Problem is, especially with the A1500/2000 computers, is that hardly anybody ever wants to pay for the shipment of them - even if they're getting the machine for free. 3 Miggy's thrown in the bin sounds a little excessive, but he did explain that he tried within reason or his power to salvage them.
I'm sure he's sitting on a bevy of custom chips, power supplies & keyboards after all this, so there's some future project fodder right there.
FOR THE RECORD: to anyone that lives between Chicago, IL and Baraboo, WI - I am always willing to take your old/unwanted Amiga goodies off your hands. Even if they don't work. As some here know, I have become somewhat of a classic computer repository. I do what I can to restore and furnish complete systems, either for my own collection or resale. Very little ever winds up binned at my place. Which reminds me... time to start clearing some of it out. lol
