Yup, they've been around for a LONG time, though never dealing in retail when I knew them. I had heard that Bob Fox had a serious car accident years ago, I don't know if his brother runs the place now. As you say, they are scrappers /chip pullers. When I was going over there, they had a place on Zanker, a couple of blocks down from where Excess Solutions was. There are lots of scrappers /chip pullers around still in the valley. Most deal only wholesale (ever wonder where Halted gets there stuff?) or just on eBay and really don't like to get walk-in customers.