"Nah, I'd let it go for $40.00 though, case and all."
"Hmm... That's too much and I don't really need another case (it'd be nice though)."
<Opens wallet and pulls out all money (possibly all I had, or maybe a five or ten slipped into my front pocket)>.
"I'll give you $26.00 for the box, final offer."
Sometimes I'd walk away from a yard sale with a box full of tapes and sometimes not. Much easier to score big as the 80's moved on.
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Hard to say "hi-fidelity" and "8-track" in the same sentence, but an effort was made...
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8-tracks were the original portable sound?...
...although the equipment to play them on often looked junky...