[paulsherwin]

There are good buys to be had on eBay if you search for collection only items within easy driving distance. Hifi is generally quite bulky/heavy so difficult to post. Many people just want to get rid of old stuff and list it with a 99p start. You're lucky to get anything decent for 99p (though it happens) but lots of good quality stuff sells for less than £10.

In the last few months I bought a pair of Eltax bookshelf speakers for £5 and a Denon TU-560L tuner for £9. In both cases I was the only bidder. The seller of the tuner was only 5 minutes' walk away, and they threw in quite a decent Denon cassette deck which hadn't attracted any bids.