Coburlins new name

[Howard Owen]

The flip side of Coburlin's high prices were his[?] bottom fishing as a buyer. He bid low on every HP calculator he could find. When I was active on eBay, back in in 2003-10, watching him was a good way to spot auctions that had missed my filters.

I remember getting the impression that "burlin" referred to Burlingame, the SF Peninsula city just north of San Mateo. My mailing address is there, though I live in San Mateo. I'm not sure now how I came by that idea. It may have been due to the shipping address on his auctions, or from some other source.