So getting a JVC RC M70 is proving to be expensive in europe

[ClaretBadger]

I'll have to make do with the JVC RC 656, 828 and Sanyo M 9930 I have just got for less than 60 pounds all in

It's crazy the way prices have hiked on so called "grails" at the moment

Only a year ago you could bag decent boxes - RX 5700 GF 777's, M70's and VZ's for cheap

Now you gotta be having 200 quid (300 dollars US) to get a decent one

Has this niche gone mainstream?



Can it really be a year ago I passed on a C100 for 280? Coz I thought it was ridulously priced?

 

[im_alan_partridge]

Preaching to the choir

 

[Fatdog]

Maybe enlist the help of Blasterpunk or Vienna Sound. They seem to be good at finding nice boxes like the M70.

 

[ClaretBadger]

geez Fatdog - you make them sound like these guys

"...... If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire... The A-Team."


now anyone seen a Black GMC Van?

 

[stormsven]

Actually yes. In Dessau. On the meeting

 

[k2j]

It kinda seems to go in waves just like alot of other collectible hobbies.

What I find is funny is how many fairly common boxes are deemed 'Holy Grails'. when I think holy grail I'm thinking maybe they made a dozen total and its like the ONLY one in existence...

I find it rather annoying when what I perceive as fairly common box (777's, conions, m70's) and calling them 'holy grails'? Really? come on...there's like 5 each up there at any given time.... Try to find a Crown 850. lol

Good luck though!

 

[ClaretBadger]

Oh I got an 850 - it's all about patience - I know the right box will turn up for the right price

We all gott make sure we don't succomb to auction fever and know your own wallet limit

this is one of todays bargains
[ebay]160670718501[/ebay]

 

[MasterBlaster84]

It kinda seems to go in waves just like alot of other collectible hobbies.

What I find is funny is how many fairly common boxes are deemed 'Holy Grails'. when I think holy grail I'm thinking maybe they made a dozen total and its like the ONLY one in existence...

I find it rather annoying when what I perceive as fairly common box (777's, conions, m70's) and calling them 'holy grails'? Really? come on...there's like 5 each up there at any given time.... Try to find a Crown 850. lol

Good luck though!

I don't think numbers have anything to do with "Holy Grail" in this situation because it's not really rarity that is determining the moniker it's the awe factor they produce. Like the M90 even though there are a lot of them it's still a box people ogle over and desire at the highest level, or the big chrome bling of the C-100F and it's mega association with the Hip Hop culture. We could go on but I think the point is it's not rarity that makes some boxes "Holy Grails" it's a combination of other factors (size, bling, performance, etc.).

Now that being said I agree that way to many boxes are called "Holy Grails", in fact the term "Holy Grail" doesn't carry the meaning it did years ago because it's so diluted. Maybe the term "Holy Grail" is used incorrectly here because it doesn't mean rarity in the boombox world.

 

[ClaretBadger]

I agree to that
Grail is a personal thing

and is incorrectly applied to a mass produced electrical item

 

[ClaretBadger]

Well just picked up another boombox from the same seller who sold the M70 (they lived 2 miles from my house!) and they were saying the buyer of the M70 was in the USA and they paid a further 70 pounds (100 dollars) to ship it

holy moly - don't you guys have enough decent boxes of your own ???

310 pounds for an M70?



what did I pick up? Oh a beat up Aiwa Cs600 - I don't have any AIWA's so I wanted to check it out
and it thumps pretty good for a basic box

 

[hollyrockets]

Well just picked up another boombox from the same seller who sold the M70 (they lived 2 miles from my house!) and they were saying the buyer of the M70 was in the USA and they paid a further 70 pounds (100 dollars) to ship it

holy moly - don't you guys have enough decent boxes of your own ???

310 pounds for an M70?



what did I pick up? Oh a beat up Aiwa Cs600 - I don't have any AIWA's so I wanted to check it out
and it thumps pretty good for a basic box

I haven't checked epay sales lately, so I just looked and...




Ebay sales for M70s for the past two weeks:

$650
$462
$496
$575

Suffice it to say, I'm glad I bought mine a few months back... Wish I had my M90 right about now...

 

[ClaretBadger]

I DIDN'T by a beat up M70 that went for 65 quid

and I DID give away my M90 10 years ago


now who feels foolish

 

[hollyrockets]

I DIDN'T by a beat up M70 that went for 65 quid

and I DID give away my M90 10 years ago


now who feels foolish

That hurts bad, but don't beat yourself up too much. We've all done things like that. I wish I had the pair of cowboy moon boots from back in the day. I've never even seen another pair ANYWHERE!

It KILLS ME!!!

 

[Lasonic TRC-920]

I DIDN'T by a beat up M70 that went for 65 quid

and I DID give away my M90 10 years ago


now who feels foolish

That hurts bad, but don't beat yourself up too much. We've all done things like that. I wish I had the pair of cowboy moon boots from back in the day. I've never even seen another pair ANYWHERE!

It KILLS ME!!!

Oh Gawd...this could be a thread all to it's self.....

All the things we lost because we were to young and STUPID!

Like my Pro-Line BMX bike from 1981 or my 1964 Chevelle SS I had in high school or my 1965 Gibson SG I learned to play guitar on or my FIRST TRC-920 or Joanne Waytel my G/F from 1983
Damn she was cute! :'-(

Awwww.....I made my self sad!