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    This seems like a great opportunity - your thoughts

    Been a few weeks and I've made a few good deals and had some good pickups. My business is running strong and I have been stockpiling all my motherboards and small boards. Have about 60 pounds of them and my business is ahead lwithout that about $400, I'm happy for my 4-8 hors a week of work. Besides this is fun! So I am thinking about bidding on these since its only a one hour drive for pickup

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    Looks like stainless to me. Seems like that alone would probably cover my gas and investment and the boards would be decently valuable. Thoughts?


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    Those should be interesting but I wouldn't be suprised to see those go much higher................I personally would go up to $200 mabye more just to see what's inside

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    Gord,

    Check this out...

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    You have at least 4 bidders, things might get dicey as time gets closer.
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    recylcler I don't know what to check out?

    Yeah I've push it over 200 already. I am bidding on a few things, if I win one I will check out the next lot. Theres roughly 300 in SS there. Ironically I just discovered theres a scrapyard less than a mile from the warehouse.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gord View Post
    recylcler I don't know what to check out?

    Yeah I've push it over 200 already. I am bidding on a few things, if I win one I will check out the next lot. Theres roughly 300 in SS there. Ironically I just discovered theres a scrapyard less than a mile from the warehouse.....
    The trick to ebay is not bidding until the very last minute. Other bidders will think they have it won and put a low max bid on it, and bam you jump in at the last minute and steal it.

    If you drive the bid up too early it will just keep rising.

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    no that's not how you bid on e=bay. you patner bid....What is partner bidding you ask?

    You find an item you want on e-bay. Lets say it's worth 200 dollars. You and your partner each get on your seperate e-bay accounts. You bid for say 100 dollars. Your partner then bids 3000 dollars. This will make EVERYONE else who is sane stop bidding. When your partner bows out, stating that one of his children kept bidding without his consent or knowledge, you will be second bidder and get the item cheaply.

    I AM JOKING...DO NOT DO THE ABOVE!!! this is fraud and you will get in trouble.

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    sorry about that, the link didn't show up.


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