Raped curbside sets

[Findm-Keepm]

Originally Posted by andy

I saw lots of modern CRT sets with smashed backs, and missing yokes, CRTs, or chassis. I don't think I saw a single intact TV this year.

Copper spiked after the Haitian and Chilean earthquakes - much like the cost of drywall spikes up after a hurricane. Our metals company that buys our aluminum and copper shut down until things settled back down. He wasn't going to pay high prices, only to lose it later. They settled down, but only by a margin of a few cents off the high. I haven't sold any copper recently, and when I do, it's just the cheap stuff - old extension cords folks throw out all summer and the like. Highest I've seen it was in June 2008 - about $3.75 a pound. It's getting close to that now, I imagine. It was 2.76 a pound before Christmas. A Sony XBR set gives up over 3 pounds of copper - yoke, d-coil, common mode choke, the pincushion transformers and even the IHVT - they buy those as "motors and transformers". Gotta say, we see treasure, and they see tomorrows paycheck.

This to shall pass.....this too shall pass.....this too shall pass.......