Whatever's Clever!
My interest is primarily on teaching people how to do this stuff right.
My only problem with borrowing someone's broken system, is that not all problems can be easily repaired, and sometimes they can't be fixed at all.
I figured that, in a place like this, there'd be plenty of people with the "I could use that for parts" mentality, and they'd have a couple spares lying around.
Can't fault me for trying

Anyway! I'll still buy consoles when I come across them, but I encounter people that don't understand that their broken SNES and their crusty looking Atari 2600 (without any games or accessories) aren't collectors items, and they're not worth the $50 they're asking.