today's dream score!!

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systemaddict

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well guys gonna make this one short as i'm pushed for time so i'm gonna shorten the story but you'le get the picture :-D
ok a while ago i put a wanted ad in a local mini market for boxes as an off chance. well this morning i got a call off a bloke saying he had something i may be interested in :-O anyway we got chatting and i asked where he was located and it turns out he's only a mile or so away from me :thumbsup: on further converse i asked what the box was and he said a sharp gf 575, at this point i was excited but knew i only had little cash to buy :thumbsdown: so we chat some more and he said he has had the box from new when he bought it in 82 and it had been in dry storage a while and he just wanted to pass it on at a low price, sounds good :thumbsup: we did'nt agree on a price on the phone but he said he could bring it direct to my place at 1pm this afternoon if i was available :-O too right i was available :lol: anyway in a nut shell i gave him my adress and there's a knock on the door at the said time, to my surprise i open the door and there's an oldish fella about 65 years old standing there with a big minty looking box in his hands lol.
anyway i invite him in and we chat and plug in the box and go through it all, after thorough testing it all works flawlessly and is in near mint condition :thumbsup: now lets talk price, i was thinking i won't be able to afford it but he comes out right and says just give me £20 :-O
i could'nt believe my luck my heart was pounding with excitement :-D
so.......a minty fully working one owner from new 575 for £20, not bad eh :thumbsup:
here's some pics, pls excuse the quality as they was shot with my crappy phone cam :thumbsdown:


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Northerner

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Wow, nice one Az, looks super minty!...and for £20 personally delivered to your door!! :thumbsup:

You can chuck that crappy hitachi out when you get it now :lol:
 

systemaddict

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thanks for the nice comments guys much apreciated, and Si no way will the hitachi be getting thrown :nonono: i'm really looking forward to it :thumbsup:
 

superlew

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Jeeeeez!
I gotta find me a deal like that. I know what it's like to be on a tight budget. I'm saving to move back to FL ( if it never snows again, it'll be too soon).
Your stomach must have done a backflip when the guy said 20 Pounds!
Nice score.
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That's a great deal!! You can't beat buying a boombox from an oldie that bought the thing as an adult and looked after it and didn't drag it around the streets.

I just bought a GF-9292 from the daughter of a very elderly lady who bought it new - almost zero hours with beautifully smooth sliders that didn't require any switch cleaner (a first for me).
 

retrohead

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couldnt have happened to a better brother....congratulations azz and hope you have many hours enjoying her,you were right when you said it was minty,its in great order,so congratulations and now your ready for the summer :yes: :thumbsup: ;-)
 
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