Rec | BROKEN/AS-IS ELECTRONICS & VINYL

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I have the mental illness where if I go on eBay or reddit and see deals on broken laptops, used GPU’s and film cameras, I must buy them. Buying broken/as-is means nothing if you know how to fix them. The Goodwill by me has blessed me with 3 mechanical keyboards complete with Dorito dust encrusted keys. 2 of them I flipped after I cleaned & tested them and made a cool $50 from that. Vinyl I only just started collecting like idk a year ago? The most recent vinyl record I got was the GTA Vice City Flash FM soundtrack

@wakeuplmd

Jan 30, 2025

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@soulful_old_man_sunshine

neat !!! it's super fulfilling to get something that so many people look over and flip it and turn it into something useable again. I've thought about trying the same thing but with furniture from facebook marketplace since people basically give things away that sometimes just need cleaned and a new wood stain and they're good as new

Jan 30, 2025

@wakeuplmd

soulful_old_man_sunshine man most of my furniture I either found or got for free. No joke found a Herman Miller Aeron size C chair in a dumpster at work and I don’t think I’m ever gonna top that

Jan 30, 2025

@soulful_old_man_sunshine

wakeuplmd that's crazy, definitely a great find!! it's wild what people just throw away but I'll never be mad because then it can get to people like us instead lol. it's not thrifted however I'm going to be fixing up this 1920's-1930's armoire from my grandparents' house and I'm super excited for it. I love that era of interior design and I get to flip what my grandpa was using as a gun cabinet (lol) into something I can use for my crochet supplies or whatever I eventually decide to use it for

Jan 30, 2025

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