Ebay Heartbreak (was: ebay shenanigans)

From: Joe R. <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Wed Apr 21 17:54:08 2004

At 01:52 PM 4/21/04 -0400, RD Davis wrote:
>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.


  That sounds typical of the scrappers in this area. They'll sell you their
worthless trash as gold scrap but their real gold scrap is carefully hidden
and guarded.

    Joe
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