Sorry Gary, but I must take exception. Your initial post did not make any statement, only posted link to a locality specific CraigsList ad. OJH posted that he had seen many similar equipment sales in his area, and he gave an example of a friend who was taking a bath on a CNC machine. How can that be off topic?? There was no "topic" to the thread, only a link to a fire sale ad on your local CraigsList. My response, to OJH, not to you, pointed out that we can see the very same type of ads in our local KC CraigsList, too; that I can't see that anyone is going to buy used goods without going to look at them; and that it's sad to see so many small operations falling on hard times. You had no topic!! All you did was post a link, and you said nothing about it. Yet you come back with your silly thread ownership approach, think that you can tell other members what is a proper response to one of your threads, and then accuse me of "ruining your thread"?? What a joke. Respect? Respect is earned, just like trust. I'm done.