Your machine is worth (if it was working perfectly): less than $200. retail to an interested buyer. First off no one is gonna be interested in a ten year old CD player, unless it was really special. You player is, unfortunate for you, not special.
So, i would say you are looking at a MINIMUM (I haven't heard of any repair person even taking a cover off for less in many years) of $100. just to look at it. Remember MOST of the replacement parts that make it go do not exist anymore. So you spent $100 just to have the repair person tell you he can't fix it.. here is the bill.
My recommendation is donate it to Goodwill. They will sell it for $25 and offer a 7 day guarantee. So the buyer can find out it is crazy. THEY may be a techno dude and work on it. Or they may return it and it will be discarded.
Sorry to say you have what is called a pile of junk. IF it plays MOST of the time.. just use it. If it goes CRAZY most of the time and is frustrating. Throw it away by donation. Goodwill does not want junk. but it may be good enough for $25 for someone to love it.
This is my opinion.
So, i would say you are looking at a MINIMUM (I haven't heard of any repair person even taking a cover off for less in many years) of $100. just to look at it. Remember MOST of the replacement parts that make it go do not exist anymore. So you spent $100 just to have the repair person tell you he can't fix it.. here is the bill.
My recommendation is donate it to Goodwill. They will sell it for $25 and offer a 7 day guarantee. So the buyer can find out it is crazy. THEY may be a techno dude and work on it. Or they may return it and it will be discarded.
Sorry to say you have what is called a pile of junk. IF it plays MOST of the time.. just use it. If it goes CRAZY most of the time and is frustrating. Throw it away by donation. Goodwill does not want junk. but it may be good enough for $25 for someone to love it.
This is my opinion.