I live an easy weekend trip away from those villages in China where they pull apart container-loads of old TVs and appliances to recycle the parts. If I knew well enough exactly what to look for (or to show/tell them exactly what to save for me) I could probably get a suitcase (or three) full of these things in no time, and probably pay on a pennies-per-pound basis...
Hhhmmmm.....
Are there easy, safe (economically and otherwise) ways to learn to recognize EXACTLY which caps people find "desireable"?
EDIT: ON second thought, I just had a better look at the listings for Bumblebees (other than just that one auction). Seems like MOST of them are not so pricey at all, and (at least so far) no one has spring for the pricey listing. Maybe there isn't so big an opportunity here, after all.