Jimma Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 I recently thought I'd try my local car boot sale to see if I could find any MiniDisc items for my collection and I've been pleasantly surprised by what I've found so far. Over the last few Sundays I've acquired: A Sharp MT-MD290 for my niece for £2. A brand new boxed Sony MZ-R410 for £5. A mint (doesn't look like it's ever been used) boxed Sony MZ-N710 for £1, although it is not keen to play so I'll hopefully be sending it to Jim. A wood and metal Techpoint MD rack and 52 discs for £6. A Sony PCLK-U5 usb digital audio converter, brand new in box for £1. And last Sunday I picked up an immaculate Sony MDS-JE530 deck and 3 new discs for £15. I have also tried putting a message out on my local Freecycle group (where people give things away that they don't need rather than binning them) and I received: A Sony MZ-R700 and 15 discs. A mint Sony MZ-R91 and 4 discs. A mint Aiwa AM-NX9 and two new five packs of Maxell Colour discs. Amazing what you can find for little or no money if you look hard enough:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UK-MD Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 You jammy bugger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 Save the R91 for charging (and reviving) NiMH gumstick batteries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sony_Fan Posted May 26, 2013 Report Share Posted May 26, 2013 I recently thought I'd try my local car boot sale to see if I could find any MiniDisc items for my collection and I've been pleasantly surprised by what I've found so far. Over the last few Sundays I've acquired: A Sharp MT-MD290 for my niece for £2. A brand new boxed Sony MZ-R410 for £5. A mint (doesn't look like it's ever been used) boxed Sony MZ-N710 for £1, although it is not keen to play so I'll hopefully be sending it to Jim. A wood and metal Techpoint MD rack and 52 discs for £6. A Sony PCLK-U5 usb digital audio converter, brand new in box for £1. And last Sunday I picked up an immaculate Sony MDS-JE530 deck and 3 new discs for £15. I have also tried putting a message out on my local Freecycle group (where people give things away that they don't need rather than binning them) and I received: A Sony MZ-R700 and 15 discs. A mint Sony MZ-R91 and 4 discs. A mint Aiwa AM-NX9 and two new five packs of Maxell Colour discs. Amazing what you can find for little or no money if you look hard enough:) I'm just curious, what is a local car boot sale? I'm trying to see what the equivalent would be in the United States, so I can go to one of these places. It is like a swap-meet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecrab Posted May 26, 2013 Report Share Posted May 26, 2013 It looks pretty much like what we'd call a flea market in the US. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_boot_sale Possible you could find some MD gear at one, although MD is more common in the UK than it is here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arr-Nine-Hundred Posted May 27, 2013 Report Share Posted May 27, 2013 Thats a fantastic haul Jimma, well done. I always look out for MD stuff at Car Boots and get my wife to look out for stuff too. The most significant find I made was an MZ-N1 for £6 (unit only in very good condition). Do you have any tips Jimma? I guess to get there early is best? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UK-MD Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 Well being a bit jealous of Jimmas stash I just by chance decided to go the the local car boot on sunday (not been for weeks) and staring at me from the third table in was a Sony MZ NH1 . I made out I didnt know what it was and the woman said I think it's a mp3 player so I looked into the box and there was about twelve discs, the player and three 1gb discs. When I saw the 1gb disc I said to the woman that I've got more memory on my phone so I ended up getting it all for a tenner Only problem is there was no charging dock, but I managed to charge the battery with a universal charger and it all works fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimma Posted June 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 Wow, the NH1 really is a nice find UK-MD and the 1GB discs are just the icing on the cake! In answer to your question Arr, I don't really have any tips. I'm lucky enough to live near a huge car boots which has literally hundreds of stalls every week. I don't always get there early either and some of my best finds have been when I've turned up near the end strangely. I usually can't be arsed to get up at 7am on a Sunday morning, especially if I've been out the night before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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