Raider's Fuko 11 Birthday Pallet

@narfcake Not sure what the eBay value will be on parts from Emerson and Magnavox TVs. The RMA letters in the boxes indicated the sets sold for around $180 a year ago. I can look on ebay and see if there is anything like it listed to see. If selling for like $5 each might be more hassle then worth, never been a big eBay person myself. Thanks for the suggestion, will look into it.

@Raider A quick perusal of Emerson or Magnavox 39" boards shows mostly a power supply and a main board. They seem to have been selling for $20-35 each.

I didn’t look to see the going rate on the remotes or trim pieces.

@Raider Congratulations! You are sitting on a goldmine. I would love that stack. Don’t you dare trash it. Emerson RLF391EM4F Power Board sold on eBay for $35 and T-Con board sold for $7. The part number on your box is for a refurbished unit which won’t match anything - do an eBay search minus the R, search for LF391EM4F which is the real model number. Remote and manual sold for $18, Power Supply $45, Main board $50, Base Stand and Screws $35, Backlight $25, Button Board with IR $30, Ribbon Cable $13, and Speakers $12. That alone puts each Emerson TV worth at least $230 each. Every single part on those TV’s has a value to someone. Find a clean area to take them apart and label everything carefully. Get some antistatic bags for the boards, and some bubble wrap for padding. Watch some YouTube videos on how to do stuff, and check ShopJimmy for part descriptions. Have fun.

@BobOblong Thank you for all the information! I never would have imagined could part them out for anywhere close to that! I am going to have to seriously look into doing this. Can pull one apart and see if the stuff sells and go from there. Thank you for all the research you put into this!

@narfcake Thanks for your research and getting the convo started on this!

@thismyusername too soon, bro.

@thismyusername i c wut u did thar

And yeah I do feel bad for the meh.com team having to deal with that.

@Barney There is one I might try that with. The frame is cracked and the edge lit backlight is now in front of the panel. When turned on there is no life in the panel but I didn’t see the equivalent of a sledge hammer hit as 8 of the units appear. When I have time and space I might try it, but will have to remove the screen and put it in another case, somehow I doubt it will end up successful as if its not broken now, with the screens as delicate as they are, I doubt it will withstand being moved. But hey worth a shot sometime.

@Raider I hope you give it a try and it works.

Thanks @Barney! If it works maybe I’ll paint the frame purple just for you!

@Raider I love purple.

@Raider If the screen is intact it’s not super fragile, just have a safe place to lay it flat. Any screen that’s already cracked will crumble at the slightest movement, though.

It does take a lot of room to work on these things.

@Raider I would see if you have an electronics repair shop around you… tell them they can have the entire stack if they can get a single unit working for you to take home. Bonus: no taking out the boards and selling them on ebay yourself.

@RiotDemon There is one TV that has a screen that is cracked along the side, but the menu atleast appears on screen. If desperate for a TV it would work, but does have a crack running the length of the screen an inch off the left side. I doubt I would make use of it as that would drive me nuts. But hey maybe could use it for something like sit it outside during a bbq with a sports game on TV, if it gets destroyed somehow sitting outdoors for the day who cares!

@djslack I have considered trying to sell them to a TV repair shop, not sure how much I could get for them but maybe a few bucks. Thanks for the suggestion, maybe someone else thinking this will motivate me to check it out!

@Raider when I got a pallet of the same tv’s I didn’t have as many with smashed screens, and I was able to get the majority working. I was going to sell the rest to a tv repair shop and figured I could get $25 each without trying too hard. I wound up trading them instead to help out a friend (and getting screwed on that deal), but I bet you could get $150 or so for 10 tv’s just for all the non-screen parts. Research what the boards go for on ebay, it might be worth more than that.

Once you’ve taken one apart and know where all the screws are, you can get all the valuable parts out in 10 minutes. Maybe faster since you don’t care about the screens. So if the boards are valuable on ebay, it might be worth your time to part them out yourself.

@djslack Here I was thinking I might get $25 for the lot of them at a shop. I will have to research what the parts go for, maybe it will be well worth it.

Another thought could be trying to make a trade with a repair shop. They give me one working and can keep the rest for the trouble.

I will take a closer look at the one and if the screen does seem good try and repair it myself. I really do appreciate the help/advice on this. Really has changed my outlook on the possible value of these.

@Shrdlu I doubt the FTC will care much about Fuko TV’s, tho would be funny to hear them try to argue a case about it in front of congress!

@Amila99 The entire thing is meant to have fun. I know odds are you aren’t going to get something amazing so expectations were low, figured it would more then likely be a story to tell rather more then anything else. Last night a buddy randomly texted me “hey quick (and odd) question, do you happen to have 10 broken TV’s? Asking for a friend.” which lead to a fun joking exchange. Something tells me random jokes will be had for years from this which could be just as enjoyable as getting 1 new TV.

@jaybird “I’d hate to hear you cut something because it wasn’t protected”

@jaybird If I knew that was a requirement I never would have accepted the pallet! Gotta take all the fun outa things don’t you JT?!

@dashcloud A quick scan it seems that they want phones and cameras rather then TVs. The large size prob scares them away. It is something to consider if I do decide that they have no value and am just gonna trash them. Not an idea that had crossed my mind before your suggestion!

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