Re: VCR sales

From: James Sweet (jamessweet_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/29/04 

Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 01:00:31 GMT

> I've been hoarding old Panasonic and similar Magnavox etc, and some other
of
> the better old machines. I thought it would be good to have loading
baskets,
> etc available after they were discontinued. Unfortunately there's no
longer
> any demand for repairing these, so in the not too distant future they're
all
> going in the dumpster. A pity.
>
> Mark Z.
>
>

I think a better idea would be to keep one good VCR in good tune and get a
DVD recorder. There's sure to be demand for people wanting to convert all
their old family tapes to DVD. Much easier for them than to keep a VCR
around just for that.

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