On an online auction there's-
Assorted computers and accessories
(18) computer towers
(17) monitors
Printers
Cables
Printer ink
The current bid is $10 but the auction ends April 30th, how high is to high?
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On an online auction there's-
Assorted computers and accessories
(18) computer towers
(17) monitors
Printers
Cables
Printer ink
The current bid is $10 but the auction ends April 30th, how high is to high?
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i try to pay no more than $5-6 per tower including fuel. A lot of it depends on what prices you get from your buyers for ferrous, non ferrous, and e-scrap.
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What i would do is figure the highest price you can pay witch in my opinion if you are scraping them would be $125.00 do not forget most auction lots are always not complete systems,the ram is missing or the hard drives are gone ok so put in a proxy bid and see what happens if you can"t buy them right its makes no sence to buy them a proxy bib keeps me out of the lots where you get caught up in the bidding and bid to high good luck .
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Bookmark the auction, mark your calendar for the day it closes, then check it. Not really enough info to make a completely informed decision...how far away is it? What kind of monitors(LCD or CRT)? How many printers? How many & what model#s are the printer ink? What kind & what weight in cables (power or data cables, huge difference to a wire stripper)?
Anyway, my rule of thumb is no more than $5 per tower... $0 for CRT monitors, $0.50 for LCD... printers I frickin' hate, but chalk them $0.50... ink's an unknown, and $0.50 per pound on the cables.
So, S.W.A.G. if you bid $100 you oughta do alright in the off chance you actually win it. Don't be surprised, though, if you check the auction that morning & see it bid up to $300-$400-or more. If it is, close that window & shrug.
(Yeah, I don't win too many computer auctions!)
Out of clutter, find simplicity. --Albert Einstein
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Don't forget to factor in the Buyers Premium and Sale Tax if it applies.
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I wouldn't bid more than 100.00. I don't like monitors, I don't like Printers, I don't like ink, I'd just bid on the computers and if you win everything else is just a throw in, I'm not really interested in paying for the other stuff. I agree that the auction could go for $$$ but you really don't know. I won an auction of ten computers and a second for 7 computers for a total of 55.00 in one day. On the same site the next day a lot of 18 computers went for 200.00. Who knows....Originally Posted by caleb7210
Then name of the game is volume. Just like scrap, you need to be bidding on a bunch of auctions, not just one. I may bid on 40 auctions ending in a week and win 5-10, but the ones I win I'm in it the right way.
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This is what I do but it's just the way I do things and sometimes I do things diffrant than most. I would set a price that I am willing to pay for the lot, lets say for that lot 100.00-125.00. Then I wait till the very end of the auction about 15min. before the auction closes and if the bids are not over the amount that I had set then place my bid. I just won one today off of gove-deals 4 large office copiers about 6 printers/copiers 2 servers and 2computer towers all for 40.00. Alot of those computer auctions do go for way to much if your looking for scrap computers so be carefull.
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If they are P4s or higher forget winning the auction for scrap profit price. I've watched a number of these auctions go for 25-75 per computer. Many companies buy them and ship the stuff overseas it seems. Good luck to you...I do hope you win.
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