Need help with value

**YoungMetal** · 09-22-2014, 07:09 PM

Ok yall I dont want to shred I was thinking I would sell them whole to someone who deals with e scrap. But dosnt seem like there will be anything to be made doing that. I think I will learn to break them down and just sell the valuables to some one who deals in e scrap. They are less than 10 years old and are hp and Dell. I dont want to fix them up and resell. Thats not my thing. Thanks for the help.

**phred59** · 09-23-2014, 09:25 AM

Originally Posted by YoungMetal

Ok yall I dont want to shred I was thinking I would sell them whole to someone who deals with e scrap. But dosnt seem like there will be anything to be made doing that. I think I will learn to break them down and just sell the valuables to some one who deals in e scrap. They are less than 10 years old and are hp and Dell. I dont want to fix them up and resell. Thats not my thing. Thanks for the help.

Do you own a Phillips Screwdriver? Or even better... a cordless drill with a Phillips head bit? A Pair of Electricians scissors? That's all you need.

You break down 2 of them, start to finish, see how long it takes you. Seriously, time yourself. Probably land somewhere in the 20-30 minute range.

Then do 2 more... time yourself again. Should be about cut in half by then. It should take you no longer than 5 minutes to break down a tower once you have done a few. Set yourself up a few boxes or bins to sort into, and just crank up whatever music you like, and go. you can do 50 towers in about 4 hours if you just go for it.

Now if you pick them up without a hard drive for about $1 each, you can make over $300 in 4 hours (round down for expenses, driving the shells to the yard... etc). You good with $75/hr? I'm usually pretty ok with that.