I don't see where I was impolite. I simply stated that you asked a question. Then you proceeded to answer your own question, differently than other posters did. And provided a possible reason why you may have done so.
I have been seeing this pop up more recently on here, where the initial post is to ask something. Then later on, the same person is pointing out where all of the offered advice is incorrect, or they have one for sale after asking what it is worth, etc. Or they simply thought that others would agree with their idea, but wanted validation without appearing to ask for it. If you are not sure, then ask away. However, I dislike those posts that seem to be soliciting advice, only to change later into the main point the OP wanted to make, but for some reason didn't do so in their first post. Either state your position initially, or don't ask questions only to later tell others they are wrong.
I think you are reading into my post way too much as targeting you personally.
All of the above is just my opinion.
Asking a grown man if he's seeking "validation" from internet strangers is polite? Who knew?
There's a funny thing about advice, freely solicited and freely given. It ain't always right, nor are you under any particular constraint to take it, even when it is. That probably goes double for internet advice. Doesn't mean I don't appreciate the people who replied with something constructive, especially when they were, in fact, correct. So you really shouldn't get butthurt if someone doesn't follow advice. What do you care? If you're not interested in discussion for it's own sake, you probably shouldn't reply to begin with. See the header above? "General Garage Discussion".
"If it's the more or less intact guts out of a very early refrigerator as I'm suspecting...dunno. That's the question I'm asking. Is it worth anything?"
As reiterated, the original post is asking about the value as a complete unit. Advice here was; Scrap metal. That leaves "oh well, I can always scrap it for the useful parts". It's not about "validation", it's about your ability to leap to judgement...without bothering to read and/or comprehend what was actually written.
After posting here, via the wonders of the internet, made contact on another forum with an actual expert who rebuilds/restores antique fridges for a living, to whom I could send the actual pic via phone. Nice fella, pleasant to talk to, learned a few things...and now I've got a useful contact for parts and expertise, and he's got another contact keeping an eye out for parts he can use. Both he and I came out ahead by having
a polite discussion. That's worth far more than whatever few bucks the parts may have been worth.
