cheap laseractive on milwaukee cl

PunkCryborg · 08/26/2013, 01:55 PM

Found this doing a search, thought someone here might be interested
http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/ele/3937583296.html

PunkCryborg · 08/26/2013, 02:03 PM

Or if someone wants the Karaoke pac Ill pay for the unit and you can keep the pac and throw a couple bucks at you for gas

esteban · 08/26/2013, 07:57 PM

Dude, I will never get one of these, will I?

Tatsujin · 08/26/2013, 11:24 PM

Quote from: esteban on 08/26/2013, 07:57 PMwill I?

maybe.

TheClash603 · 08/26/2013, 11:30 PM

Quote from: Tatsujin on 08/26/2013, 11:24 PM
Quote from: esteban on 08/26/2013, 07:57 PMwill I?
maybe.

Tats' ability to see into the future scares me.

PikachuWarrior · 08/27/2013, 12:57 AM

not much use if it doesn't have the pacs that people want it for.

PunkCryborg · 08/27/2013, 01:11 AM

Quote from: PikachuWarrior on 08/27/2013, 12:57 AMnot much use if it doesn't have the pacs that people want it for.

I beg to differ! A lot of us here are big Laserdisc fans. There also plenty of pacs out there to be had out there too.

turboswimbz · 08/27/2013, 08:56 AM

Quote from: PunkCryborg on 08/27/2013, 01:11 AM
Quote from: PikachuWarrior on 08/27/2013, 12:57 AMnot much use if it doesn't have the pacs that people want it for.
I beg to differ! A lot of us here are big Laserdisc fans. There also plenty of pacs out there to be had out there too.

In fact should one ask a certain member cough cough bluebmw cough cough he may just have quite a few extra sega pacs, recapped for sale.

JoshTurboTrollX · 08/27/2013, 01:01 PM

Did anyone PM Jeff or Nectarsis about this?

PikachuWarrior · 08/27/2013, 01:08 PM

I'd get it, but it doesn't say anything about condition or whether the hookups/controllers are included, if any. For all we know, it could be a empty shell.

turboswimbz · 08/27/2013, 01:14 PM

Quote from: JoshTurboTrollX-16 on 08/27/2013, 01:01 PMDid anyone PM Jeff or Nectarsis about this?

I doubt it.

JoshTurboTrollX · 08/27/2013, 01:14 PM

Quote from: turboswimbz on 08/27/2013, 01:14 PM
Quote from: JoshTurboTrollX-16 on 08/27/2013, 01:01 PMDid anyone PM Jeff or Nectarsis about this?
I doubt it.

Well I did.

xcrement5x · 08/27/2013, 06:15 PM

Quote from: PikachuWarrior on 08/27/2013, 01:08 PMI'd get it, but it doesn't say anything about condition or whether the hookups/controllers are included, if any. For all we know, it could be a empty shell.

If you plug it in and the tray ejects, chances are you're pretty good to go, barring maybe a dead laser. I can't imagine someone gutting this and still making the tray mech work. And you can get a controller when you get an appropriate PAC for it ;)

Good deal to whoever wants it, I paid about $100 for just my Karaoke PAC with a couple mics.

turboswimbz · 08/27/2013, 08:45 PM

Quote from: JoshTurboTrollX-16 on 08/27/2013, 01:14 PM
Quote from: turboswimbz on 08/27/2013, 01:14 PM
Quote from: JoshTurboTrollX-16 on 08/27/2013, 01:01 PMDid anyone PM Jeff or Nectarsis about this?
I doubt it.
Well I did.

That's cuz your PCFX's number uno nice guy!

jeffhlewis · 08/27/2013, 09:56 PM

Just emailed the guy - we'll see

edit: thanks for the heads up josh

BlueBMW · 08/27/2013, 11:02 PM

<cough> the rumor is true.. I have some extra recapped Sega PACs at the moment....

bartre · 08/28/2013, 09:47 AM

well f*ck, if only i were nearby.
i do want a laseractive, but i figure this is already snagged.

jeffhlewis · 08/28/2013, 10:05 PM

Got in touch with the guy - should be picking this up tomorrow assuming it's in decent shape...I'll post pics once I get it.

PunkCryborg · 08/28/2013, 11:34 PM

Nice I'm glad someone here got this

JoshTurboTrollX · 08/29/2013, 07:19 AM

I hope he brings it to OcturboFest to show it off.

jeffhlewis · 08/29/2013, 10:17 PM

Got it - works. Free copy of Thumbelina if anyone wants it.

You know when they say you should never go to someone's house for Craigslist stuff? Yeahhhh....

TheClash603 · 08/30/2013, 12:19 AM

Have you noticed the creepy van outside your house ever since you picked it up?

turboswimbz · 08/30/2013, 08:54 AM

Very Nice

jeffhlewis · 08/30/2013, 09:46 AM

Quote from: TheClash603 on 08/30/2013, 12:19 AMHave you noticed the creepy van outside your house ever since you picked it up?

It was over on the South Side of Milwaukee. DEEP in the South Side. It's a part of the city where you lock your doors at stoplights to prevent carjackings in broad daylight.

When I say this was a crackhouse - I'm not kidding, there was actually a guy on the couch smoking crack and/or a meth related substance and about 6 people living there. I'm not going to question where this thing came from, the price was right, haha.

Needless to say I got the F out of there as quick as possible.

esteban · 08/30/2013, 12:57 PM

Quote from: jeffhlewis on 08/30/2013, 09:46 AM
Quote from: TheClash603 on 08/30/2013, 12:19 AMHave you noticed the creepy van outside your house ever since you picked it up?
It was over on the South Side of Milwaukee. DEEP in the South Side. It's a part of the city where you lock your doors at stoplights to prevent carjackings in broad daylight.

When I say this was a crackhouse - I'm not kidding, there was actually a guy on the couch smoking crack and/or a meth related substance and about 6 people living there. I'm not going to question where this thing came from, the price was right, haha.

Needless to say I got the F out of there as quick as possible.

That LA was totally stolen. Damn.

Or, traded/pawned for drugs. Damn.

turboswimbz · 08/30/2013, 04:14 PM

I can finally share this story!!!!!

ABout a year ago, I picked up my first turbo score. It was a craigslist ad. The guy directed me to his address in a rather surburban town. However part of the town backs up seemlessly to here:

http://trenton.homicidewatch.org/2013/08/29/daytime-shooting-in-front-of-bakery-sets-new-murder-record/

So literally one side of the street is the town he indicated, the other side was Trenton NJ. Guess which side he lived on...

So here I go alone to his house, guy is outside waiting for me with a CRT from 1980 plugged in via extension cord and the TG-16 set up. I played it, got my $10 Dead moon Card (which wasn't listed) and got in my car and left ASAP. as I was leaving, across the street a guy was arguing with a tow truck driver over his towed car which he had just gotten from the impound lot.

Nazi NecroPhile · 08/30/2013, 04:50 PM

Y'all are true OBEYers, risking life and limb to score some Turbobs.

Hmmm.... perhaps we're not all that different from those crack/meth heads.

PikachuWarrior · 08/30/2013, 11:33 PM

Damn, nice deal on the laseractive. I hope to find one someday, at a thrift store for like $5 lol.

TheClash603 · 08/31/2013, 12:07 PM

Quote from: jeffhlewis on 08/30/2013, 09:46 AM
Quote from: TheClash603 on 08/30/2013, 12:19 AMHave you noticed the creepy van outside your house ever since you picked it up?
It was over on the South Side of Milwaukee. DEEP in the South Side. It's a part of the city where you lock your doors at stoplights to prevent carjackings in broad daylight.

When I say this was a crackhouse - I'm not kidding, there was actually a guy on the couch smoking crack and/or a meth related substance and about 6 people living there. I'm not going to question where this thing came from, the price was right, haha.

Needless to say I got the F out of there as quick as possible.

Usually when I am in a situation like this, I will try to preach the harms of drug use. Maybe you should go back with some anti-drug literature.

jeffhlewis · 09/01/2013, 01:32 PM

Quote from: TheClash603 on 08/31/2013, 12:07 PMUsually when I am in a situation like this, I will try to preach the harms of drug use. Maybe you should go back with some anti-drug literature.

"Hey guys - I really think you should reconsider your drug use. It harms your family, your body, your..." <gets stabbed to death>

WingZeroKai · 09/01/2013, 06:11 PM

As someone who lived in Milwaukee for 13 years, I can say Jeff is brave soul. I've only ventured to the Southside a few times. Its like walking into Mordor...

Kudos to your bravery and awesome pickup.

RoyVegas · 09/05/2013, 12:47 PM

Quote from: guest on 08/30/2013, 04:50 PMY'all are true OBEYers, risking life and limb to score some Turbobs.

Hmmm.... perhaps we're not all that different from those crack/meth heads.

I can only HOPE we are just a tad bit different:

Clicky

esteban · 09/15/2013, 03:50 PM

Quote from: turboswimbz on 08/30/2013, 04:14 PMI can finally share this story!!!!!

ABout a year ago, I picked up my first turbo score. It was a craigslist ad. The guy directed me to his address in a rather surburban town. However part of the town backs up seemlessly to here:

http://trenton.homicidewatch.org/2013/08/29/daytime-shooting-in-front-of-bakery-sets-new-murder-record/

So literally one side of the street is the town he indicated, the other side was Trenton NJ. Guess which side he lived on...

So here I go alone to his house, guy is outside waiting for me with a CRT from 1980 plugged in via extension cord and the TG-16 set up. I played it, got my $10 Dead moon Card (which wasn't listed) and got in my car and left ASAP. as I was leaving, across the street a guy was arguing with a tow truck driver over his towed car which he had just gotten from the impound lot.

HAVE YOU CONTEMPLATED THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PLAYING DEAD MOON IN THE CRATER-STREWN WASTELANDS OF TRENTON?

Camden would have been even scarier to me.

turboswimbz · 09/15/2013, 05:48 PM

Yes i did think of that Esty. That being said I will not be going back for obey anytime soon:

trenton and newark are worse as far as crime by far this year. That being said I'd stay away from all 3. I was doing a report for school and had to look these up recently for this year.

but to but this into perspective. all three are on the I-95 - 295 -130 - 1 corridor. roughly 30 minutes between each North to south.

Newark = crime rate of Oakland
Trenton = crime rate of Balitmore
Camden = crime rate of Clevland

Now this would be damaging enough but consider this:
Between the 3 they have over 100 murders, About %70 of these are teenagers.

Rant: hidden just becuase its off topic. Trenton = State Capital - where you know all our politicians work. Including a certain well loved governor who has aspirations to run the country. Although given DC this is par for the course. ANd the mayor of Newark wants to be a US senator. Clearly these are the people who should run our country.

esteban · 09/15/2013, 11:38 PM

Quote from: turboswimbz on 09/15/2013, 05:48 PMYes i did think of that Esty. That being said I will not be going back for obey anytime soon:

trenton and newark are worse as far as crime by far this year. That being said I'd stay away from all 3. I was doing a report for school and had to look these up recently for this year.

but to but this into perspective. all three are on the I-95 - 295 -130 - 1 corridor. roughly 30 minutes between each North to south.

Newark = crime rate of Oakland
Trenton = crime rate of Balitmore
Camden = crime rate of Clevland

Now this would be damaging enough but consider this:
Between the 3 they have over 100 murders, About %70 of these are teenagers.

Rant: hidden just becuase its off topic. Trenton = State Capital - where you know all our politicians work. Including a certain well loved governor who has aspirations to run the country. Although given DC this is par for the course. ANd the mayor of Newark wants to be a US senator. Clearly these are the people who should run our country.

I never thought about the corridor...it makes much more sense now, actually. I have to look at a map. I grew up in Bloomfield, which is adjacent to Newark. NJ has severe inequality: super-wealthy and super-economically-deprived. On my daily commute, the train travels through some of the poorest and wealthiest neighborhoods—the juxtaposition of the two is bizarre.

I love NJ, still.

choijimmy · 09/16/2013, 04:17 PM

Quote from: jeffhlewis on 08/30/2013, 09:46 AM
Quote from: TheClash603 on 08/30/2013, 12:19 AMHave you noticed the creepy van outside your house ever since you picked it up?
It was over on the South Side of Milwaukee. DEEP in the South Side. It's a part of the city where you lock your doors at stoplights to prevent carjackings in broad daylight.

When I say this was a crackhouse - I'm not kidding, there was actually a guy on the couch smoking crack and/or a meth related substance and about 6 people living there. I'm not going to question where this thing came from, the price was right, haha.

Needless to say I got the F out of there as quick as possible.

What a brave guy! you deserve for getting a working unit! Congrats

jeffhlewis · 09/16/2013, 08:53 PM

Quote from: turboswimbz on 09/15/2013, 05:48 PMYes i did think of that Esty. That being said I will not be going back for obey anytime soon:

trenton and newark are worse as far as crime by far this year. That being said I'd stay away from all 3. I was doing a report for school and had to look these up recently for this year.

but to but this into perspective. all three are on the I-95 - 295 -130 - 1 corridor. roughly 30 minutes between each North to south.

Newark = crime rate of Oakland
Trenton = crime rate of Balitmore
Camden = crime rate of Clevland

Now this would be damaging enough but consider this:
Between the 3 they have over 100 murders, About %70 of these are teenagers.

Rant: hidden just becuase its off topic. Trenton = State Capital - where you know all our politicians work. Including a certain well loved governor who has aspirations to run the country. Although given DC this is par for the course. ANd the mayor of Newark wants to be a US senator. Clearly these are the people who should run our country.

What's happening to Southeast Wisconsin (Racine/Kenosha and Milwaukee's Southside) is that as Chicago is gentrifying and rebuilding its worst neighborhoods (Cabrini Green, etc.) they're displacing parts of the population up north in our neck of the woods.

I do love watching the History Channel "Gangland" episode where they show the street my office is on as being a "crack corridor in Wisconsin" haha.