Occasionally I end up with a truckload of gear from things like that. The circumstances that saved it from shredding are usually something like Founding Enginee

Occasionally I end up with a truckload of gear from things like that. The circumstances that saved it from shredding are usually something like Founding Engineer X couldn't stand to see all that nice workstation stuff go in the trash so he kept it in his garage for 25 years and now his kids are selling it.