Box of 35 Personal Stereo Cassette Players & Recorders for Repair. Waste of Money, or Potential?

[@EgoChip]

That black Saisho one with the built-in speaker looks really cool, like a mini boom box.

[@nhexan]

I salute you! I've done a couple of walkmans myself... It's no fun. It's not always easy, and some how it's not really possible to abandon the projects either. The surfacemount ones are the worst! That's true nightmare fuel. But once they're all sorted, people go nuts and throw their money at you to relive the cassette nostalgia they offer. The most insane price I've ever seen for a restored walkman here in norway was 15.000NOK, roughly 1.500£.... That's pretty good when you consider they go for 5£ at a flee market, and parts/labour costs 50 to 100£. They do tend to test your patience though. Probably why some really jack their price a lot after restoring these little devices of pain and agony.

[@paulb4uk]

Superb pickup i bid on the first ever sanyo in the last few seconds it went £2 more than the £70 i bid shame as i really wanted it so i will be keeping a watch for another.

[@Broken_robot1986]

I hate last second bidders!

[@retro_restos]

Not many about, but hopefully another will come up fairly soon. I guess as long as you bid what you thought it was worth to you, then there's no regrets, and on to the next.

[@EgoChip]

Depending on how much you paid, lots like this are never a waste of money for people like yourself. At the worst you get to make a KZbin video about them. You'll also have a pile of spare parts. Someone with your expertise is bound to get a bunch of these working. Also those boxed ones should be what you concentrate on, as boxed retro equipment is quite rare and make the best museum/collector pieces.

[@retro_restos]

Yes, it's nice to share the info about the items from a historical point of view. I don't get paid for my KZbin videos but it's good fun to share the knowledge about different machines. It looks on initial inspection that the boxed ones are newer and actually pretty worthless, but I'm hoping to revive any older, complete ones if I can, as they have the best chance of being wanted/used again.

[@peterjohnpj2778]

if your not a tech and these device need a repair or a service these days it can get very expensive that's the problem. these days its a thought away society people have done this most people want the new device ?????????????????????

[@zbigniewrichard8291]

You can't make a decent living repairing small trash.

[@retro_restos]

Agreed