Always love watching your videos, concise, informative, and straight to the point. Pretty sweet finds too, I'm stoked to visit Japan soon, I fear I'll be taking more back home than what I can handle haha. Cheers, and Happy New year!
Thank you - so glad to have you a part of this small community! Yeah - first few times to Japan, you might want to pack an extra empty suitcase =) I know I did!
oh look. a sony ta-n86. just sitting there for 33,000 yen. and if i'm not mistaken there was an mds-ja333es near that. it literally took me a decade of searching to find a sony ta-n86b here in canada, but in japan they just sit on shelves unnoticed. i need to take a trip to japan with an empty suitcase.
@@TechnicalInitiative i'm telling you; i pause these hard off videos. it's almost painful for me, here in third world country canada, to watch hard off videos. one day of hard off would be 15 years of scouring every thrift here in bs canada.
@@mark902 LOL - Oh, Canada! I've met quite a few Canadian MD fans online! If you're ever really serious about something, let me know - we can probably work out the shipping (not cheap, though). I'll be visiting more Hard Offs for your viewing pleasure soon! =)
@ i appreciate that! the shipping isn't cheap; i know. and then to top that off our government needs their cut in the form of customs/brokerage fees. i'd feel kooky asking a youtuber from the internet to get involved in all of that for a stranger across the globe. but if i pause on a set of sony ss-5gx i might get kooky...
@@mark902 I hear ya - but I don't have to be a stranger! Been selling on eBay since 2001 and should open a Mercari soon since I'm here in Japan - can definitely figure something out if you're ready to make some bad decisions! Having said that, I'm still contemplating it for another fixin' video!
Now that Sony are stopping MD blank production in March 25 I’ve just picked up more on eBay (40 sharp 80min £110) all in to add to my 400 + collection. Thanks for the video TI, cheers
It's a dense, heavy shoebox, then the speakers would need to be packed which will be another big box. Probably past $100 USD and perhaps closer to $160-180 all-in. I had one shipped a year ago but it was with some other things and it was over $200.
Do you think this explains the high price of portable MD now? I was under the impression that Hard Off’s were loaded with portable MD, but forums and this video are saying different.
Well, I think it partially explains it but it's hard to tell with this small sample size, honestly. I've been to a few Hard Offs where there were quite a few portables in different condition and I've been to some that had 0 like this one. Let's get a few more samples for you! Overall though - yes, the price has crept up over the last 2 years or so that I've been watching it but perhaps the people that have them are seeing more activity on Mercari, for example, and opting to sell them there.
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Always love watching your videos, concise, informative, and straight to the point. Pretty sweet finds too, I'm stoked to visit Japan soon, I fear I'll be taking more back home than what I can handle haha. Cheers, and Happy New year!
Thank you - so glad to have you a part of this small community! Yeah - first few times to Japan, you might want to pack an extra empty suitcase =) I know I did!
oh look. a sony ta-n86. just sitting there for 33,000 yen. and if i'm not mistaken there was an mds-ja333es near that. it literally took me a decade of searching to find a sony ta-n86b here in canada, but in japan they just sit on shelves unnoticed. i need to take a trip to japan with an empty suitcase.
Great eye! You may be right about that JA333ES and if that's the case, that was a huge miss on my part! I'll have to go back!
@@TechnicalInitiative i'm telling you; i pause these hard off videos. it's almost painful for me, here in third world country canada, to watch hard off videos. one day of hard off would be 15 years of scouring every thrift here in bs canada.
@@mark902 LOL - Oh, Canada! I've met quite a few Canadian MD fans online! If you're ever really serious about something, let me know - we can probably work out the shipping (not cheap, though).
I'll be visiting more Hard Offs for your viewing pleasure soon! =)
@ i appreciate that! the shipping isn't cheap; i know. and then to top that off our government needs their cut in the form of customs/brokerage fees.
i'd feel kooky asking a youtuber from the internet to get involved in all of that for a stranger across the globe. but if i pause on a set of sony ss-5gx i might get kooky...
@@mark902 I hear ya - but I don't have to be a stranger! Been selling on eBay since 2001 and should open a Mercari soon since I'm here in Japan - can definitely figure something out if you're ready to make some bad decisions! Having said that, I'm still contemplating it for another fixin' video!
Now that Sony are stopping MD blank production in March 25 I’ve just picked up more on eBay (40 sharp 80min £110) all in to add to my 400 + collection. Thanks for the video TI, cheers
Wow - great deal - I'm quite sure you've got more discs than I do! I'll keep my eye out for deals while I'm over here!
I'd buy all the minidiscs in the basket! I guess you have too many!
With Sony finally ending production, let's get 'em all!
02:32Any idea about the estimated delivery cost (in USD) for shipping the SONY CMT-C7NT from Japan to US ?
It's a dense, heavy shoebox, then the speakers would need to be packed which will be another big box. Probably past $100 USD and perhaps closer to $160-180 all-in. I had one shipped a year ago but it was with some other things and it was over $200.
Yep, I'd take all those wrapped MDs. Half the price if what they go for on ebay here.
haha I should have picked them up! I think I'll be back to that specific one once I get a bit more settled
Do you think this explains the high price of portable MD now? I was under the impression that Hard Off’s were loaded with portable MD, but forums and this video are saying different.
Well, I think it partially explains it but it's hard to tell with this small sample size, honestly. I've been to a few Hard Offs where there were quite a few portables in different condition and I've been to some that had 0 like this one. Let's get a few more samples for you!
Overall though - yes, the price has crept up over the last 2 years or so that I've been watching it but perhaps the people that have them are seeing more activity on Mercari, for example, and opting to sell them there.