3-30-13 6:31am Sat. (1)
I
took another long bike ride to Da-Ya to the SEC warehouse to hear the Rowe
jukebox. Hung’s daughter was there and got me coffee, then sat behind a desk.
Finally, his English speaking dyke daughter got off her ass in front of the
computer to stand up and ask me if I had any questions. No, thank you, I had
already called Leona to speak with her father again on the phone. The jukebox
sounded good but Mr. Hung couldn’t figure out how to erase years of memory of
songs still to be played in ‘favorites.’ Later, he whipped out an English
manual and, with his daughters help, saw that by pressing ‘reset’ and ‘8’ the
memory could be cleared. There are a number of things that need to be repaired
inside the jukebox and a lot of cleaning and painting on the outside as well.
$2,000 is ridiculous! I’d give him $1000
if it were in working order and he included free servicing as long as I have
the machine; I’d buy parts. Hung said the guy who had the AC/DC pinball wanted
an answer in two days! I told Mr. Hung that was impossible as we hadn’t gotten
the condo yet. Finally, I will give them an offer they must refuse; pinball and
jukebox for under $6000. Otherwise, I’ll only take the jukebox under $1000. I
don’t need to buy it. I saw the same Rowe jukebox on e-bay, in better
condition, for $800. I will show him the ad if he insists on two grand. It’s
like he won’t service it unless I buy it. He has to know how much I’d pay and
make sure it works well, before I buy it.
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