[Jeffhs]

I just checked the status of the auction for that junkpile of old TVs on ebay. It ended two days ago, with no bids.

I kinda' figured that was how the auction would end. I think (in fact, I am sure) people are generally too intelligent to be taken in by something as ridiculous as this. Perhaps now the seller will take the hint and either cart that stuff off to the dump or, as Rob mentioned, set fire to the whole thing with a Bic and an accelerant.

I can't help but feel sorry for the seller, however, when I think of the money he wasted posting this to ebay--buying space on their server and all. It was all for nothing. Again as Rob mentioned (and with which I wholeheartedly agree), it would have been a heck of a lot cheaper just to soak the pile in gasoline, touch a Bic to the whole darned mess and reduce it to a huge pile of ashes. The CRT in that roundie near the beat-up sink could be taken care of (read destroyed) by simply throwing a sledge hammer at it and either smashing the bell or knocking the neck off. Being in a junkpile in (supposedly) the middle of nowhere, the mess caused by the resulting implosion would be of no consequence. Or, the stuff could just be left to sit there and rot all to pieces over time (as it will if one lets any junkpile sit undisturbed long enough).