I just don't know how these people get these prices in their head.
https://newyork.craigslist.org/que/atq/5362155295.html
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Victrola XIV $13000 "Price Negotiable."
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Re: Victrola XIV $13000 "Price Negotiable."
Maybe the decimal point key on his keyboard is broken?
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Re: Victrola XIV $13000 "Price Negotiable."
Things are just more expensive on the east coast. A west coast XIV is going for only $5000:
http://seattle.craigslist.org/kit/atq/5357845566.html
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Re: Victrola XIV $13000 "Price Negotiable."
Steve,
I hink that the seller,Eddie from your craigslist ad is actually cousin Eddie from Christmas Vacation...
Merry Christmas everyone!!
I hink that the seller,Eddie from your craigslist ad is actually cousin Eddie from Christmas Vacation...
Merry Christmas everyone!!
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Re: Victrola XIV $13000 "Price Negotiable."
But... it has 220 LP records!! And needles. That's got to be worth $12.5K right there. 

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Re: Victrola XIV $13000 "Price Negotiable."
And, it declares that the "price is negotiable."TinfoilPhono wrote:But... it has 220 LP records!! And needles. That's got to be worth $12.5K right there.

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1. Space will expand to accommodate an infinite number of possessions, regardless of their size.
2. Shortage of finance, however dire, will never prevent the acquisition of a desired object, however improbable its cost.
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Re: Victrola XIV $13000 "Price Negotiable."
I offered $10,000 and he could keep the records but he wouldn't bite...
Not gone any higher because he said it didn't have the original needle with it.
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Re: Victrola XIV $13000 "Price Negotiable."
Who doesn't need LP's to go with a victrola! 

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Re: Victrola XIV $13000 "Price Negotiable."
We offered them $500 to simply pull the listing and seek psychological evaluation.
Yes, my husband may not quite be recovered yet, but he still has his sense of humor!
He swears he wasn't trying to be funny. He was dead serious...
Yes, my husband may not quite be recovered yet, but he still has his sense of humor!
He swears he wasn't trying to be funny. He was dead serious...