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Best Find Ever???

I am curious to hear what the best find you ever had was. It doesn't have to be limited to audio equipment, though best audio find around here gets the 'bull-of-the-woods' I suppose. I read somewhere of a guy who got a Lexicon MC1 from his local pawn shop for $150 because the doofus behind the counter thought it was an equalizer or something. What's the retail on one of those, around $6K? I am either too new at this, too slow, or too much like Charlie Brown to score something like that.

I did have one, not audio. Back when I was young and dangerous and into motorcycles, I had a friend back his truck up to the house with about $10k worth of somebody's entire flattrack program in it. In addition to the bike, there were spare everythings (extra engines, extra wheels, parts, gears etc.--most of it new!) He swore it was legit; I paid him $750, but made him promise if the real owner ever came for it he was giving me back my money and told him I was turnin' him in. I nervously sat on it for about 6mos., (rode a bunch of wheelies) and then sold it for about $5.5k.

One caveat though, if you are going to lie, try and at least make it believable. Thanks. Chris.
chstob
once_bitten
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Hmm.. I seem to remember hearing once, "If it sounds to good to be true..." That being said, I'm still a sucker for a good story, can't wait to read some of the great ones. Oh yeah, and if anyone wants to double their money...
lakefrontroad
302 posts
 
I have thought of a number of true stories about buildings and apartment complexes I have bought and resold immediately or shortly thereafter. Then I thought about the amounts of money involved. Then I realized I can't make myself put the amounts in a public forum. So, I'll tell the following...

I know a feller who bought the fastest street car in production in the world in 1984. Most people had no interest in driving them fast-only sitting in them and telling their friends they were cool. Him, no. He wanted it only to go fast. So, he buys it used and pays 58K. Then the imperial leader of the car company, the Impressario(Commodore) dies in 1989 and they diefy his cars.

What do you know? The car sells for $194K c a s h!

Now, I know other good stories. But, I REALLY can't tell them.

Bill E.
trelja
3,223 posts
 
My offering is a lot more pedestrian that what has been offered here so far. Nevertheless, it is mine. I went to a crazy sale one of the big local Philadelphia department stores was having in a warehouse next to the airport. The year was 1984. I was 14 years old. There were piles of merchandise, thrown here and there. I found one of the just released Sony SuperWalkman cassette players. The ones that were the same size as the cassette case themselves. It was only $25, for a product that sold for over $100, and was impossible to keep in stock in the stores(at the time). I still use that player sometimes. I could not have asked for a better buy.
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snooker14
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21 years ago I was a rookie ski-patroller at large ski area. I met a girl in bar, got very drunk and within a week I took her advice and bought the absolute worst
house on the access road. She, being the realtor, had to pick me up and take me to the closing...feeding me a
few tokes on the way to help my hangover. Sounds like a recipe for disaster! But she was not clueless like me.

When she took my $10,000 total savings, got a 30 yr.
$30,000 mortgage and closed on the house, I ended up with a mortgage of a little over $200/mo; less than any of my friends were paying in rent, and closer to work than anyone else could afford to live. The clincher was 2 years later when the town put in a sewer-plant and all the property on the access road became super valuable at a commercial level. Sold the place for a HUGE profit and bought a new home in a better town at
four times the value. The only thing I took of value from that first home was the stereo. I even left the water bed.
Come to think of it....I should look the lady up and thank her shouldn't I? What a deal.
ramstl
342 posts
 
A pair of Audio Truth Sterling +, 5' speaker cable for $25.00. They were used and the young saleman didn't know the value.

$200.00 for a 1 year old MK150 sub, and $400 for a 2 year old Classe' 5 MKII with the model 6 phono board. (From a great dealer)
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