Re: Weekend Yard Sale score

["david j. brown" <nonidesign@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Smokey Joe,
Watch out. That guy may start coming into your house to help some of your
stuff out to the curb before you want it there:)

> From: the Leones <leone@xxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: the Leones <leone@xxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 12:44:13 -0400
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Weekend Yard Sale score
> 
> 
> 
> It's not E-Bay so much as the PEOPLE who lurk E-Bay. Though there
> are a lot of people out there with computers, not everyone has one.
> Some that DO (like myself) pay absolutely NO attention to E-Bay.
> BUT, a lot of people DO and therefore, cruise around (at least down
> here in Fla) just looking to score something to make a profit on.
> 
> This is further stimulated by the (sad) fact that people are dying
> all the time and houses are in a continual state of "emptying-out"
> for estate purposes. The "Ghouls" cruise around, collect stuff and
> then sell it., You would be SURPRISED at what gets tossed out. A lot
> is good stuff but with no basements (and no storage) in these homes,
> people just don't have the room.
> 
> Case in point; Once a month we are allowed to put ANYTHING out by
> the curb. I created a large pile and one of the items was a clarinet.
> Nothing wrong with it, I had 3 and felt that the 2 (better ones) were
> enough. I felt someone might be able to use it. So this guy pulls up
> in a pick-up, snatches it and drives off.
> 
> He lives just a block away, has NO kids, looks like a good'ole boy
> (abt 35), and his yard is a veritable re-cycling center.? Hmmm, makes
> you wonder.
> BTW, he ALSO took a perfectly good cowboy hat, fan, lawn chair,
> single bed,  and storage cabinet later that night.........smokey-joe
> 
> 
>> Richard Hubter volunteered the following;
>> This weekend I found myself at a large antique/junk shop.  On a shelf in
>> the back of the place I found four vocal mics -- 2 Shure SM58s, a Shure
>> SM57, and a Peavey 1 -- plus a high-Z cable, all in obviously battered
>> cosmetic condition.  There was no way to test the mics onsite.  The
>> dealer accepted 10 dollars for the lot.
>> 
>> When I got them home and tested them, I found all four to be in working
>> condition. One of the SM-58s has a pretty low output and not much bass
>> response.  The other works very well.  The SM-57 and the Peavey are both
>> apparently in very good condition too.  The mic cable has no apparent
>> problems.
>> 
>> I cleaned the mics up as well as I could.  They still look battered.
>> But it's a pretty good day at the yard sale when you get three and a
>> half pro quality vocal mics in good working condition, plus a cable, for
>> ten bucks.
>> 
>> I'm going to more yard sales.
>> 
>> Thanks, Richard Hunter
>> www.hunterharp.com
>> 
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