Fair price for gaylords full of mixed boards

Originally Posted by happyscraper

Do not sign a contract, the first few boxes will look good having memory and mother boards mixed in then a few weeks latter the boxes will start having more and more low grade boards. I would offer .80# as long as you can at least look in the boxes first. Do you have a buyer for low grade boards? It seems like alot of people don't have a buyer for low grade boards.

They were where I was dumping my low grade. I'm no where near ready to sign on a contract on anything like that, but I wouldn't mind picking up a treasure box from time to time, just to gamble.

I wish I could find a good source to move the low grade to. Gotta be a better way to do it.

I asked them why they weren't dealing directly with a refinery (this is a quite large yard operation). The manager told me that they didn't have very good luck the few times they tried it. He said they didn't want to take the time to sort it, so they just shipped it to Sipi as a random hodgepodge, and didn't end up getting much of anything out of it. All I could think was uhhh duhhh...you sent in a gaylord full of junk, and then the refining fees ate up what money you did get.

Originally Posted by happyscraper

Do not sign a contract, the first few boxes will look good having memory and mother boards mixed in then a few weeks latter the boxes will start having more and more low grade boards. I would offer .80# as long as you can at least look in the boxes first. Do you have a buyer for low grade boards? It seems like alot of people don't have a buyer for low grade boards.

I think the best answer is going to be, It's always a matter of how much risk you are willing to take.

The yard obviously isn't going to take .80# because they have a yard giving them 1.00#.

If you want to "float along" you can easily hedge your bets and take very little risk, but in turn, you will get very little reward. I personally would work out an agreement and buy the boards for as little as I could (maybe 1.15). I would buy a few gaylords and NOT SPEND THE MONEY, instead keep rolling in back in until I went through a few to know where I was at. Sure, I could be risking about 2k but I really think the chances of losing your a** are low if you are smart.

On 500# if you are getting 20% high grade at 1.15#:

100# high grade x 3.50 = 350.00

400# low grade x .10 = 40.00

Your potential loss is only 185.00. When you throw in processors, ram, heat sinks, CBM, your potential loss is much less. With a high volume you should be able to get a better price from the buyers also lowering the potential loss. While the upside is not a huge windfall, it could easily be a steady profit and allow you to grow.

It's all about how much risk are you willing to be subject to. There is a reason that someone is paying 1.00#, there is money to be made.

In life sometimes you have to take a chance.