What would you pay for one that had been fully submerged in flood water (read silt, sewage, oil etc)
A side note here, a friend just turned up at my door earlier in the year with some 1970s Sony electronics and a pioneer turntable that had lived its first few years in a heavy smokers home, and the last 30 years or so in a garage (it belonged to his brother in law who died over 30 years ago)… I spent hours on cleaning, repairing it and fettling it and a fair amount of money on parts, including a brand new cartridge… He then tried to get me to buy it from him, and he’d massively over valued it, going off those bogus Japanese listings on eBay that list kit at 10x it’s actual value (whilst massively undervaluing my services)… I told him what It was really worth, showed him completed listings, costs of listing, then the time and money already invested… he accused me of trying to take the piss out of him… I removed a shitty dust bug cleaning arm from the plinth of the deck in order to properly clean it up to like new condition, and he phoned me up having a pop about that when he realised too. Some people just think that all the burden should be on someone else.
PS, I’m still out of pocket for my time and for ALL of the parts, cartridge included.
Haha, if I’d got a effluent drenched one, I’d be more than happy with £250 for it!What about £250 each?
How many have you got?
I spent hours on cleaning, repairing it and fettling it and a fair amount of money on parts, including a brand new cartridge… He then tried to get me to buy it from him, and he’d massively over valued it..
I wouldn't call such people friends.The lesson here and from the OP's situation is don't do business with friends.
Here’s the thing, I didn’t ask for a penny from him for the work I did or the parts I fitted, I did it for free because he’s a mate, but then he tried to pressure me to buy them, and for significantly more than that were worth… I said I didn’t want them but told him honestly what they were really worth and what to expect if he were to list them for sale… he got really pissy about it and started questioning why my kit, in particular my new LP12 was worth thousands of pounds and his kit wasn’t, to which explained that my kit was modern (relatively) high end, high performance kit and his was mediocre stuff from the 70s… he didn’t like it, but I wasn’t going to give him £1500 for a pioneer PL112d and a bottom end Sony amp and tuner, and neither was anyone else. I didn’t want them at 1/10th of that, I just didn’t want them full stop, I already have a surplus of kit, and all of it is higher end kit than that.I wouldn't have done this. I would've told him straight off what the kit was worth and said it wasn't worth my time touching it. I have had friends who were, shall we say, hard to help! But I don't see them any more, if you know what I mean?
If someone is a good friend I'll do anything for them, and don't expect anything back, but if they try to take advantage I won't do anything at all. Money is never involved. I either do things for free, because they are friends, or I don't do it at all. Keeps it simple.
One exception was a friend who wanted parts fitted to his road bike which required a specific specialized tool, which I didn't have. I told him I'd do it if he bought me the tool, so I got a free tool!
..he got really pissy about it and started questioning why my kit, in particular my new LP12 was worth thousands of pounds and his kit wasn’t..
It has driven a wedge to be honest, pre pandemic we were band mates, I provided all the kit, the rehearsal space (my dining room), food and drink whilst rehearsing, and transport to and from gigs whilst everyone else had a drink… I can’t be arsed now, everything was always on me and that was the last straw.Guy sounds like a dick. I'm way too old to put up with so called friends like that. When you're young I think you worry about not having friends. Then you get to an age when you want most of the people in the world to leave you the feck alone.
It has driven a wedge to be honest, pre pandemic we were band mates, I provided all the kit, the rehearsal space (my dining room), food and drink whilst rehearsing, and transport to and from gigs whilst everyone else had a drink…
Perhaps ‘FS’ will come to stand for ‘filled with s***’"No".
Maybe back when I was a starving student I'd have considered it if an absolute bargain but even then it would have to have been from a store covered by some kind of guarantee. Some of the participants mentioned in this thread sound more like blagging acquaintances than friends
I'll be looking out for a newly learned category in the classifieds now: "FS: (Sewage submerged)......"
Perhaps ‘FS’ will come to stand for ‘filled with s***’