What was the craziest location that you made an audio purchase from?

I ordered a vintage Pioneer headshell on eBay.  The supplier was in Algeria.

Bought a gorgeous McIntosh 240 from an old lady at a garage sale. Was buying all her LPs, and she asked if I liked nice audio gear.

Cost me a whopping $40 (yes I told her it was worth way more, but she said I was a nice guy... ) It sits in my living room today, after a cleaning, and re-cap.

In the early-90’s I saw an ad in The Recycler (a buy/sell weekly in SoCal) for ASC Tube Traps, ten bucks apiece! I called the guy and arranged to immediately pick them up. They were in an empty house in Reseda, recently sold. I took ’em all---thirteen in total, including two 16". Best hi-fi deal of my life!

@bdp24 

That was a good deal!

TA-A1ES: Direct from Sony warehouse in Singapore (the last NOS unit they had in stock worldwide (2022), at least its what they have quoted to me) ...