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Well...you never know when a deal will pop up and where. Not sure if the "Antique Malls" are everywhere across the country, but around here, they are fairly ubiquitous. If you don't know these places, they are usually a repurposed old strip malls or department store. They have rows and rows of booths people rent to sell all sorts of stuff.

Found this at one of them yesterday.



It was sitting in a booth behind some old school desks. It was dusty and had a few light scratches on the back, but looked in great shape. The person who "owned" the booth was there rearranging his display. When I spied the subwoofer, it looked in great shape. I asked if I could inspect it, and he said to "be my guest". Had to move the school desks to see it. But, I immediately recognized the brand as SVS. Those who are into the AV hobby know the company and know it's well respected. And, after a quick lookup on my phone, it was this model....https://www.svsound.com/products/sb-3000

He didn't know if it worked and said he got it as part of a bigger estate buy he did a few months ago. Asked what he wanted for it, and he said he was tired of moving it around. It weighs ~60 lbs, probably? He didn't have the power cord for it so I couldn't test it. He said to make an offer.

Not knowing if it worked but looked in excellent condition, I offered him $50. He took it for no other reason than he was tired of moving it around.

Know what? Got it home, dug into my power cord collection (which is extensive), plugged it in. It works. Not only does it work, it works to the point where I pulled another of my trusty subwoofers out of my hometheater system and replaced it with this one.

Sometimes even a blind squirrel finds an acorn.

The Golf needs a bath in the worst way...and a wax wouldn't hurt either. Hate to say it's been too long since I had that done though it's as shiny as it was the day I drove it off the lot. The local collision place did a great job blending the deep blue color out back & no one can tell it was in a major accident! And I've kept the ivory interior pretty nice also with almost no stains. I really need to get it waxed as I can no longer bend down and do it myself...that ship sailed long ago! And from what I hear, prices for a decent detail have gone up even though there are many guys doing it at some local gas stations. My co-worker had his done a few weeks back for $60 which I thought was pretty reasonable actually. Rain is called for the next 48 hours, so Wednesday might be the perfect day to get it done. Should be a bit milder outside so I can just sit under a tree when they do it. N/S that day & Thursday so I'll see how things go.