[Arran]

That has become a major trend at auctions it seems like. That's one reason why Estes now seems to refuse to take any consoles to sell. People only bid up to $20, gut the cabinets, and then leave those to the auction place to dispose of. Just what are people doing with all these homeless parts they are making?

 This is why the auction houses should make a point of locking their dumpsters, or puting people who do such things on the banned list since it costs the auction house money. It's rather odd in that there was someone on Vancouver craigslist who was giving away the chassis and phonograph parts from a post war radio-phono combo unit as they were repurposing the cabinet, the chassis did have rust so the cabinet probably wasn't much better. But to be fair there are sets where the cabinets are just not worth saving, or the chassis themselves are little more then spare parts, but why people can't take it home first to part it out I have no idea. One thing's for sure, I haven't noticed many more spare parts turning up on fleabay so I too wonder what they are doing with them.
Regards
Arran