FINALLY a Goodwill/Polk Audio find

oldrocker
oldrocker Posts: 2,590
edited March 2014 in The Clubhouse
As always on a whim, hit a few of the GW's while out, found a Polk Audio RM6750 sub. Not much of a monster sub I know but at the store I plugged it in, green light came on. I thought, $19.99 can hurt too much. Actually rang up for $14.99. Got it home, threw it into a mix of a Denen AVR, CD, EQ and those realistic MC 2000 I found at the same store a few weeks back.
It worked just fine, I was just gonna head home, one never knows it seems.
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  • trav0810
    trav0810 Posts: 1,056
    edited March 2014
    For $15 how can ya go wrong!
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  • oldrocker
    oldrocker Posts: 2,590
    edited March 2014
    Thats what I thought.

    Did you see the set of Rogers LS3/5A on the GW page? Up to $1202 and some change.
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited March 2014
    Congrats!
    Jake
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,465
    edited March 2014
    I miss the Indiana Goodwill stores... I always could find something of use. There ain't shiznit in the ones here in Cali.
    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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  • oldrocker
    oldrocker Posts: 2,590
    edited March 2014
    I keep hoping for the day I walk into one of the stores and see that big ole set of SDA's sitting in the corner.
    Never gonna happen...:(
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    I miss the Indiana Goodwill stores... I always could find something of use. There ain't shiznit in the ones here in Cali.
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,596
    edited March 2014
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    I miss the Indiana Goodwill stores... I always could find something of use. There ain't shiznit in the ones here in Cali.

    You fellas mist just be lucky.

    Anytime I stop in its nothing but junk.
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • oldrocker
    oldrocker Posts: 2,590
    edited March 2014
    Actually that is the normal it seems.

    However, when I was in line checking out, the lady in front of me was short $4.00, she appeared to really need the stuff she was buying, So I kicked in the $4.00....But then I drove home real fast and started hooking stuff up, crazy lil sub works really good.....

    EndersShadow wrote: »
    You fellas mist just be lucky.

    Anytime I stop in its nothing but junk.
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,606
    edited March 2014
    EndersShadow wrote: »
    You fellas mist just be lucky.

    Anytime I stop in its nothing but junk.

    Same here! The junk in the stores around here are full of junk that is junkier than my junk...
    --Gary--
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  • WLDock
    WLDock Posts: 3,073
    edited March 2014
    What city are you in? I'm blocks from the Merrillville location and I never seen much in there...but I've not been in there much.
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  • oldrocker
    oldrocker Posts: 2,590
    edited March 2014
    South of Lafayette/Tippecanoe county out in the boonies, actually hit 5 stores, got this at the Lebanon/Boone county store.
    It was a whim stop...

    I was in Nashville TN, few days back, LOTS of electronics on the shelf, just no Polk's :(
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  • trav0810
    trav0810 Posts: 1,056
    edited March 2014
    oldrocker wrote: »
    Thats what I thought.

    Did you see the set of Rogers LS3/5A on the GW page? Up to $1202 and some change.

    I saw those when they first posted. I'm amazed at what people will pay for untested gear.
    The difference between genius and stupidity is; genius has its limits.” -Albert Einstein

    Sony Playstation 3 for CD and Streaming
    Thorens TD320
    Modified Carver C-1
    Carver TFM 42 and 45 Amplifiers
    Polk RTA15TL Speakers w/Decato mods
    White Lightning Moonshine DIY Speaker Cables and Interconnects
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  • oldrocker
    oldrocker Posts: 2,590
    edited March 2014
    I agree, thats a bit of change for something untested.. Maybe they know something I don't, who knows...

    Heck I was scared on my $14.99 purchase....
    trav0810 wrote: »
    I saw those when they first posted. I'm amazed at what people will pay for untested gear.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,465
    edited March 2014
    oldrocker wrote: »
    South of Lafayette/Tippecanoe county out in the boonies, actually hit 5 stores, got this at the Lebanon/Boone county store.
    It was a whim stop...

    I was in Nashville TN, few days back, LOTS of electronics on the shelf, just no Polk's :(


    The Lafayette/West Lafayette stores were always good to me.
    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

    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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  • stretchl
    stretchl Posts: 1,334
    edited March 2014
    oldrocker wrote: »

    However, when I was in line checking out, the lady in front of me was short $4.00, she appeared to really need the stuff she was buying, So I kicked in the $4.00....

    Good man, you are.
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  • czarodzi
    czarodzi Posts: 38
    edited March 2014
    The fact that it worked wneh you got it hooked up was good mojo for helping out that other customer!
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,675
    edited March 2014
    Awesome find ya got & God Bless for helping some one out :)
    ..
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  • Zentish
    Zentish Posts: 127
    edited March 2014
    Great find!

    I always stop at the 3 local goodwill stores when I have a little time.
    Receiver: ONKYO TX-NR929 7.1 AVR 130wpc
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  • PolkieMan
    PolkieMan Posts: 2,446
    edited March 2014
    I like Goodwill, 2 miles from my house, I get a few duds but overall things work out well and it's for a good cause, that's a nice Sub!
    POLK SDA 2.3 TLS BOUGHT NEW IN 1990, Gimpod/Sonic Caps/Mills RDO-198
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,132
    edited March 2014
    The only thing I find is CDs and Lp's.
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  • PolkieMan
    PolkieMan Posts: 2,446
    edited March 2014
    Yea mostly same here too, $2 for CD and $1 for records, sometimes I get some real good finds at that price.
    gudnoyez wrote: »
    The only thing I find is CDs and Lp's.
    POLK SDA 2.3 TLS BOUGHT NEW IN 1990, Gimpod/Sonic Caps/Mills RDO-198
    POLK CSI-A6 POLK MONITOR 70'S ONKYO TX NR-808 SONY CDP-333ES
    PIONEER PL-510A SONY BDP S5100
    POLK SDA 1C BOUGHT USED 2011,Gimpod/Sonic Caps/Mills RDO-194
    ONKYO HT RC-360 SONY BDP S590 TECHNICS SL BD-1
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