Fender Amp salvage parts???

[dataman19]

I was in one of my associates elect4ronic salvage businesses recently.
He had two gaylords (for the uninitiated these are pallet boxes roughly 47" x 44" x 48" high). full of Fender Guitar amp electronics.
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These are tube and solid state, PC Boards (populated and unpopulated).
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He is in england this past week, and his manager (who is an opportunistic sleeze) wanted $100 for each assembly, and $10K for each gaylord).
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I'll wait until my associate returns from England - he will probably sell me the whole lot for less than $500 (U.S. $).
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any thoughts from the forum?

[Enzo]

You get what the market will bear. I went to a professional baseball game a couple years ago in downtown Detroit. A hot sunny July day. I flagged the beer vendor and paid $8 for a large can of beer. Same identical can of beer sells for $1.59 at the local convenience store, and even less if I buy a six-pack at the grocery store. Clearly I won't be driving to the ball park to do my drinking in the future

If you can get this material at a good low price and resell it at a profit, go for it. If that guy can find people who are willing to pay high dollar for it, good for him. Everything in my shop I sell at a profit. It makes me ache when someone sells me a cheap Alps fader for some cheap Numark DJ mixer for $15 when I can find the exact same fader for 89 cents at Mouser. It is up to me how much time I want to spend looking for savings.