what did i get myself into now???? lol

[ilovejunk]

ok so i have been working on this ewaste thing for a little while now, picking up some gear here and there, and just learning as i go, well i get a call on my craigslist ad about ewaste, the guy has run a computer shop for 10+ years and needs to clear out his back office that he had been throwing old parts in, and wanted me to come look at the stuff said he wanted $1000 for everything, this seemed a bit steep to me so i put it off for a few days and finally went yesterday to take a look, and HOLY COW man this guy was serious i stopped counting at 150 towers, and boxes and boxes of drives, cables, laptops, cpu's, memory, monitors (crt and flatscreens) ect. ect. my lot where i tear down scrap looks like a bomb went off right now, but its cool cause its been a slow month and i have been looking for something to make some money on i should be able to keep busy for a little while.

just wanted to share like i said its been a slow month and i have been drawing on some reserves, but this should make some money as so far all the system i have torn down have been 486 and early pentium timeframe i even founf two pentium pro's so far, and i havent even worked all the way through the first trailer load yet.



estimated totals so far
200+/- towers
40+/- laptops
half dozen boxes of MB's, finger cards, memory, cpu's, HD's, cd/dvd drives, and lcd monitors (filled a long bed chevy s-10)

miles of power cords and power supplies for laptops and printers.

and a dozen or so crt monitors



the trailer in the picture is 18ft long for reference

[Mechanic688]

Man, I would be in hoggy heaven. Just don't get in too big of a hurry tearing down, and end up missing some good value. Good job,,,

[Torker Man]

Awesome! Would love some pics of the CPU pile when they are all torn down

[submarinepainter]

nice Haul!! what did you end up paying?

[miked]

Could you put up a link to your CL ad. I have been trying to figure out how to word one for me. Oh yea, congrats on a monster load, Mike.

[GeorgeB]

Any good laptops, or power cords for sony handycam's? If so, send me some pictures! georgebeale@viprecycling.com

[parrothead]

Sweet!!!!!!!!!! More pictures if you get a chance, please.

[newattitude]

We need a drooling smiley, I'm drooling over here right now big time! Nice haul!!

[PartTimeScrapper]

WOW awesome find. Little bit of advice when tearing down the old systems. there is better then scrap value in a couple of the parts for sure. The 5.25 flppy drives seem to sell pretty well on ebay. Even untested I have sold 1 for $15 and one for $20 just this month. Also the 5.25 and 3.5 floppy drive combo drives sell well too.

[bpatnoe]

Now that is a load!

I am currently working on a load of 100 to 150 (newish) towers. A large company had their sprinkler go off and ruined a bunch of their computers. They are currently taking the HDD out so I won't get those but everything else I should be able to get. But as I said, they are newish ones while yours is older models.

GREAT PICKUP!!!

[ilovejunk]

one of my craigslist ad's
its kinda basic and the prices listed are what i have to set them at to beat out the prices of the other ewaste buyers in the area (most of the anyway)

http://greensboro.craigslist.org/cps/2653488934.html

i'll put up a pic later of the cpu's i have found so far

[Mechanic688]

I had a nice little ad like that on C.L. and it kept getting flagged/or banned, but I don't know why.

[Mick]

I had a nice little ad like that on C.L. and it kept getting flagged/or banned, but I don't know why.

Did you have it under "Small Biz" or "Wanted"?

[miked]

Thanks for the link to your ad. One more question. You don't mention crt/tv's. Here in Onslow county it costs to take them to the landfil and I'm not sure if they have limit. So my question is do you have a lot of people trying to get you to take crt/tv's? This is really my biggest concern, dealing with customers who want those items taken as well. I look forward to more pictures, Mike.

[Mechanic688]

Did you have it under "Small Biz" or "Wanted"?

I put it in the computer section. I had tried the labor/moving section and got no calls; I think it got lost in all the hundreds of like ads. So far, C.L. has been a real waste of time for me,,,

[IdahoScrapper]

We need a drooling smiley, I'm drooling over here right now big time! Nice haul!!

[Scrapette]

Jackpot, nice work!

[ilovejunk]

craigslist is real hit or miss for me sometimes an ad will stay up for a month no problem, and sometimes it will be flagged within an hour, i have just gotten into the routine that every morning when i wake up i check it and if its been flagged i repost it, i think whoever was flagging it before is finally starting to get the point that i am not going away as the past month or so has been trouble free as far as ads getting flagged.

and i post my ads in the computer services section.

and also like i stated in my original post i am typically not that enthusiastic about replies i get from craigslist since most of them are for one or two gutted towers or a bunch of printers/monitors, but i do go check every single one of them because like this group of stuff, every once in a while the person really does have what they claim.

as far as crt's go i set them off to the side and on my slow weeks i strip the copper and low grade boards from them, then the rest goes to the dump, i can take 5 a week to each one in the county so its a little driving but saves alot of hassle on getting rid of the tubes.

i have some more pictures to post, i probably wont get them up here till tomorrow as i have to go do homework now (i am a full time college student as well as a scrapper).

[tryingtoscrap]

Whoa...I wish I had that...only problem is I don't have an 18 foot trailer!

[KzScrapper]

Whoa...I wish I had that...only problem is I don't have an 18 foot trailer!

Boxes this week...18 foot trailer next week.