28 Jun
2001
28 Jun
'01
1:46 p.m.
--- Paul Braun <nerdware(a)laidbak.com> wrote:
<<snippage>>
> I was offered a *huge* box (> 1
cu ft) of modules at Dayton for
> $0.25 each.
Wow! Were you there when he had just dragged them out of his
van? I might have been standing right next to you and not even known
it.
Maybe... I'm 5'6", long, brown ponytail, clean shaven (at the moment),
and might have been wearing "glacier glasses" (my only prescription
sunglasses) if it was sunny enough to need them (which was _not_ often
that Friday).
That sounds familiar....I probably did see you.
I'm about 6'1", was wearing some sort of hat...probably my Novell
hat, and was wearing an embroidered "Heil Sound" shirt (I was a
semi-official employee for the weekend...)
And yes, Friday was a joy for those of us wandering the flea
market. I made it through the early sprinkles, bought 5 Storage
Dimensions raid cabinets, and grabbed my umbrella when I toted
'em back to my car.
I gave up, however, when the really black clouds and lightning
moved in.... decided it was no longer fun.
I pawed
through the boxes, too, but after seeing "reject" written on
80% of the items, I opted not to waste any more time.
Me, too, although I have bought items at Dayton marked "defective" -
got a 3Com 3c905 that way for free - the seller threw it in as a
freebie because I bought _something_ from him - took it home, plugged
it in and am still using it. I suspected that the thing that was most
likely to be defective was the bench-tech who tested it. I was right.
Doesn't mean I want to test 200 lamp modules, though.