Hello again and welcome to E-Cycling Roadshow!

My name is Mark Wahlberg and I'm your host today for what will be another exciting journey of discovery and surprise! Let's get right to the treasures!

 

Margaret Fay had no idea that the 24 year old television set her meth addict son stored at her home after one of his 2am scavenger hunts was worth anything. Let's listen in as our expert, Jonathan Dupri of St. Vincent de Paul tells her what the estimated value of the television is.

Jonathan Dupri: Ms. Fay, have you any idea what this television set is worth?

Margaret Fay: Why no I do not. I kept telling my son that if he didn't get this TV and all of them copper pipes out of my shed I was going to call his parole officer.

Jonathan Dupri: Well, Ms. Fay. While you were waiting we went ahead and performed a bit of research on this truly rare relic, and I'm happy to let you know that this 1986 27 inch Zenith ColorTron is worth... $8.00! That is, if you're willing to part with it today.

Margaret Fay: $8.00? That's it? I spent more on the gas to drive down here from Flagstaff. Well, that's quite a disappointment.

Jonathan Dupri: Of course, if the original cabled remote had been included, and if the "color", "tint" and "brightness" adjusters had been in tact, it would have been worth $10.00.

 

Yuri Zbrovni was stunned to discover that the bucket of old land line telephones his schizophrenic nephew had been disassembling and stuffing into his nostrils since 2006 held any value at all.

Peter Dunsbury: This cable alone has an estimated 7oz of silver wiring, making this entire collection worth between $12 and $13!

Yuri Zbrovni: Good Lord I thank you, I thank you for your blessings to my family.

 

Mitchell Bird of the Lower Lake Michigan area Computer Recycling Center speaks with Tom Scabbard, a local resident who has been holding on to the rare and treasured Apple II E for some time.

Mitchell Bird: In it's prime, this machine could process spreadsheets of up to twelve pages, write to floppy and 1.44 MB disks, and featured CAPS LOCK as well as an 8-bit, 16 color monitor.

Tom Scabbard: My sons spent many evenings at home playing "Oregon Trail" on this computer. I can still remember the hum and tick of the dot matrix printer as Travis and Jacob printed their school reports. Ah yes, many fond memories, especially now that Jacob has passed away. This computer is one of the few things left of his that my wife and I still own.

Mitchell Bird: Well, Mr. Scabbard, the exciting news is that at any local e-cycling center, this unit could fetch between $9 and $10 dollars.

Tom Scabbard: Sold! Where do I pick up my money?

 

Delvina Riray was stunned when the "collectors edition" super sized VHS cassette she won at the St. Edward's Parish Bingo in 1990 was appraised at our Bay Area roadshow last summer. Max Pinkerton of the Thrift Center Reusability Warehouse provided the estimate.

Max Pinkerton: Delvina, we're so glad you brought this beautiful piece to share with us today. I heard you travelled some distance to bring this to us, why don't you tell us your story.

Delvina Riray: My family came here from the Phillipines 22 years ago. We are living in Lake County now, about 4 hours from here. Both of my sons and my husband have been laid off from the refrigeration warehouse where they work. When we heard you would be in town we began the journey here, walking as far as we could and hitchhiking the rest of the distance. My 84 year old mother who is in desperate need of a blood transfusion came with us, in hopes that the money from this treasure could possibly pay for the procedure. She died on the journey - as we slept under a freeway overpass south of Santa Rosa.

Max Pinkerton: That is quite a story, Ms. Riray, quite a story. Well we are glad you brought this fine specimen to our attention. We have not had the pleasure of seeing one of these since our Baton Rouge show in 1999.

Delvina Riray: Please tell me how much money I will get and if my mother died in vain.

Max Pinkerton: This VHS cassette, in its current condition, is worth $2. That is, if someone is willing to pay for the estimated $41 in shipping it will require to send it abroad to Budapest, where items like this are in high demand.

Delvina Riray: [Unintelligable sobbing]. Mahal na walang diyos, NO! Ang aking ina ay namatay para sa mga ito! Bakit namin ito paglalakbay? [Unintelligable sobbing].

 

Cliff Huss is a part-time lumberjack and full-time sex therapist in Van Nuys, California. Dylan Stafford of the Los Angeles Salvation Army appraised Mr. Huss' Sony Walkman.

Dylan Stafford: Mr. Huss, do you have any idea what this original Sony Walkman is worth?

Cliff Huss: No, but if it's not worth more than $25,000 I'm going to detonate the bomb I have in the front pocket of my overalls and kill everyone in this county.

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