"Don Pearce" wrote


Also a good turntable - what sort of price, though? As Keith says,
secondhand is always a bit of a pig in a poke. You have a very good
chance of buying something nice, but that isn't guaranteed. If the
price is not too much, you can write it off to experience if it all
turns nasty.


Absolutely, but I've never had a dud yet (and I've bought a few off eBay) -
the thing is to weigh up the auction and, as I said to Lordy, go collect the
deck if the geography's good. A bit of spit and polish can make just about
any of these decks glitter but immaculately clean lids are rare, so
expectations in that area need to be realistic at the price they can be had
for. They are almost all easily lifted off for use, anyway...