$40 VCR?!

So a couple months ago I showed my cousin a few Titanicfan97 reels. She’d never seen Titanic before and thought the reels were hilarious. She also thought it was cool how the guy was just collecting Titanic on VHS. I jokingly told her I’d get her an old TV, VCR, and Titanic on VHS for her birthday. To that she said “alright!”. Uh oh. Was she serious? Sarcastic? Idk… a few weeks later she mentioned Titanic again, and after a while I realized she might not be kidding. So I went to the thrift store where I got my $3 CRT to see if the other one was still there. It was so I bought it. Sadly there were no VCRs or Titanic… oh well. 1 down, 2 to go. I went to Goodwill superstore a few days later, no VHS, just DVD. No VCRS, either :| I went to another Goodwill, still nothing. The next day I went to a place that claimed to be the “best thrift store in the state”. I’d been there a few times, but never bought anything… oh well it’s worth a try. I went in and went straight to electronics. I found a shelve with some old monitors, maybe some CD players, DVD or Blu-Ray players, no VCR. I decided I’d walk over to where the VHSs would be. Although something caught my eye: a VCR. $4. It was a little dirty and didn’t include an AV cable but I decided to go with it… back by where the VHS tapes would be (I said would be since there were none), I looked around anyway since I still like DVDs. I found season 2 of the British Office. I bought that since I watched a few episodes on Hulu and thought they were okay. I went to checkout and the lady at the counter said $43. Wait what? I asked her about the price, and called over her manager… damn I didn’t ask for the manager… I’m not a Karen I just got confused about the price… anyway the manager said $40. At this point some other people were in line so I simply said I changed my mind, coughed up $3 for the DVD and left. Damn. I felt cheated getting my $4 VCR without the cord a few months ago… so I was NOT about to pay $40 for that thing that was ALSO very dirty looking, like just wiping it down with a towel wouldn’t do much. Hopefully I’ll be able to find something tomorrow… maybe at another goodwill… honestly idk.