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auminer A week in the life of a... 07-22-2013, 04:45 PM
Gravitar I just realized what your... 07-22-2013, 05:22 PM
41haikuwarriors I never gave it a second... 07-22-2013, 06:36 PM
NobleMetalWorks I knew what his name was... 07-22-2013, 06:59 PM
auminer THANKS! I have used it... 07-22-2013, 07:20 PM
NobleMetalWorks I still, to this day, get... 07-22-2013, 08:36 PM
ginofrater It is a very shine name , if... 07-22-2013, 07:26 PM
Bear I once worked in Homestake,... 07-22-2013, 07:34 PM
Bear You could almost start your... 07-22-2013, 07:37 PM
auminer I suppose I may as well show... 07-22-2013, 08:54 PM
auminer more 'white' metals... the... 07-22-2013, 08:55 PM
Jvcr1 Filing cabinets are quite... 07-24-2013, 10:52 AM
Sirscrapalot Dibs on the blender..if you... 07-22-2013, 08:27 PM
scrapping4ever Thats a nice load of printers, 07-22-2013, 09:01 PM
auminer That's 12 days. Counting... 07-22-2013, 09:11 PM
Sirscrapalot Really organized...OCD will... 07-22-2013, 09:51 PM
auminer OK, folks. Strap yourselves... 07-23-2013, 07:40 PM
JBinVB Stiffel lamps are nice,... 05-07-2014, 09:36 AM
ginofrater :)Thanks for sharing ,i will... 07-23-2013, 07:56 PM
auminer Another light-ish day today.... 07-24-2013, 04:03 PM
NamVet I love this thread. It amazes... 07-24-2013, 04:53 PM
auminer Start by asking them if you... 07-24-2013, 06:48 PM
hobo finds A place by me has about 15 of... 07-24-2013, 06:56 PM
auminer It won't power on. Bummer. ... 07-25-2013, 04:25 PM
scrapping4ever Is that a game boy below them... 07-24-2013, 04:44 PM
fivegallonbucket There ought to be a good... 07-24-2013, 05:46 PM
Metalbestos That is a gameboy advance sp... 03-31-2014, 10:48 PM
jghilino old file cabinets work great... 07-25-2013, 10:39 PM
auminer I kinda liked the earlier... 07-26-2013, 04:24 AM
ginofrater :)Thanks for the pics. I... 07-26-2013, 06:46 AM
auminer Friday is wire day,... 07-26-2013, 03:14 PM
auminer And today we wrap up the week... 07-27-2013, 06:11 PM
Curbside shopper Nice. Kirby looks fine,... 08-10-2013, 05:56 PM
Sirscrapalot I hope your taste in... 08-10-2013, 06:19 PM
auminer This isn't from the thrift... 10-25-2013, 06:57 PM
auminer Wow... busy day to cap a busy... 01-12-2014, 07:19 PM
auminer Nice haul today. Here's a... 03-24-2014, 04:35 PM
Sirscrapalot Nice haul buddy. Bout time... 03-24-2014, 04:57 PM
TheDude80 I agree with... 03-24-2014, 08:20 PM
auminer A word of advice to any of... 04-19-2014, 06:57 PM
auminer Well.... sadly.... all good... 06-28-2014, 02:54 PM
auminer Resurrecting my old thread... 10-18-2018, 04:33 PM
robaz I have been looking myself... 10-18-2018, 05:25 PM
auminer Nice find at curbco today! ... 11-23-2018, 09:16 PM
Sirscrapalot I like your resurrection... 11-24-2018, 02:52 PM
auminer Sum total cost of all the... 11-24-2018, 04:04 PM
auminer That's not going to get... 11-24-2018, 03:55 PM
Sirscrapalot You need a brass goat to keep... 11-24-2018, 06:58 PM
auminer This goat, perhaps? From your... 11-24-2018, 08:22 PM
auminer I wish I still had access to... 09-29-2019, 11:58 AM
t00nces2 Nice find Auminer. Are you a... 09-29-2019, 12:42 PM
auminer I don't think I have ever... 09-29-2019, 01:30 PM
t00nces2 I actually have a box of gold... 09-29-2019, 03:20 PM
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    Resurrecting my old thread for a post about ebay.

    Everybody likes to hate on ebay (feebay?) but I gotta say that it opens up an opportunity for someone with reasonable expectations.



    A few months ago me & the missus were headed to the grocery store. Passing an alley, I turned my head to look. (you all know what I'm talking about!) and there was an electric oven out for trash.

    \Of course, I picked it up and loaded it into the truck. Instead of just taking the whole thing lock-stock-and-barrel to the scrapyard, I decided to try something.

    I removed the inside oven light fixture, the knobs, and the racks and listed them separately on ebay. I still have the knobs, but the light fixture and the racks have sold for 26 and 40 respectively. Between shipping & fees, I netted 10 or so on the light fixture, and I'll probably realize a net of maybe 20 on the racks. The bulk of the stove fetched maybe 5 at the scrapyard.

    It took awhile, but I have a wall of shelving units in my home office where I keep my ebay stuff organized. So a couple of months of storage is all the trouble I went to to GREATLY increase my income from that curbco find.

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/WP7801P173-...oAAOSwK~da3ll1

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