Quothe Joe R., from writings of Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 10:45:55AM -0400:
> I found that most scrappers are real BS artists! I recently found a big
About twenty years ago, there used to be a small-time scrapper not far
from here, but not close enough to go to often. This scrapper ran
what was mostly a combination of a flea-market/junk shop where one
would find anything from old records, decorations, antiques, household
items, hardware (not computers, but things like old pulleys, etc.),
etc... you name it, there was a chance of it being there. He also had
some old electronic and computer equipment, and one would sometimes
see him disaembling electronic equipment, minicomputers, etc. He made
it clear that he didn't want anyone going near his "treasures" that he
was scrapping for gold; he'd become very agitated and somewhat
unpleasant if one even looked at some of the equipment. At the time,
I was working part-time and attending college, so I couldn't make what
he probably would have considered reasonable offers for old computer
equipment.
No idea where any other scrappers are in this area.
> stack of Nova core memory boards. The scrapper swore that they were full of
> gold and wanted $6/lb for them. The only gold on them was a trace in the
> card edge connectors. Needless to say I passed on them. They're still
> sitting there two years later (but they've been in the weather so they're
> probably ruined by now).
:-(
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