When I was up in the attic the other week I came across a DVD player , it was a second player I had bought from the USA to get the black exterior finish as the UK models were only available in a Champagne Gold finish which didn't match my other equipment .
Not wishing to go on too long , but I have my fully working UK player , which was Sony's flagship model I paid £1100 for , and this American faulty one I bought for the exterior , both now around 15 years old .
Since they are now surplus to requirements , I stuck them on Gumtree at £99 for the two - I thought quite a reasonable asking price for what they were .
Now , it may be that I'm asking too much , I'm not really bothered , but hardly worth selling for any less and I'd just as soon keep them . It was a free ad , and if they don't sell I don't really care .
What I did find , instead , was that I got two abusive replies from people who had no interest in buying : the more polite one saying the machines were good in their day , but not nowadays , the other one pontificating that he was some kind of video & TV engineer and these machines were a load of old tat worth no more than £25 and I had to be some kind of idiot . Needless to say both replies deleted without response .
I'm not sure what either of them felt they were going to achieve , or why the ads even bothered them . Nowt as queer as folk I guess .
