Is This A Shill?

[Noel Chiappa]

    > From: Ali

    > There is a guy with a listing with missing parts which he is
    > advertising as working. It has been listed for over two years now ...
    > I offered to buy a part off of it for ~half of what he wanted
    > for everything and he replied that "the value was in keeping it all together".

Well, since he's not an expert (which we can deduce from his calling it 'working'
when it's missing bits), perhaps he feared you were trying to grab the 'good bit',
and leave him with un-salable dreck.

Although given the amount you were willing to pay, maybe he is not thinking hard!

	Noel