What deal is "The one that got away" for you?

Timothy Smith

Mine was a local Craigslist add that said:

Old Marantz mono tube amps (two), includes a preamp if you can get it out of the cabinet, all for $300 or offer.

I could tell from the picture that it was rare Marantz Model 9 tube amps and a Model #7 tube preamp.

Probably the kid's Dad's or Granfather's cherished stereo system.

At the time, a set like this (restored) sold in the mid $20K in the US and another set for more in Japan.

Someone else got there first and probably got everything for $200 since they were "old".

steveinaz

S&W Model 27, highway patrolman, should have never sold that one. Stupid, stupid, stupid. It'd be worth triple what a paid for it in the 80's; not to mention it was one fine piece of iron.

nguyendot

Earthquake Cinema Grand - $100 on CL about a year ago.

nooshinjohn

1954 Chevrolet for 250 bucks in 1983. Went to see the car on my way home from school and told the owner I would come get it after work that night. Got there after work and she(the car) was gone. It would have been my first car.


...and it was a CORVETTE!

Timothy Smith

I thought of another (non-audio) one:

About 1978 or 1979, driving (styling) in my Pinto 2-door in the Detroit suburbs, see a 1968 Dodge Coronet parked with "for sale" sign in the window, nice shape with blackwall tires, poverty dog-dish hubcaps, black bench seat and auto. trans with shifter on the column. Thinking it's probably a 318 or even only a 225. Pop the hood, see a 426 Hemi (untimate sleeper car), remember thinking "boy I bet this thing gets **** mileage, and I don't have anywhere near the $1800 asking price".....closed the hood and drove away in my Pinto.

KICK ME IN THE **** the next time you see me.

halo71

hummm....a few that come to mind

1984 Kramer Baretta (guitar) for $100
Klipsch Heresy $50

agfrost

Just missed a Nitty Gritty RCM for $30.00 in CL a week ago. Nice seller, but one person in front of me. :frown:

Someone had "Old Tuner" listed for $20 about 6 months ago--It was a Sansui TU-X1. That person never responded to my email.

agfrost

Timothy Smith wrote: »

KICK ME IN THE **** the next time you see me.

Will do.

newrival

nooshinjohn wrote: »

1954 Chevrolet for 250 bucks in 1983. Went to see the car on my way home from school and told the owner I would come get it after work that night. Got there after work and she(the car) was gone. It would have been my first car.


...and it was a CORVETTE!

:eek::eek::eek::eek:

Timothy Smith

agfrost wrote: »

Will do.

I used to live in Winfield. But if you ever get to Oconomowoc WI where I now live, you can kick me there, I deserve it.

zingo

A pair of Carver Platinums that were on CL for $200. They were listed as a pair of larger speakers that "may not have the original woofers"; which they did from the pictures. Called the guys phone number, but never got a hold of him...

Rivrrat

It was a waterfront house, a restored 3k sq ft victorian with 160' of saltwaterfront across Puget Sound from Seattle (Port Orchard). We were in the market for a bigger house, and wife would not even look at it. We ended up spending 20K more for a tract house in a new development.

I would've made well over 500K on that one when we moved to Tucson.

shack

Scarlett Johansson offered me a job paying $200K as a live in pool boy. I told her I already had a job. Shoulda taken it.

nooshinjohn

shack wrote: »

Scarlett Johansson offered me a job paying $200K as a live in pool boy. I told her I already had a job. Shoulda taken it.

I never knew you were ****...

zingo

shack wrote: »

Scarlett Johansson offered me a job paying $200K as a live in pool boy. I told her I already had a job. Shoulda taken it.

That's weird, Liberace offered me the same job; he said he'd even throw in free plastic surgery...

kawizx9r

Missed some SDA's on the San Fran CL, only $150.

Here's the pic. Regret not coming home sooner that day, but I rarely check CL for anything anyway.

tonyb

You guys have some good ones. Mine is more of a missed opportunity.
I used to be friends with a guy who handled Indian affairs for the government from the east coast to Illinois. He needed someone to open a snack shop in the bingo hall on one of the reservations,either in Wisconsin,or Seminole Florida. Now, anyone who has ever stepped foot in one,knows these are money makers. 3 seatings a night for bingo, no other food can be brought in, and all the stuff you sell is the high profit garbage,pop,nachos,hot dogs,and such. Bottomline, this dude would give me a lease, in exchange for favors,sexual favors. After wineing and dineing this cat, that's what it came down to. Obviously I ran like the wind. My brother keeps telling me I should have taken one up the.... for the team. We still laugh about it, wasn't funny then but now, frickin' hilarious.

nooshinjohn

Not to add insult to injury Tony, but if you had proof to back you up, the lawsuit against the government you could have won would have brough home a lot more than the consessions deal would have.

george daniel

A DC-3 full of contraband from Jamica for 2000.00 dollars,,plane not included.

squeeb

I was watching MuscleCar the other night and it started off ... "Ford put about 1000 of these 428 big blocks in the Mustang, about 6000 had a 4-speed transmission, of those 154 were painted Winter Blue, and only 36 had a white interior". They described my first car!!! Don't even want to know what that is worth today.

I know, I know - pics or it didn't happen. :frown:

nooshinjohn

You look just like Leif Garrett(before the drugs) in that picture!

BeRad

Polk SDA 2.3 TL's from notasuv on here. I was second in line, first guy got em.

only 2.3's within driving distance from me that I have ever seen (driving distance being up to 8 hours.)

No longer looking for sda's.

obieone

Armalite had National Match uppers for $920, $130 off their usual price, at Thanksgiving, but I couldn't pull the trigger:frown:

Tony M

The most recent was a beautiful 2500.00 blue leather recliner for 150.00 on craigs list. I was second in line.:frown:

Also even more recent I just remembered, A beautiful Pioneer 6.1 receiver for 30.00. It didn't have Hdmi he said, that's the reason for the price. It was huge!! I was second in line there to.:frown:

But just to balance I must say I did buy a Star trek Bronze Enterprise 1701 statue for 150.00 6 months ago. It sold for 1500.00 when new. That will be with me when I die..:biggrin:

JuanR

A pair of Tyler Acoustic Monitors that I thought I was first in line a couple days ago.

polrbehr

Not even sure if this qualifies as a lost "deal", but here goes:

We did a whole-house cleaning a few years ago for a real estate agent. The house was already vacant, prob. a foreclosure. Well, almost vacant...
they had a finished area in the basement that was pretty much dedicated to baseball memorabilia, Yankee stuff to be exact.

The agent had told me to take whatever wasn't nailed down (guess she never saw what was down there?), but being a die-hard Mets fan, I only grabbed a couple of items for a friend who was a Yankee fan. I try to forget that day, but I am sure, judging by my friends reaction, that a lot of the stuff I left behind was worth some coin... but I'll never know, as the house was occupied the next week. Oh well.

grimmace19

I saw a pair of great condition Klipsch corner horns sells for $200 about a year and a half ago on craigslist. I was 2nd in line and they called me back to say they were sold

squeeb

nooshinjohn wrote: »

You look just like Leif Garrett(before the drugs) in that picture!

Hehe - not heard that before. Now I look like him (after the drugs) without the girls, money, fame, drugs, or bandana.

blueboxer

Arcam 600 in black for $2800 shipped. Still think about it from time to time.

shack

If we are talking about cars... in the early 90s I had an opportunity to buy a fairly low mileage (50K), all original 1969 Boss 302 Mustang for $22K. It would have been tough...but I could have swung it. Two young kids and not making that much at the time helped make my decision to pass. Today in that condition, unrestored...it might be worth $75-100K. I always wanted one...and now they are probably priced beyond what I am willing to pay. Oh well...comme ci, comme ca...

George Grand

Nothing. It never gets away.