I, too, disagree with Freddy's suggestion that sellers ought not post items for sale on the list.
In particular, the question of "where this stuff comes from" seems irrelevant to me. Not many of us on the list can afford to travel across the pond to look for interesting frames and parts. If someone is able to do this, and has the knowledge to find parts and such worthy of the list's consideration, that's fine with me. I, for one, don't have the time or wherewithal to "scour" auctions or yard sales in order to find and re-sell parts, and I appreciate it when someone else does just that. And I imagine that many other parts would wind up gathering dust or being ignominiously preserved in a landfill if *someone* didn't rescue them or buy them at what may be ridiculously low prices. (How many times do we read of dumpster finds on the list?)
And, I confess, I particularly like Paul Genaro's point. As Ben Knox, the beachcomber, says in Bill Forsyth's wonderful 1983 movie *Local Hero*, "We all have to work, Gordon. Think of the state the place would get into. . . ."
Bless for scroungers and dumpster-divers.
nath "i wish there were interesting dumpsters around here" dresser spring green, wisconsin