quality. Regards, Michael.

No Camera Phone Photo's Please. thanks, I can wait, for real camera pic's.

quote:

Originally posted by sikorsky:

quote:

Originally posted by DecentMan4you:
When can you post a picture of a Aiwa CS-J88? I have a inside source that there will be one of these on ebay soon

Hi, James. I haven't good camera in the way. I will try to get it in days. Then I will do photos. If you want see photos now - I can use camera from mobile phone, but it will in bad quality. Regards, Michael.

james -- i dont have a photo --
but before you get one --make sure to ask if the fm tuner goes up to 108 -
because some of these go to 90 only

this below is the price list that I recieved from my source ... but I am not this rich...
and the aiwa is not on there...

The price below is the price WITHOUT postage.
Airmail takes 1-2 weeks time : first Kg USD$15, after 1st KG, each KG is USD$10
Express is 4 working days : 10kg is USD$124, 16kg is USD$173
National RX-7700 USD$950
National RX-5600 USD$220
National RX-5280 USD$160
National RX-5500F USD$200
JVC RC-M70W USD$520
Sanyo M2405H USD$60
Sanyo 9500-2k USD$100
Sanyo M4500 USD$110
Sanyo M9994 USD$230
Sanyo M2564H USD$90
Sanyo M9860K USD$180
Sanyo M9903K USD$140
Sanyo M9930K USD$100
Sanyo M9996K USD$230
Sanyo M-X620K USD$200
Sharp GF-6060 USD$170
Sharp GF-8585X USD$210
Sharp GF-9090 USD$180
Sharp GF-9292 USD$230
Sharp GF-6363 USD$190
Sharp GF-6161 USD$100
Sharp GF-6262 USD$100
Sharp GF-9191 USD$160
Sharp GF-9494 USD$200
Sharp GF-8787 USD$240
Sharp GF-666 USD$200
Sharp GF-555 USD$150
Crown 747 USD$230
Crown CRC-730F USD$90
Sony CFS-47S USD$90
Sony CF-1660 USD$160
Sony CSF-46S USD$180
SONY CF-575 USD$200
Sony CFS-71S USD$150
Sony CFS-65S USD$150
PHILIPS 90 AR 788 Made in Holland USD$300
Philips 508 USD$180
General GR-4405 USD$110
General GR-4403 USD$170
CONIC 8223-1 USD$130
Conic 8822-2S USD$150
CRC-H58F
JVC RC-525W USD$230
Aiwa TPR-130T USD$80
Hitachi TRK-8800W USD$300
Hitachi TRK-8110 USD$230

There is photos of my AIWA CS-J88.
It is not repaired yet, cos I haven't time for it. I will do repair of speakers like shown at video-topaz site.
Let me know what you want to see more detailed.
Sorry, I'm not professional in photographic art.

OUCH!

Seller got top dollar for that one!