Thrifting Time! Ep. 21: I Got A Floppy Disk Camera | Retail Archaeology

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  • Thrifting Time! Ep. 21: In this episode I find get a Sony Mavica floppy disk camera and test it out.
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  • @OldMan_PJ
    @OldMan_PJ Рік тому +80

    I don't blame you for passing on that Simpson's CD. My limit when buying CD's in thrift shops is $2. Goodwill asking $5+ is insane.

    • @sweetkitty3249
      @sweetkitty3249 Рік тому +23

      Goodwill has gotten way over priced!

    • @Pray4Cilley
      @Pray4Cilley Рік тому +2

      Yea but I think on Wednesdays it's half off if I remember right

    • @eig101101
      @eig101101 Рік тому +1

      Yep, Goodwill doesn’t have bargains anymore.

    • @clairesmyth8733
      @clairesmyth8733 11 місяців тому +2

      My local Goodwill is charging 3.00, but you really have to check IF the cd is in the jewel case, 'cause they don't.

    • @clairesmyth8733
      @clairesmyth8733 11 місяців тому +1

      @@sweetkitty3249 I agree. I realize there's overhead, but there's limits.

  • @ValeriaZaragoza692
    @ValeriaZaragoza692 Рік тому +9

    “That explains the gas station taquitos in the cover.”
    LOL I legit lost it

  • @cdcVintage
    @cdcVintage Рік тому +38

    I like these thrifting videos. It would be so much fun if I was there shopping with you.

    • @johnnymichael1804
      @johnnymichael1804 Рік тому +3

      Definitely need more of them

    • @lexa_power
      @lexa_power 4 місяці тому

      I enjoy watching them too i wish i had someone to go thrifting with. I used to have friends who liked to go in college. I miss it.

  • @ceilingfan7030
    @ceilingfan7030 Рік тому +17

    That Peter/bill Cosby joke took me out
    (I love these videos! Really satisfies the urge to go thrifting when I can’t go myself)

    • @jettesides420
      @jettesides420 Рік тому +1

      I spit out my coffee at that joke, and im not even drinking coffee.

  • @elllie7307
    @elllie7307 Рік тому +11

    The picture of the tree growing up through the outdoor mall is so nice and calm

  • @yaosio
    @yaosio Рік тому +129

    Going places after eating Arby's is a dangerous game.

    • @grandmasteraj855
      @grandmasteraj855 Рік тому +12

      I feel a curly fry cramp coming on just reading that.

    • @ShorterThanYouKnow
      @ShorterThanYouKnow Рік тому +6

      @@grandmasteraj855 Eating anything from the fryer at Arby's is a bad decision.

    • @Code7Unltd
      @Code7Unltd Рік тому +3

      @@ShorterThanYouKnow Arby's has been moot since the curly fries have been retailed in frozen bags. Baking them tastes quite good.

    • @ShorterThanYouKnow
      @ShorterThanYouKnow Рік тому +3

      @@Code7Unltd indeed. Rally's fries in the bag aren't terrible either.

    • @rogueinvestor2375
      @rogueinvestor2375 Рік тому +3

      Obviously you've never tried Taco Bell. No, I would not recommend.

  • @bmwfitness28
    @bmwfitness28 Рік тому +19

    I love thrift store finds.

  • @PixelatedH2O
    @PixelatedH2O Рік тому +8

    That version of Encarta is some of the first PC software I ever owned. The cover art was immediately recognizable, even after 25+ years. I also had a Dell Inspiron from 2005 that used the same case as seen in the video.

    • @gp.5989
      @gp.5989 Рік тому

      I had the same one too

  • @UndeadEggmiester
    @UndeadEggmiester Рік тому +11

    Nice to see this series come back. Seeing a video on the best games ever could be entertaining.

  • @EzekielMessenger
    @EzekielMessenger Рік тому +4

    That Skybox vending machine is from around 2005. They had to be repaired by Maytag immediately out of the box. I knew a guy who bought one for every one of his 4 guest bedrooms. Maytag had to fix them all.

  • @mistermonday1994
    @mistermonday1994 Рік тому +3

    HOLY CRAP!!!! I've been looking for one of those SKY Box vending machines, I used to want one when I was a kid.

    • @utubepunk
      @utubepunk Рік тому

      For that price, it's probably still there!

  • @clairesmyth8733
    @clairesmyth8733 11 місяців тому +1

    I used to use a Sony Mavica floppy disc camera at work for facilities operations. I inherited it later when we abandoned it for standard digital cameras with an SD camera and/or our phones for work. Pictures were usually for documenting repair work, maintenance issues.

  • @TonyDeCoste
    @TonyDeCoste Рік тому +2

    I'm in northern Nova Scotia and it's mind blowing to see that the video games and CD sections in your area are nearly identical to the ones at my local Value Village (owned by Savers). It's also refreshing to hear a YT thrifter say they hope an item (graphing calculator in this case) goes to someone who actually needs it rather than a flipper. May the thrifting gods bless you with good fortune!

  • @annabbott1963
    @annabbott1963 Рік тому +3

    Thrifting is recycling that works. I enjoy these videos.

  • @JustWowNick
    @JustWowNick Рік тому +4

    “… what happened to actually make them finally get rid of it.”
    Death. They probably totally forgot about it and it was donated after they died.

  • @RandomGuyComments
    @RandomGuyComments Рік тому

    It's like Harry and the Hendersons is doing a POV retail video reaching out to discover things. Love it! Man this channel takes me back! It's my fav thing to watch on a Friday night while on my new PC after a long week at work. Cheers!

  • @XoloQueue
    @XoloQueue Рік тому +2

    Wow that Barney's Learning Laptop just unlocked some memories from my childhood. I actually had one of these growing up. Really cool find!

  • @CL_CORTES
    @CL_CORTES Рік тому +3

    Really enjoying these thrifting episodes.
    Your commentary on the social media logos there at the end was hilarious.

  • @ceefusjenkins2281
    @ceefusjenkins2281 Рік тому +4

    My grandparents had a "smash your dick 5000" in their sun room. It was hilarious.

  • @alyxgraff9121
    @alyxgraff9121 Рік тому

    Glad to see Thrifting Time come back. The local Goodwill in my area took out their toy section & their CD section is mostly either old movies or blank cases with nothing in them, so I'm glad to see other Goodwill locations have better inventory.

  • @PeppermintPJ90025
    @PeppermintPJ90025 Рік тому +1

    The Bill Cosby joke 😂🤣😂

  • @pinball541
    @pinball541 Рік тому +4

    It is great to see another episode of thrifting from Retail Archeology, it takes me back to the channel's roots.
    Erik, I have been binge watching the old Siesta Mall, & Rotting Acres Mall livestreams. They have been taking me back in time 4-5 years ago. MEMORIES! Are you planning to do a revisit to these malls, I would be there waiting for the stream to start. I want to buy a mattress from Rick Cerra's Used Mattress Store.😁
    Hello from Maricopa Arizona🌡🔥

  • @kingedwin
    @kingedwin Рік тому +5

    IIRC, Fisher and Sanyo made all of LXI's audio electronics, while some of the other items were made by Hitachi and Goldstar (LG.)

  • @ryananderson8511
    @ryananderson8511 Рік тому +1

    I feel like I love the older camera the lofi is perfect and reminds me of all the pics my grandma used to take

  • @davinp
    @davinp Рік тому +18

    A problem with CDs is that they deteriorate over time as the chemicals inside breakdown, so one day an old CD could stop working. We don't know exactly how long a CD lasts

    • @cmdraftbrn
      @cmdraftbrn Рік тому +1

      one of my dvds did that last xmas. peeves me to no end

    • @Code7Unltd
      @Code7Unltd Рік тому +1

      That's sort of why I moved to digital hi-res audio for my music these days. What's online today might not be there tomorrow.
      Most FLAC players are quicker to operate than CDs and can reach parity with modern vinyl to boot.

  • @brandonkock
    @brandonkock Рік тому

    I love these! My son and I love thrifting.

  • @WarMasterX6
    @WarMasterX6 Рік тому

    Some fun finds. Yeah those old camera pics do look a bit off but still have some quality and charm about them. Thanks for another nostalgic video RA!

  • @aaron74
    @aaron74 Рік тому

    Wow, Practical Peripherals... what a throwback

  • @LangstonDev
    @LangstonDev Рік тому +5

    4 hours after Arby's I'm not checking out much beside the inside of my bathroom lol

  • @josephtafur
    @josephtafur Рік тому +3

    I always say it and i will say it again
    Thrifting Time is always the best time.

  • @ItsMeMattCarter
    @ItsMeMattCarter Рік тому +4

    When I worked at Arbys we closed early to play Dungeons and Dragons on Sunday and our manager was the DM lmao!!!!

  • @--Zook--
    @--Zook-- Рік тому +2

    I had no idea you had thrifting content. By far my favorite kind of video ever.

  • @eljonyquetzal02
    @eljonyquetzal02 Рік тому +2

    I’m today year old where I found out that’s Carmen Sandiego and not Carmen Santiago. My mind is blow 😮

  • @utubepunk
    @utubepunk Рік тому

    Those Hanna Barbara records would make for good wallpaper.

  • @grahambentley3964
    @grahambentley3964 Рік тому +1

    That Ortho book wasn't a gas station giveaway...Ortho had (and may still have) a whole series of books about different subjects, many involving gardening or other home related topics. I was a kid in the 80s (born in '75) and remember my grandparents having a lot of these books (they were avid gardeners).

    • @clairesmyth8733
      @clairesmyth8733 11 місяців тому

      I kept an Ortho book on picnics "The Complete Book of Picnics". It was a cool book on planning picnics and parties, (and with some ideas, they seem pretentious and impractical, but still fun) with recipes. What was also cool is that several location shots were close to where I lived. Great comparisons.

  • @Star_sweeper
    @Star_sweeper Рік тому +1

    My nana had that exact dial-up modem in the early 2000s. I used to love to watch the lights on it!

  • @williamharris8367
    @williamharris8367 Рік тому +1

    3:07 -- I once found a couples' famed commemorative marriage certificate at a thrift shop. I have utterly no idea who would want such a thing.

  • @natakin8769
    @natakin8769 Рік тому +8

    🤣🤣🤣 3:40 "What? Is this the smash your dick 5000?"

  • @BlueJay6441
    @BlueJay6441 Рік тому +1

    Very relaxing for a Sunday night, thanks

  • @jimmythetvfanatic7402
    @jimmythetvfanatic7402 Рік тому +1

    11:33 I have that laptop since 2005 and while it runs slow, it still works pretty well as of the time I'm commenting.

  • @gilaverde
    @gilaverde Рік тому +1

    Fun Fact on TI calculators. Students today cannot reuse their parents TI calculators from the 90's. They are not allowed in SAT/ACT test. They must buy a new calculator.
    Also, Casio is used in EU and Asia, only in the states is TI used.

    • @anyu
      @anyu Рік тому

      Whaaat. That's messed up. How do they enforce that and wtf is their reasoning? What a racket.

  • @__hjg__2123
    @__hjg__2123 Рік тому +27

    RA: "I kinda regret not getting The Simpsons Yellow Album"
    me: Trust me... no you don't
    edit: actually the patina on those Mavica photos are cool!!!

  • @AmbientWalking
    @AmbientWalking Рік тому +1

    Wow! Amazing! Awesome trip! 👍👍👍

  • @Sammykins425
    @Sammykins425 Рік тому

    I had that Casio calculator! Yes it was cheaper but still functioned the same. Just a few differences in how tasks were performed.

  • @MannyQuid
    @MannyQuid Рік тому

    I grew up in france in the late 80s early 90s and casio was as big as texas instrument for calculator and I don't remember them being cheaper. They did mostly the same thing. I remember programming my casio with games :D

  • @kennixox262
    @kennixox262 Рік тому

    Ortho was also the brand of pesticides for the garden.

  • @cs8712
    @cs8712 Рік тому

    I have Galaxy of Games Vol. 3, definitely spent a ton of time with it in the mid 90s. Also Game Empire Vol. 2. Those shareware compilations were basically the ps1 demo discs before ps1

  • @LukeZalvino
    @LukeZalvino Рік тому +2

    I think it was Brutalmoose who did some good vids on using that microwave cookbook

    • @anyu
      @anyu Рік тому +1

      Hell yeah Brutalmoose mention! 🤜🤛

  • @erinmarsh3934
    @erinmarsh3934 Рік тому

    A humble request for a future thrifting time: the Value Village off of Glendale and 53rd Ave. It was a Skaggs grocery store and looks like it has not been updated on the inside since the 70s/80s. I went there for the first time and thought it would be great to see a Retail Archeology video about it!

  • @Retrograde_cat
    @Retrograde_cat Рік тому

    "Adventures In Mexican Cooking" gives me a mental image of Breaking Bad, but with the entire plot revolving around getting ingredients for your quesadilla, illegally.

  • @josephtafur
    @josephtafur Рік тому +1

    I like Netflix version of Carmen Sandiego

  • @jaycranford1592
    @jaycranford1592 Рік тому +1

    So chiropractic adjustment on a baby is to help with colic, I cried for 3 months then a chiropractor picked me up by my head and it fixed whatever! I was also allergic to the stuffing in diapers. So I cried for months and had to wear cloth diapers, my parents probably wanted to give me away!

  • @discogoddess4453
    @discogoddess4453 Рік тому +4

    i always get the family photos i see at thrift stores bc i feel bad leaving them there lol💔

  • @JD-wn3cc
    @JD-wn3cc Рік тому

    Great vid. That camera, wow! Some memories there. 'Bought' one for $1,000 dollars in 1999 when on a study exchange in the states. Took good pics, great zoom but you could only get 2 or 3 photos on a disc at top quality😂. Cant remember which shop i bought it at but it had a 6 month return policy so used it to capture my semester there and then returned it for full refund!

  • @mariselaramirez1091
    @mariselaramirez1091 Рік тому

    Love all your videos ❤wish you did more

  • @RivLoveshine
    @RivLoveshine Рік тому

    I want that weird statue thing in the thumbnail. It looks like a weird Aztec inspired sculpture.

  • @joewilson3393
    @joewilson3393 Рік тому

    We did chiropractic on my son. He got a flat spot on the back of his head, and they helped fix it, avoiding a helmet.

  • @rapids444
    @rapids444 Рік тому +1

    i'd love to see the jank on that disc... glad you're surviving the heat in AZ.

  • @kellycarroll6829
    @kellycarroll6829 Рік тому +1

    the Carmen San Diego looks pretty good! 🌟 good finds.

  • @utubepunk
    @utubepunk Рік тому

    For those who don't know, you can preserve those Windows game compilation CD-ROMS 💿 to the Internet Archive.

  • @nypinstripes
    @nypinstripes Рік тому

    Hahaha as soon as you pulled out the dial up modem I was like wowwww. I had that same one lol Many ages ago.

  • @DarkMachineNation
    @DarkMachineNation Рік тому +1

    The punchline after 8:10 was CRAZY. LMAO

  • @christophero1969
    @christophero1969 Рік тому +1

    good episode.

  • @RheaStorm
    @RheaStorm Рік тому +1

    Woo another thrift vid!

  • @spacemanspiff300
    @spacemanspiff300 Рік тому

    Antenna length is a function of the wavelength of the frequency. That's why the cb antenna is so long.

  • @ultimateruffles5761
    @ultimateruffles5761 Рік тому +1

    Honestly, the pictures don't look that bad at all!

  • @REBELxLOPEZ
    @REBELxLOPEZ Рік тому +1

    You should eat at my family’s Resturant in that area , it’s called El Metate Mexican Food

  • @Pray4Cilley
    @Pray4Cilley Рік тому

    I love you videos man , ever since I was a teenager I been into vintage old school stuff. Nothing better than that .

  • @lightfusegetaway
    @lightfusegetaway 11 місяців тому

    Ortho is the garden pest control company, but they released a bunch of books on gardening and landscaping. Did not know they released cookbooks though! Interesting.

  • @mrfujiwara-JJ
    @mrfujiwara-JJ 4 місяці тому

    Goodwill doesn't send laptops to e-waste; they have Goodwill computer stores where they sell them for ridiculous prices. I used to live by one. They are normal Goodwills but with a separate room to the side with PC, Video Games, and other random electronics. The right place to go if you want a $180 Nintendo 64 or a $300 TI-99.

  • @elchicharron9503
    @elchicharron9503 11 місяців тому

    I've been using a sony Mavica for 20 years for online auctions. They take great macro photos, and have a small file size that makes editing and uploading easy. In the market for a "new" one as the floppy drive is failing on my old one.

  • @ashextraordinaire
    @ashextraordinaire Рік тому +2

    That PC power module is taking me BACK. Pretty sure I have that Galaxy of Games disc somewhere too, sitting next to Encarta 96.

  • @gman83090
    @gman83090 Рік тому

    Look on the brite side when you go to these good will thrift stores you're supporting a very good organisation that does good for the community

  • @namebrandmason
    @namebrandmason Рік тому +9

    I don’t know if I can forgive RA for walking past that America’s Test Kitchen Cookbook.

  • @chriscroft2323
    @chriscroft2323 Рік тому

    Dude, Galaxy of games was my childhood shareware disc!

  • @shyhotdog
    @shyhotdog Рік тому

    Retail Arch uploads make me happy :)

  • @duoworks528
    @duoworks528 Рік тому

    Just a heads up for a video. Fiesta mall is being demolished as we speak. Demolition started mid July.

  • @madcat4563
    @madcat4563 Рік тому

    Ha ha, I swear we have that Microwave cookbook somewhere in the house.
    What makes it weird is I'm miles away from the US.

  • @Madness832
    @Madness832 Рік тому

    I would've snagged that power center.

  • @redgr81
    @redgr81 Рік тому

    finally, where ya been!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @phantom193
    @phantom193 Рік тому

    great video as always. Love the thrifting time vids. Ive found myself going to goodwill alot more recently looking for cool things and just bargins in general thanks to your videos. Keep up the good work!

  • @thefloridianman
    @thefloridianman Рік тому +1

    I started going to Thrift Stores a lot due to Me starting to become a Disney DVD collector

  • @gmfitzg
    @gmfitzg Рік тому

    The title insinuates you're going have to visit the bathroom soon 😂

  • @erickbarkman2585
    @erickbarkman2585 Рік тому

    The CB band is much lower frequency than cellular phones use, and the lower the frequency the longer the antenna has to be to resonate at that frequency.

  • @julinofooly
    @julinofooly Рік тому

    1:56 lol in my high school life facs (aka home ec) class we had to cover microwave baking. Had these special plastic muffin pans. I guess it IS faster…

  • @goodwi11
    @goodwi11 Рік тому +2

    My wife walked in right as you said ‘I’m gonna pull this all the way out and show you how long it is’……questions were asked.

  • @EstoNoEsUnSpoiler
    @EstoNoEsUnSpoiler Рік тому +2

    8:47 half the Vorkosigan saga is on those shelves. At 99 cents apiece and looking decent. I would have grabbed them all

  • @kittea1804
    @kittea1804 Рік тому

    i love that you collect old edutainment games

  • @Howelton2020
    @Howelton2020 Рік тому +2

    Someone bought the iron for grandma or grandpa, they used it once, but prefered their standard iron. Grandparents probably passed, so they donated it too goodwill.

    • @charlieretro
      @charlieretro Рік тому +1

      I would have bought it I think it would come in handy with older shirts that have callers that are folded the wrong way.

  • @00Mandy00
    @00Mandy00 Рік тому

    I remember by friend’s dad swearing he could make a turkey in the microwave. It involved a paper bag. It was probably about 1982.

  • @CHANCEINTUITIVE
    @CHANCEINTUITIVE Рік тому

    That exercise bike looking thing I remember those I guess they don’t make them anymore😂 I would of bought it

  • @stevexray6253
    @stevexray6253 Рік тому

    I had that same model of Realistic walkie talkie about 1980. I got it for Christmas.

  • @lexa_power
    @lexa_power 4 місяці тому

    I would have loved that family feud expansion game when i was a kid. I had that game, but not the expansion. I still play my snes family feud cartridge at least once every few years.
    Those little Barney laptop type toys last forever! If only they made apple products to last like that.
    Your old windows computer and screen saver set up is cool! Is that an snes controller for your computer? Looks like a cool set up.

  • @kevin-jd5rj
    @kevin-jd5rj Рік тому

    I love your thrifting videos. I totally had that Carmen San Diego cdrom.

  • @Melissa2087
    @Melissa2087 Рік тому

    I miss Encarta. I still remember the intro!

  • @utubepunk
    @utubepunk Рік тому

    Your commentary cracks me up! It'd be awesome to see you collab with LGR Thrifts!

  • @GoodKnightErrant
    @GoodKnightErrant Рік тому +1

    I remember having one of those realistic walkie-talkies. I think the antenna eventually broke.

  • @HankPanky
    @HankPanky Рік тому

    Michael Bolton rules!

  • @fouldeathrat
    @fouldeathrat Рік тому

    "4 Hours After Arby's" sounds like a post-bathroom arrest for bioterrorism.
    Or a punk band.
    Maybe both.
    And also, damn. We had one of those power centers on our computer desk growing up...

  • @jasonleman1396
    @jasonleman1396 Рік тому

    We got our microwave in 81 or 82 and a cookbook for it, (It was a gift so not sure if it was included). My parents never used it