More screams and pains will be coming.
When February 17, 2009 comes, I bet there will be 50 more "save this set" threads. If you want to increase your chance of finding vintages, you may as well just be at the e-waste drop-off center 1 hour prior to opening and ask all the people coming in what set they will be getting rid of. Be careful with the e-waste employees who will harass you to leave or risk getting arrested if stealing one of their precious, unwanted e-waste items. All the e-waste dump centers I've been to have at least one police officer standing around. All the e-waste centers were smart enough to hire only younger people (20s) who have no sympathies at all with vintage, obsolete components. I have seen one RCA XL-100 taking out from one's car, and was thrown more than one feet in air landed into the waste collection pile as 80% destroyed. I have seen new-in-box, never used, higher-end Sony Trinitron TVs got kicked around, wrapped around with three ropes (with the new TV smell), while sliding them into the pile. I have seen wooden console TVs and projection TVs being cut into half with an electric tree cutter saw to million pieces, and that includes Zenith Chromocolor IIs. I have also seen small CRT TVs, say a 70s 10" Panasonic, that were taken apart by some employees to remove the picture tubes, and used the picture tubes as a ball to play basketball or hit me games. I have seen several old 80s RCA console TVs being donated from the e-waste center to entertainment industry who will be using them only to turn on the TV, and then pour 10 gallons of beer inside each TV only for it to electrify and explode as part of the filming process. I have seen several large CRT TVs dropped off that required tube smashing in because they would not fit into their truck. All the 20-30 year old employees enjoyed smashing and destroying the vintage electronics to death. Imagine what it is like if you were a TV itself, say a Zenith Chromocolor II, that got sawed and bleed to death with broken bones, heart, lever, leg, head, etc...]
Shocking, huh.
Yep, it really happened, so you know there are more hidden, secret stories with e-waste centers that you don't already know of.