cheapo vcr wanted

[weirdami]

Can someone recommend to me an inexpensive VCR machine and which store in the USA to go to to get it? I'm talkin less than $30.

Also, is there a really cheap device thing that I can connect to my TV to get all the cable channels I'm supposed to get on my basic cable but don't because my TV and VCR only get 2-35 and 98-99? I'm interested in 36-97 because the Scifi channel and Cartoon Network are in there and I'm dyin' out here. :-)

[weirdami]

Or you could, er, try to find a cable box.

I figure if I'm going to spend that much money, it should at least play tapes or something besides just flipping channels. Then I could finally keep circulating the tapes. :-D

[weirdami]

No VCR-laden Goodwill around? (Just make sure you can match up the remote...)

I actually just found one. I spent two hours trying to get someone at stupid BestBuy to answer the phone and nobody ever did. Customer service would only keep transfering me to the home electronics department. They sure didn't want to talk to me. I guess they forgot the "service" part of their job description. Arg! So, I tried pawn shops and found a Goodwill that had one (just one) for $12-13. I'll see if it's ok to buy tomorrow. I asked on the phone how old it was. The girl didn't know so I asked her if there were any play/stop/etc buttons on the front. I figure that's a good judge of it being more recent a VCR. :-) There weren't, so good chance it's not too old for cable. I'll just have the remember about the remote control. I wonder what the return policy is at Goodwill.