OK, so I listed a few hot wheels cars on ebay a few weeks ago, and was contacted by someone on the bay about whether or not I had any more...(of course I did) and he mentioned that he had noticed I buy boomboxes. He told me he had one, a JVC, but he didnt know the model #, and he was interested in making a trade. So of course I was excited that it could be, well, you know...
It turns out it was a M90!... He (dairy farmer from upstate NY) sent me some pics and off the negotiations went. So I consulted with one of our 'prestigious' members here, sent them pics and asked what they thought I should pay for the box if they were going to buy it. When I told them what it was going to take to get this, you can imagine their response! (GET IT!...LOL)
In the mean time, Farmer Tom (M90 guy) wanted to see what kinds of cars I had... I had about ten, and he was interested 7 of them. Well, I told him that the cars were near mint and the box wasnt, so maybe I would consider 3 or 4 of them and meet him half way to make the trade.
(about a 5 1/2 hour drive for each of us) Well, that wasnt going to cut it for him... the next idea was for 1 of the hot wheels and $175 in cash, but I couldnt get approval from the bank(wife) for the money. So on it went.
Days went by (felt like months, LOL) and the deal was finally agreed to.
5 Hot Wheels cars, and $50 cash (gas money for him) and he was going to meet me in NYC (1 1/2 hour from me!!) So Farmer Tom calls me Wednesday, and we make the trade! He looked like the happiest man alive! (so was I ) Thank you Tom!
The radio works almost perfectly, stereo light is intermitent, and music search is a little funky, needs a good bath, missing top trim (of course), 1 antenna needs attention, the other needs replacement. But it sounds so good!
Pics:

oh yeah, he sent me an email stating that he got the better end of the deal...

thanks for telling that GREAT story,ohboy--

most members also get their M90s from farmers --
we pay a dozen hot wheels plus $1,000 !!

Well sounds like to the "Victors" (no pun intended) go the spoils! Hey, he's really into Hot Wheels and you JVC-M90's, so definitely a win-win situation. Congrats!

lots of greats scores lately!.....very good!

Congrats.....

Nicely done! I love trades, it feels better than cash(unless you need the money obviously). Enjoy numero deux!

hey ohboy --
i need a grey panny 7700, and oldskool needs some dumbass sansui thing --
see if your farmer stocks these two models !!!!

Well I am gonna be there real soon ,,, let me explain, am getting out of here ,, an gonna go traveling to arkansas just because its there and see if I can find that elusive radio.. in the coming weeks ...

Thank you very much guys! Both of us were very pleased with this deal. Now if only I can get the wife to go shopping or something, I will try and play the both of them at the same time.

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Originally posted by redbenjoe:
hey ohboy --
i need a grey panny 7700, and oldskool needs some dumbass sansui thing --
see if your farmer stocks these two models !!!!

Well, I asked Him Ira, and he says he would take a Mercedes and a Porsche for a 7700!

Man, I knew I should've kept all of my Hot Wheels...


A nice story, you just never know when the next opportunity to pick up a great box will present itself.

Great tradesfor both of ta

WOW What a great story Congrats that must of been one of the most exciting weeks ever LOL Like an emotional rollercoaster

So did you soil yourself when you first saw the pic of the M90 ? Shoot I would'a LOL

What redlines did you give up ?

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Originally posted by Smokin_Endo:
What redlines did you give up ?

Thanks man...
The only redlines I gave up were a couple of sizzlers (the rechargeable ones), the rest of the cars were from the middle 80's sometime...
those cars meant more to him than me... so it worked out beautifully!

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Originally posted by Panasonic Fan:
Man, I knew I should've kept all of my Hot Wheels...


A nice story, you just never know when the next opportunity to pick up a great box will present itself.

Thank you very much... Funny thing is I should thank my wife... I didnt even known I still had the hot wheels untill she made me clean out the basement...

Great score ohboy, I think I need to start collecting Hot Wheels.
I could keep 20 hot wheels in less space than 1 boombox.

I Wonder how many m90 can i get for my 7 cases of new in the package hotwheels can i get, any idea? lol, seriously i have that many. most from 1996-97.

great deal by the way. enjoy

yeah i collect too drip, there some i don't open some i display...

i think that was a good deal tho...to some cars mean allot to some people and boxes to others...

Man, that's an awesome story with a fantastic ending! I wish I could trade my Star Wars collection for an M90. Anybody?...

fatdog --this may be an appropriate occasion to sell ohboy a sticker

great story and great trade, love it love it love it.

WOW,great trade!!!!! Your M90 looks very nice. Congrats....

You may not wanna clean the shoes your wearing.
You stepped in the golden poop.

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Originally posted by redbenjoe:
fatdog --this may be an appropriate occasion to sell ohboy a sticker

Woo Hoo... I just hope I get it cleaned up good enough to be worthy of those nice clings!

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Originally posted by GODSMACKED1068:
You may not wanna clean the shoes your wearing.
You stepped in the golden poop.

Maybe I can trade the shoes now too!


Thanks for all the great comments... I will update with pics as I get it all cleaned up

that was great ohboy awesome story and awesome find.. we all want that same thing to happen to us i am waiting for those old folks to pull out a bbx and say do you want this

Great story im glad it worked out for you at least both parties were happy with the trade

thats awesome ! congratulations ! much better than shelling out a thousand bucks for one . .

and the other guy was stoked too !


another mans rubbish eh ! love it

Cool story and great result - congrats!

I know for some, getting rid of their collector cars would be as hard to do as any of us giving up a grail.

Great story! Great trade!

Any chance he had more boxes hidden somewhere in the barn?

Classic tale! Yeah it's funny how we always think what we collect is worth more than anything else, which I guess to us it is.

One mans trash is another mans treasure... In this case two mens treasure was worth a lot more to the other!

Well done on a great deal!

Oh my gosh.. I will trade everything I own for one if any one cares....

NICE going! I'm 100% psyched for you!!