Learned something this weekend, old tube TVs are worthess.

[NetWareHead]

GF and I are planning a yard sale at her place. Coincides with my helping her clean out her basement. Anything that can be salvaged and sold, is being shown in a yard sale at the end of the month. Figured I would bring all of my crap as well to her house in preparation for the yard sale, including an old tube TV, with the remote and runs well, I think its a 30 inch TV. Perfect for someone who needs a TV in a spare bedroom or something.

So this weekend, we meet up with a friend of ours and he surprised us by having a garage sale of his own. Everything sold, except for the tube TVs he had put out for sale. He had a big TV (with remote) priced for $20. Ok, so that is starting to make me rethink our TV selling strategy.

Later on while running errands, the GF and I catch a garage sale in the neighborhood. We stop and I notice they also have some tube TVs and computer monitors that nobody is buying. Also priced cheaply. Strike #2.

Later on we make a stop at the city dump, this is part of cleaning out the basement. The dump site takes electronics/TV etc... for free. You dont have to pay by the pound when dumping waste etc... when it comes to these items. Strike #3.

End of story I decided its in no way worth it to sell your old TV at a garage sale and forget about craigslist. I laugh at the ads for "state of the art" 36" tube TVs that are advertised for $100. Good luck with that one! We took my TV to the dump and got rid of it.

 

[nageov3t]

yeah, my guess is that you'd have to pay someone to take it from you.

that's actually what I had to do with my old TV but it was a pretty sizable television and I was moving out of a third floor walk-up... I'd be damned if I tried moving that tv with me instead of just buying a new flat-screen.

 

[AstroManLuca]

news at 11

 

[T_Yamamoto]

You could have put it up for free section on cl

 

[Gibson486]

I learned this years ago. I tried selling a 27 inch TV for cheap. I then posted it in the free section, no takers. It ended up on the curb with a Craigslist ad telling people to pick it up. It took 2 days for that thing to disappear.

I found that it's due to how heavy it is. No one wants to carry it down or up stairs. We also had a 19 inch TV laying around. We sold that for $50 in a day. So, unless you are willing to carry it into their car, you are going to have pay for them to take it.

That said, there is a pretty funny story of me selling a big TV floating around here.....

 

[GoPackGo]

I managed to sell my 36" Sony Wega a few years ago for $100...but now I would be lucky to give it away.

 

[Doppel]

I know a guy who sold about a 30" tube recently on CL for $50. I have no idea what kind of stupid ass pays $50 for one in this day and age, he was also surprised he got that for it. I think they are worthless now because they are heavy as hell, take up a huge amount of space, and have awful picture quality. Also a 27" LCD can be had for a couple hundred bucks now, so there's no point in suffering the human indecency of a tube tv.

 

[SKORPI0]

I managed to sell my 36" Sony Wega a few years ago for $100...but now I would be lucky to give it away.

Tried to sell my Samsung 32" HDTV CRT (150 lbs.) since Jan 2009 for $150. Paid $900 middle of 2003. No takers, then free for pickup. Today I couldn't even give it away. Threw away 3 21" CRT monitors 2 years ago at the recycling center and might end up doing the same with this one.

 

[Meghan54]

We see old CRT TV's all the time in the free section of our local CL. No one tries to sell them any longer, that is anyone with a lick of sense. We've got a 27" that I'm sure wouldn't be taken even if given away for free, and it works quite well. Just no one wants them any longer.

 

[lxskllr]

I have CRT monitors I pulled out of the dumpster at work a few years ago. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but I'm kind of regretting it now. Maybe if I save them long enough, they'll be kitschy and retro, and I'll some use for them :^D

 

[PottedMeat]

i think the local goodwills are only taking tube HDTVs ( or what their workers think are HDTVs ). saw a couple 27+" sony hdtvs for ~$25.

 

[mmntech]

Old school gamers still want them if they're a good quality set. Older consoles don't play nice with HDTVs. Beyond that, they're worthless. I always think its funny when I walk into hotels and they're still sporting the tube TVs with analogue cable.

 

[Lonyo]

Tried to sell my Samsung 32" HDTV CRT (150 lbs.) since Jan 2009 for $150. Paid $900 middle of 2003. No takers, then free for pickup. Today I couldn't even give it away. Threw away 3 21" CRT monitors 2 years ago at the recycling center and might end up doing the same with this one.

CRT monitors can be sold... people do actually sometimes want them.
TVs, not so much.

 

[waggy]

yeap. i have 2-3 that i tried to give away last year. no luck at all.

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

We gotta get this hipsters convinced that tube TVs are ironic and stylish.

 

[edro]

We sold our 19" /w VCR to a local immigrant farm worker last year for $10.
If we didn't, it would have gone in the dumpster.

 

[Ricochet]

I managed to sell my 36" Sony Wega a few years ago for $100...but now I would be lucky to give it away.

Lucky indeed. You would have to pay me $100 to take that and that you're at a facility with an elevator if not on the ground floor. I made the mistake of helping someone moved this TV to a 3rd floor apt. It was mainly just the two of us. The 3rd helper couldn't squeeze btw the stairway and helped whenever he could at beginning, end, and between rests. We had to rest at each floor. I was cursing the entire time. We were telling each other not to drop it as it will go through the stairs. I tell the owner that if he moves again there is no way in hell I'm helping him with this. He should put it up in the for free section of CL. I would feel sorry for whoever taking the offer.

 

[HeXen]

i knew from the start to not bother selling a tube tv and took it straight to the dump like everyone else with common sense.

 

[fatpat268]

Lucky indeed. You would have to pay me $100 to take that and that you're at a facility with an elevator if not on the ground floor. I made the mistake of helping someone moved this TV to a 3rd floor apt. It was mainly just the two of us. The 3rd helper couldn't squeeze btw the stairway and helped whenever he could at beginning, end, and between rests. We had to rest at each floor. I was cursing the entire time. We were telling each other not to drop it as it will go through the stairs. I tell the owner that if he moves again there is no way in hell I'm helping him with this. He should put it up in the for free section of CL. I would feel sorry for whoever taking the offer.

Those older huge/heavy tvs should have come with carry handles. The weight itself usually isn't too much for two people to handle, but it's a combination of the awkward shape and the fact that you're holding onto a thin piece of the underside with your fingertips is what makes moving these pieces of shit miserable.

I wish I had lifting straps when I last moved a bunch of CRTs.

 

[spacelord]

I sold a nice Mitsubishi 46" widescreen HD projection TV for $25 last Thanksgiving, with stand.
However, when I had my new LCD delivered I tipped the delivery guys $20 to carry the old projection TV out of my basement to my front dining room.. so it was basically a wash. oh well, it had to go and this way I didn't have to haul it to a dump.

no handles either.. its a bitch to move.

 

[Leros]

I wasn't able to give away my dad's old 37" CRT. We had to pay $25 to get it recycled.

 

[BoomerD]

We have an electronics recycler who will pay YOU for old televisions and monitors.

Granted, it's not much...but it's better than paying someone to take it.

I hauled in a dead 27" Sony and a dying 17" Gateway monitor and got a bit over $20 for them.

 

[Anubis]

heh i still use a 27in non HD tube TV daily

 

[Sonikku]

i think the local goodwills are only taking tube HDTVs ( or what their workers think are HDTVs ). saw a couple 27+" sony hdtvs for ~$25.

That's not so bad, I'd take a 27" HDTV tube for that much. :wub: A TV that size won't break your back to carry, but would be great for a bedroom or kids rooms.

Those older huge/heavy tvs should have come with carry handles. The weight itself usually isn't too much for two people to handle, but it's a combination of the awkward shape and the fact that you're holding onto a thin piece of the underside with your fingertips is what makes moving these pieces of shit miserable.

I wish I had lifting straps when I last moved a bunch of CRTs.

Agreed. Worse, my Panasonic flat screen may only weigh 100 or so pounds but the bottom of it is a satanic grid of "lines" that cut away at your fingers as you try to haul it around. Nothing like compounding an already bad situation. :'(

 

[IGemini]

Even a couple years ago it was easier. When I bought my 32" Samsung LCD, I put my Zenith 27" CRT on CL. Didn't have to wait long, within a couple days a guy was looking for a den TV, sold it to him for $40.