Cascading Televisions

[kevin_standlee]

On Monday night, I was the winning bidder on the 27-inch television that Kevin and Andy donated to the BASFA auction. (And a bargain purchase I think it was, too. Thanks, guys!)

I previously had a 17-inch and a 21-inch set, with the smaller one in my bedroom and the larger one in the entertainment center in the living room. Yesterday I pulled the 21-inch set out and set to enlarging the hole in the back of the entertainment center so that the 27-inch set would fit. The set is deeper than the entertainment center, and has to stick out the back. It just barely fits at all, and at that, I had to pull out the middle shelf and put the cable box on top of the DVD player on the top of the entertainment center. It is an improvement, and should see me through until such time as I spring for an HD TV.

Somewhat to my surprise, I got all of the cables back into the proper positions without a whole lot of trouble, and everything works again.

Tonight, the 17-inch set was retired, replaced by the middle-sized set. I took advantage of having that corner disassembled to do some vacuuming there -- I don't think it's been cleaned there since I moved in, and there was a lot of dust.

Now I have a surplus-to-requirements 17-inch television set. I bought this small set back when I worked for Blue Shield of California, shortly after they gave me a 90-day layoff notice. Why would I buy a TV when I was about to be laid off? Because the layoff meant I'd have to move out of company-provided housing (which included a TV), and I knew that the insurance on the credit card would make the payments on the TV while I looked for another job. It's a very minimal set, with only a round cable connector and no RCA A/V inputs. I saved the box for this set -- it was in storage for several years, and the box is still up in my storage locker in Yuba City.

Unless I get a better offer or find some other way to dispose of it, I'll probably put the 17-inch set back into storage the next time I go up to Yuba City.

Comments

[marahsk.livejournal.com]

ebay? Craigslist? Freecycle?

[debgeisler.livejournal.com]

We had a smaller television that we needed to replace several years ago (when Mike and I realized we couldn't see it much anymore)(ah, the joys of age). So when we had a NESFA "other meeting" here, we had people who might like the old television put their names in a hat, then pulled one as part of the social entertainment.

From one packrat to another...

[gigica.livejournal.com]

Enough with the storage already, Kevin! You don't need a 17" TV. Sell it or donate it to Goodwill. It's okay, you can do it, buddy...

Re: From one packrat to another...

[kevin-standlee.livejournal.com]

I know, I know, but I always keep thinking there might be a use for it. I need to ask my sister if her or her son could use it, for instance.

[yourbob.livejournal.com]

There's always another BASFA auction...

[kevin-standlee.livejournal.com]

Well, yes, but considering that the nice big 27" TV went for only $30 -- presumably everyone has already upgraded to big screens and flat panels but me -- I shudder to think at how little money the small set would earn for the club.

[yourbob.livejournal.com]

I know, and it was not meant seriously.

But the question comes to mind...Is Dave worth more than two TVs?

[marahsk.livejournal.com]

All the more reason to not waste your time hauling it somewhere else, and/or letting it take up valuable storage space until you get around to tossing it.

If it's worth less than $30, phone your sister, and if she doesn't want it, post it on Freecycle.

My husband can think of a reason to keep almost anything. My father was one of those people who kept piles of mail, old newspapers, and broken things that had been replaced because it wasn't cost effective to fix them, but that could be fixed, and so were too good to throw out; so I try to discourage Andre from keeping things that "someone might want someday." If someone really wants it, give it to them; otherwise, get rid of it.