Fairly well? lol. you did brilliantly mate!

Great buys, esp if you can get them into working shape. maybe the seller was not really aware of the B&O brand and its value. Well done on ur purchases - just goes to show you can still pick up the odd bargain on Ebay:)

Paul

Thanks! I'm not quite sure whether or not he knew of exactly what B&O is. Another thing I wonder is why nobody else went for it. I'm sure there are other B&O enthusiasts in this area, and there was over a day left on both auctions, so at the very least, they'd been up for a couple of days already. I was a bit apprensive about the whole "pick-up only" aspect, but everything went well.

As for getting them back in working condition, that depends on what's wrong with them. With any luck, the Beomaster 6000's issues will be purely electrical in nature. The Beogram 8000, however, is likely to be much more complicated. Several key parts are either broken or missing, and it's generally in rough shape. I could use it as a parts source for my other 8000, but I'll see what happens.

-Adam

Sometimes you're just lucky to be at the right spot at the right time.
I hardly dare to tell you about what I have just bought... (As You've guessed, B&O is a bit cheaper here in Denmark than most other countries). But in this case, I was extremely lucky!!! I've just bought a Beogram 8002, a Beomaster 2400-2 and a set of Beovox X-35 speakers for... 400,- DKkr (which is approx. 70$) This is extremely cheap -even for Denmark
The only flaws: some burned out lightbulbs in the Beomaster -and that the arm on the Beogram is lowering too fast. Otherwise everything is working perfectly -and in visually near mint condition. "How lucky can one man be..." 👍