$3 CRT

First of all: I’m not selling a TV. This is a PSA. Don’t be one of those suckers on eBay who’d pay $100+ On an old CRT. So as I did last night and go to a thrift store and go to their electronics aisle. They may or may not have one. Maybe multiple. Maybe none. They only cost a few bucks. There were two at the place I went. Actually three, except the third one wasn’t for sale since they play tapes on it. I needed a new one since my Zenith TV-VCR combo started having this weird frying sound when I turn it off. Anyhoo, one was from SHARP and was white. It cost $5 and I assume the other did too. They both had tags that said they work. I just grabbed the black one. It’s Samsung and it matches my VCR, which is also Samsung. I brought it to the counter and the lady said since there was no price tag it’s mine for $3. Damn. I said it’s a deal and gave her $5. The change went to a pet shelter that the place puts some of the profits towards. I put it in the car and surrounded it with some pillows. I went back inside to see what tapes they had. Long story short I walked out with a sealed Gone with the Wind, another one except it wasn’t sealed and it came in some box like a diamond platinum collection thingy. It also came with a booklet and “Frankly I don’t give a damn” t shirt order form. I’m 37 years late on it but maybe they still except late orders. I also got Jumanji, MIB, The Wizard of Oz, Into the Woods, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Wallace and Gromit Collection, The Sound of Music, and a NatGeo Titanic movie. Oh yeah, whatever the third Austin Powers movie is, too. Last night I spent just under thirty dollars. Bang. Don’t be a sucker who overspends on eBay. Thank you for coming to my TEDtalk.