you gotta love yard sales

[n4yek]

Bought a Uniden Bearcat 210XLT, not a scratch on it and working perfectly.... only $8.00

 

[fxdscon]

Bought a Uniden Bearcat 210XLT, not a scratch on it and working perfectly.... only $8.00

Nice one!

Was it mostly radio stuff or a household mix of things?

 

[NWI_Scanner_Guy]

Sweet find.

 

[KC9VZV]

I try to find scanners and radios at yard sales all the time. Guess how many I've found! That's right... Zero! LOL

 

[jaspence]

Yard sales

How about a great condition Ten Tec Triton IV with power supply and a working National all band receiver for $25.00. That's the radio "junk" my father in law brought me once. He had no idea what he had purchased.

 

[737mech]

Yard sales and also craigslist just search for "Police Scanner". I bought 4 scanners for $20 total. A Pro-49/Pro-95/BC144XL and a BC72XL.

 

[n4yek]

Nice one!

Was it mostly radio stuff or a household mix of things?

It was just mixed stuff, he also had another scanner for $5, but i didn't have crystals to put into it.

How about a great condition Ten Tec Triton IV with power supply and a working National all band receiver for $25.00. That's the radio "junk" my father in law brought me once. He had no idea what he had purchased.

That was a catch!!!

 

[bee]

The Uniden 210 XLT was my first scanner. Purchased it about 30 years ago. Although I still have it, it doesn't work anymore.

It was somewhat expensive at the time. I think about $200.00.

 

[markandjere]

I found a Uniden BC148XLT-1 yesterday with a center loaded telescopic antenna. A whopping $4! Like I need another scanner.

 

[GKolo]

Radio Shack Pro-508 at a Garage sale last weekend for 5.00

 

[fire42man]

Got a Kenwood TH-78A for $50 at a garage sale last Saturday

 

[gunmasternd]

sweetest thing ive found at a sale was a hallicrafters s-40a ;-) almost mint. He had $25-30? marked on it. He said it works and its you lucky day for $20 you can have it. I sat there and didnt want to act to trilled but ill be dammed if someone would take it out of my hands for $20bucks.

I almost felt bad and i would deflently gave him the extra $$$.

 

[Thunderbolt]

I can remember going to yard sales in the communities in and around Oak Park, Illinois and always finding one or two that had a scanner for sale. I brought home my Hallicrafters WR-600 from a garage sale in Skokie $12.00. With that said, I have seen a few Bearcat IIIs, and one Bearcat IV back in the 1990s for sale at reasonable prices around $20 or less back in the 1990s. However, one Regency 16 channel crystal scanner was for sale new in the box for $350.00. Apparently, this guy's grandfather got two of them for Christmas in 1975, and never used the other one.

73's

Ron