now that the spring time is closing in fast, my neighbor and i will be hitting the garage sales and estate sales and auctions,and just wondering what kind of luck you all have in buying older electric powered tools and small appliances? i pulled a brand new never used electric broiler from the basement last week it was in storage for 30 years (forgot it was there:laughing and plugged it in and in 1 miniute the cord got hot as ----- so i unplugged it and now wondering if i should have the cord repaired or just scrap it, it really is a nice compact broiler. but anyway the stuff you buy at the garage sales etc, wonder how good the electric componets are?