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The dumbest stereo experience ever!

Hello all. I went through a divorce 20 years ago. I really needed to convert some equipment into cash. I sold amongst other things my prized Sony TC 880-2 open reel recorder. I had a lengthy conversation with the buyer typical of us lovers of gear. I told him my situation and he said he would sell it back to me when I got back on my feet down the road. OK, fair enough. I lost track of him as this was pre Audiogon. I managed to locate him five years later. Someone informed me that he had 125 open reel decks and his wife wouldn't let him buy any more. (terrible woman!) I got him on the phone and after another lengthy chat I asked him if I could buy it back. He didn't want to sell it back as he said he didn't even have time to play with it yet. OK, I thought; I'm a horse trader. SURELY I have some bargaining power. I have many studio open reel tapes. I could trade him some of them plus cash in exchange for the Sony back. I asked him what kind of music he listened to. Here is what he said "Oh, I don't listen to music. I just like to watch the reels go around". I was dumbfounded. I told him to have a nice day and I hung up the phone. Can anyone top this one? Joe
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andrei_nz
192 posts
 
Call him back. If his wife answers leave her a message offering 8 grand for it back and for her to have him call you. Remind her of the shoe sale this weekend in her area. Then don't answer your phone.
Now that is what I call Creative Problem Solving!
drsteve
12 posts
 
Before the internet people like this (the reel-to-reel watcher) existed, but you rarely heard about them. Now with internet forums...
BTW, I wish in some ways I lived in The UK, where they value eccentrics.
parabolic
106 posts
 
Not sure I can 'top' your story, but here's mine.

A friend and I got into a conversation about my new acquisition (Martin Logan reQuests) and commented that my Dalhquist DQ10s were "ugly as sin".  I found that statement amusing coming from a guy that doesn't have a single matching piece of furniture in his house.  In fact, he doesn't even have a decorating THEME (you know, like... Early American, Contemporary, French Countryside...), all his stuff is 'hand-me-down'.  His whole house looks as though he just drove a truck to the nearest Salvation Army and picked up whatever they had just to fill his rooms.  And the kicker is that he has a Porsche in the garage and can afford to buy pretty much anything he wants.

So, I guess I'll just file this experience under: "different strokes..."

koestner
683 posts
 
I knew someone who insisted his amp was the best because it went up to 11. Oh..wait ... that might have been a movie.
koestner
683 posts
 
OK this really is true. When I was a small kid I was given an AM/FM clock radio. I actually thought that I was supposed to switch it to AM in the morning and FM at night because I thought FM was really PM, only that mine said FM due to a problem with the printing and a bit of the "P" didn't print. Well, I was only about 7.
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