Goodwill finds......what say you?

treitz3
treitz3 Posts: 19,015
edited June 2013 in The Clubhouse
We have all read of great Goodwill finds here and there and that's all good. I'm happy for the folks that find good deals. Good deals are always cool. With that said, when you go to visit Goodwill, do you ever find anything worthwhile?

If so, where are you located?

Tom
~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • rpf65
    rpf65 Posts: 2,127
    edited March 2013
    Personally never found anything worth the trouble to check the price on.
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  • Jhayman
    Jhayman Posts: 1,548
    edited March 2013
    Found a mint SL1200MK2 for $14.99 but it was at Value Village, don't know they are in the USA..
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  • Oldfatdogs
    Oldfatdogs Posts: 1,874
    edited March 2013
    Nothing around here.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,399
    edited March 2013
    Sansui AU20000, TU9900 tuner. Pioneer Elite Laser Disc and about 1000 minty lp's for a buck each, at the stores around Lafayette IN.... Have not found jack **** at any store in Los Angeles.
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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,755
    edited March 2013
    Lasareath wrote: »
    The most i ever found was a stack of 8 track tapes.

    Ohh ohh, where?? Lol....
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,015
    edited March 2013
    What I get is LP's that look like "cat scratch fever", alarm clocks, heavily damaged goods at ridiculous prices and beautiful CD jewel cases with no freakin' CD's within. That's Goodwill for me. I hear of all these good finds but I have yet to encounter even one............just one.........decent or even a worthwhile find and I've been at it for years. Not even so much as a decent CD. I've had better luck at pawn shops and even then, it's only been 1 Furman EQ I had to show them what the retail price was in order to get a price not even worthy and a set of CD's I acquired for 4 bucks when retail was about $150.00. Classical music, nonetheless. Absolutely NOTHING other than that.

    Nothing. I'd like to know where these finds are....geographically. I'm tired of wasting my time.

    Tom
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • Jhayman
    Jhayman Posts: 1,548
    edited March 2013
    The key to success is visit daily and your luck will change..
    ATC SCM40's,VTL TL 2.5 Preamp,PSB Stratus Goldi's,McCormack DNA 500,McCormack MAP-1 Preamp,Pro-Ject Xtension 10 TT,Ortofon Cadenza Red/Nordost RedDawn LS Speaker cables, Bryston BDP-2, Bryston BDA-2,PS Audio AC-3 power cables
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,015
    edited March 2013
    Uh huh. Been there, done that.......years have passed by since I started. Notta, nothin', not a F'n thing. Not even one stinkin' thing except a lot of pretty Jewel cases with no CD's in them. Grrrrr.

    Tom
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • goofyGAguy
    goofyGAguy Posts: 545
    edited March 2013
    Nada. Nothing but VCR's, 20" TV's and beat-up Fisher speakers for $75 around here.:evil:
    My humble setup...

    ...is no more. :cry:
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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    edited March 2013
    Like I said before, threadbare jeans and stained furniture.
    If you can't hear a difference, don't waste your money.
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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,755
    edited March 2013
    Jhayman wrote: »
    The key to success is visit daily and your luck will change..

    Sorry, have a life and a job. Daily trips to the GW are not in the cards for me...
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  • Jhayman
    Jhayman Posts: 1,548
    edited March 2013
    Well the one I visit on a daily routine is about 10 min from my house so not far, I generally stop in for 5 min on my way home..
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,525
    edited March 2013
    Never looked, but I have donated non-audio related things.
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited March 2013
    I personally haven't looked, but my brother has found a number of great items (some audio related and some not).
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    Taken from a recent Audioholics reply regarding "Club Polk" and Polk speakers:
    "I'm yet to hear a Polk speaker that merits more than a sentence and 60 seconds discussion." :\
    My response is: If you need 60 seconds to respond in one sentence, you probably should't be evaluating Polk speakers.....

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  • rromeo923
    rromeo923 Posts: 1,513
    edited March 2013
    I have done ok. Polk 5's, Realistic Nova 8B, Rectilinear Xi, Lafayette receiver, Dual tt, and lots of albums. Some of the albums have been mint, most of the albums are just very dirty and sound great when cleaned.
    I was traveling around Maryland a lot for work. I would check out the goodwill stores in whatever town I was in.
    Havent looked much lately.
    I got static in my head
    The reflected sound of everything
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  • Lost240
    Lost240 Posts: 176
    edited March 2013
    Almost never....
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  • ZLTFUL
    ZLTFUL Posts: 5,648
    edited March 2013
    I am lucky in that I have a pair of Goodwills and a Salvation Army on my way home from work. Depending on the office I am at, M-W, I have a Goodwill on the "good" side of town. It is where I found a couple of Onkyo pieces and a Yamaha CR-2020. The other Goodwill that I can hit when I work downtown Th-F is also on the good side of town but in a more transistional neighborhood between the OK part and the high end part of town. I find a ton of good CDs there regularly. I also caught a guy walking out one day with a Rotel CDP. I was tempted to tackle him. But the Salvation Army that is also along that route tends to be more of a mid-century modern furniture gold mine. I have bought several furniture items there that I have passed on to my friend's furniture gallery and collect finders feels for that stuff. Have yet to find anything worthwhile in audio there though.
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,720
    edited March 2013
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    Sansui AU20000, TU9900 tuner

    Just thought I'd give you fair warning: you're now on my list of people in need of a severe DOUBLE thrashing.

    No luck at Goodwill stores (usual assortments of alarm clock radios and vinyl that's suitable for melting into candles).
    Valu Village: pretty much ditto Goodwill, but less selection.

    Salvation Army, though, is another story. They're further away, so only stop in every couple of months, but there are good finds there (just not when I show up).
    Sal Palooza
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited March 2013
    Found some passive KRK monitors among others.
    Jake
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,008
    edited March 2013
    Nothing except the occasional can of black paint
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited March 2013
    Nothing worth buying.
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  • proffitt
    proffitt Posts: 157
    edited June 2013
    Ding ding ding... we have a winner.
    Goodwill find - pair of SDA SRS 2 for $50
    Albeit they were in really bad shape, but all components were good. But after my brother-in-law visited yesterday and told me that they looked brand new!
    Here's the link to the refurb project... very fun:
    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?138538-SDA-SRS-2-need-CPR-and-ICU-life-support
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  • zane77
    zane77 Posts: 1,696
    edited June 2013
    Seems like most of the people around here keep stuff untill is pretty much worthless no really good finds a few CD's
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  • goofyGAguy
    goofyGAguy Posts: 545
    edited June 2013
    proffitt wrote: »
    Ding ding ding... we have a winner.
    Goodwill find - pair of SDA SRS 2 for $50

    Dang! Was that at the one on Buford Drive?
    My humble setup...

    ...is no more. :cry:
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  • smglbrth
    smglbrth Posts: 1,469
    edited June 2013
    Jack squat. Thing is, now that we have the internet to find out various aspects of audio, old and new, I think a lot of people try to sell stuff on Craigslist/Ebay and the like. I was recently at an estate sale poking around and saw some old records and thought, "oh boy, there has to be something audio around here", no dice. Either it was sold immediately, the family took it, or the family put it on Ebay/Craigslist to get more dough.

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  • jflail2
    jflail2 Posts: 2,868
    edited June 2013
    Absolutely nothing. I am however about to take a boatload of clothes, old PC cables and parts, and other random junk to Goodwill, so if you're in VA and interested in a buncha crap, let me know.
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  • proffitt
    proffitt Posts: 157
    edited June 2013
    goofyGAguy wrote: »
    Dang! Was that at the one on Buford Drive?

    Goofy... no, it was on the one on McFarland off 400. That was in November. Then just a couple of weeks ago, same Goodwill, a Yamaha Natural Sound CD/DVD S-1700 for $15.
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  • Inthefade
    Inthefade Posts: 180
    edited June 2013
    Started 2 months ago once a week. Nothing yet.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,399
    edited June 2013
    I have yet to buy anything at all like the quality of stuff I was getting out of the Indiana stores. I have started hitting estate sales now instead, but even they are insanely priced. Ebay and CL have jut about killed the bargain hunting out here.
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,590
    edited June 2013
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    I have yet to buy anything at all like the quality of stuff I was getting out of the Indiana stores. I have started hitting estate sales now instead, but even they are insanely priced. Ebay and CL have jut about killed the bargain hunting out here.

    Indiana stores are dry, just ask myself and Jeff. I hit them when I can, but anything good gets filtered before it hits the shelf and goes online. And West Lafayette is too far to drive just to hit goodwill lol
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