Joe, maybe salvage is your thing and you just haven't realized it yet.
We are a throw-away society. there are plenty of examples of people just chunking out their stuff becuase it doesn't work and it's less expensive for them to replace it, or they just want a newer model and don't have the time to find a worthy owner for their old stuff.
In my neighborhood, when we have good usable stuff that we don't want or need, we just set it out in the alley for "whomever" to pick up.
Kinda like garage-saleing, but you don't need petty cash, or like collecting discarded aluminum cans but you don't have to "liquidate" your inventory to make it negotiable.
My MIL used to live across the street from a guy who made a career as a 'sanitary-engineer'. This guy collected enough stuff to make sure his kids all had good sturdy bicycles and all the toys they could play with. I believe he outfitted his house-hold with repaired appliances. Left him a pocket full of cash for groceries, clothing, rent, etc.
If you've got a good eye and a strong back at your disposal when you need it, there's profit there.
Government office attracts the power-mad, yet it's people who just want to be left alone to live life on their own terms who are considered dangerous.
History teaches that it's a small window in which people can fight back before it is too dangerous to fight back.
... so I was thinking of buying a new one. Now I don't have to. 
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