Raymond,
Well, you missed the First Saturday sale that was running from about
10pm Friday night through about noon on Saturday. You could’ve easily
grabbed one there.
That is true, but to be honest I have grown to loathe First Saturday.
It was really cool back in the late 90’s when they took up a good bit of the Ross avenue area. My favorite time was to go out there on late Friday night with a flashlight; making my way through the mysterious, shadowy geek crowd inspecting the wares.
I felt like I was at a Flash Mob salvage sale on Tatooine, complete with Jawas trying to foist malfunctioning droids with bad motivators on you. But that rapidly became a problem as you really had to know who the regular vendors were that you could trust and I didn’t go out often enough to grok that bit of streetwise.
The rise of eBay started increasing the chance that the good stuff got sold on there, while the worthless crap that would ruin someone’s rating got dumped on the crowds at 1st Saturday. The final straws came when I wanted to buy some CD-ROM drives and they wanted RETAIL price even sans box, regular storefront presence or any actual guarantee. Then I got some keyboards whose keys cracked about a week after I started using it.
I am guessing it has to be better now, but I would still rather deal with a legacy equipment store or even someone on Craigslist. There used to be one in Irving off of Belt Line road a few miles north of 183, but they did charge a premium. Anyone know if they are still there?
I appreciate the info all the same, but I have long since forgotten about 1st Sat and I didn’t know until today that I really might need to go this route as I am a little surprised the turn of some events.
JAG “These are not the droids with the warranty you are looking for” MAN