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.
Me and my wife (she has a better eye for a good deal than me) have been using freecycle for a few years now and we think it’s fantastic.
We’re a relatively low income couple so purchasing new stuff for the house is pretty much out of the question but we have received several items for the house from freecycle, many of which are in superb condition.
We also list many of the items we no longer require on freecycle (sometimes these are items we previous received from freecycle) and give others the opportunity to benefit from them.