Ebay Heartbreak (was: ebay shenanigans)

Quothe Joe R., from writings of Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 10:45:55AM -0400: 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.