I got a DEAL! (The "I want to brag about what I got" thread)

[Gleix]

Just got a PSS-270 at a thrift store for fifteen bucks!

I got my PSS-270 for $7 at a flea market  1-up'd

[computer at sea]

word.

[MAGTIG]

PSS - 480 - FREE! It was in a friend of a friend's closet.

[Sajo]

i found a vtech music major at goodwill for $2. brought it home and the whole board was FRIED(burned pcb-black spots everywhere) so i couldn't fix it. i'm going to my storage place soon and diving in the HUGE bins of electronics.

[Circuitbenders]

weirdly when you buy toys from charity shops in the UK they usually come with a free set of batteries in them which porbably cost about as much as the toy itself, so it doesn't matter that much if you get it home and it doesn't work 

[Gleix]

weirdly when you buy toys from charity shops in the UK they usually come with a free set of batteries in them which porbably cost about as much as the toy itself, so it doesn't matter that much if you get it home and it doesn't work 

I picked up a Casio PT-10 with 4 fully working rechargeable batteries in it for $3 at a sale once.

[SineHacker]

me three, I got A vtech babies first laptop, a miscellaneous toy keyboard and this amazing marks & spencer toy violin for £4 today! all with batteries included - also got a really nice pullover for a pound (any tips on bending?  ) gotta love tenuvus

[Gordonjcp]

also got a really nice pullover for a pound (any tips on bending?  )

Mrs Gordonjcp says you could try felting it if you don't plan on wearing it, or embroider it with conductive thread and LEDs.

[sk-1]

Sick sick sick...

Today I found a "Yamaha TG100 Tone Generator" and a "BOSS RDD-10 Digital Delay" in the bin.. In fully working condition !

Two weeks ago I found a "Korg DDD-1 Drum Machine" in the bin aswell It has the sampling board and 4 rom cards but sadly not the ram card..

Now that is a bin I'd turn homeless for! LOL 

[nochtanseenspecht]

last week :
-alesis ion for 150 euro
-digitech tsr24 for 30 euro 
very beautifull reverb btw

[sk-1]

I just picked up 2 MINT condition Hing Hon EK-001 keyboards off eBay for 14 pounds!  For seven whole days I was the first bidder, the only bidder and at end of auction; the only bid sniper.  I paid 10 pounds for one and the other was 4 pounds as it apparently has a screwed keyboard matrix.  The physical condition of both units is immaculate though so the faulty Hing Hon will need to be looked at and repaired.

I thought these Hing Hons were meant to be the 'holy grail' of circuit bending?  There was nothing wrong with the eBay ads and descriptions... and both keyboards came from the UK.  They were also the ONLY Hing Hons for sale on any of the eBay sites worldwide!  And no one else was interested?  No other bidders?  Zero?  Zilch?  Nada?

I thought all the circuit benders would be falling over each other to get their hands on one!

[Circuitbenders]

well, thats probably because £10 plus £5 shipping is a complete rip off for a hing hon, as is £9 includiing shipping for a broken one! 

Personally i might pay about £3-£4 maximum for one if i saw it in a charity shop or a bit less at a car boot sale, but you never know what version you'll be getting and i'm not a big fan of paying stupid money for something because of its circuitbending potential, when when apart from that its a piece of crap. 

[sk-1]

Well, you guys are the experts in circuit bending and know a good deal when you see one!  Me? ... I'm nothing more than a newbie with an arse-load of great ideas  

[sk-1]

My brother picked up a brand new TC Electronics M300 dual engine effects unit for 83 pounds the other day.  These things retail down-under for 332 pounds, straight off the shelf!  It's awesome and I want one too! 

[sk-1]

Once again I'm going to demonstrate my complete ignorance of the value of toys and cheezy keyboards from the 80's and say that a few minutes ago I bought a near mint-condition Casio Rapman on eBay for 25 pounds.  Not a bargain by any definition of the term, but I've seen these sell for 70 pounds on eBay in worn or broken condition (missing keys & buttons), especially when there is a bidding war due to high demand.  This one I just got is one of the cleanest I've seen in almost a year, so to me it was money well spent.

Here's a couple of pics of the one I just bought:





Ugly little bugger, aint he?  As you can see, it's in pretty nice condition and nothing is missing... except for the Casio EM-4131 mini microphone, which shouldn't be too hard to find anyway.  I think it's pretty pathetic how a rare toy like this can easily part a fool (like me) with his hard earned cash!