Why do people do that crap?

I can't figure it out either. I've seen a seller with twelve auctions
for R-390A parts (one auction: gears. Second auction: gear clamps.
Third auction: knobs. Fourth auction: IF deck minus filters. Fifth
auction: Filters for IF deck etc.) all claiming they all came from the
same "working" R-390A. It's like they decided they could make more
money by stripping every little piece off a working radio. What was
sad in this case was that it wasn't even complete subassemblies - they
tore the geartrain apart and were selling the gears in one auction, the
metal plates in another, the clamps in a third, !!!!

I have nothing against selling "parts" radios or selling parts from a
non-working non-restorable radio. But to strip a perfectly good
working radio into tiny bits and pieces.... it hurts to think about it.

My only conclusion is that their day job is at a chop shop.

Tim.