Bose 901 Speakers, Free(cycle)
I could not believe my eyes last week when I saw a pair of Bose 901 Series V speakers go up on Freecycle. The freecycler said they “needed some repair as one of the drivers was bad”. I responded immediately and tried to explain how handy I was and how I could likely fix them. An hour later, she responded and said I could have them. I jumped in the car…
When I got home, I didn’t even hook them up. I called Bose and they said for $100 plus shipping (one way), they would refurbish them to like new condition and ship them back for free! So $142 later, I have them back and they are awesome! Well, I guess a $1,400 pair of speakers should sound great :-)
Complete with sales receipt (from 1984, purchase at a Naval exchange for $800), two manuals, and stands.
If you don’t freecycle, you are throwing away stuff people want and likely missing out on stuff you would normally spend money on…perhaps BIG money.
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Cool deal! I have a pair of Bose 501s that I bought new in the 80’s. (The decade, not the price range!)
I’ll bet the 901s sound great; where do you use them?
Is this you? http://www.bose.com/images/home_entertainment/env_901_m.jpg
:-)
We actually have them in the bedroom. It’s great to have music in there.