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    Removed a pool got a line on ceelphones

    Did a pool removal for a family friend yesterday. Did job, dropped scrap all in about 90 mins. On way home stopped back to pick up two pool covers to use for my pool and was bsing for a bit. Turns out the husband just got a new job doing sales at a cell company and said that they throw out a lot of cells and two way radios into the dumpster. I asked him if I could drop off a plastic tote to collect them and I would pick up when it gets full. Said he would ask and get back to me. Then he gives me an old tower and two cable boxes he had in the garage. Not bad for two hrs on a sat morning.

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    Should say cellphones not ceelphones...lol...wouldn't let me edit the topic.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BRASSCATCHER View Post
    Should say cellphones not ceelphones...lol...wouldn't let me edit the topic.
    haha! as in most typoes ; ) i read right over them, only noticed after your post, and i read back up to see

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    That sounds like a sweet deal, cell phones = $$

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    I dont think I have ever seen a breakdown on how much a cell phone is worth in scrap value..other than by the lb to one of the buyers of course..ive only got 5 phones so I dont think thats enough to do a proper breakdown due to the differences..any input welcome..

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    I may be wrong but o think the only breakdown would be the bords inside, battery and the rest of phone. Maybe if you had the charger with the transformer and wire but that is it. I never had a large qty to take out boards so i have been hoarding for a rainy day. Have about 10 lbs right now. hopefully if I get this hook up I will have enough to start tearing down for the boards. Its hard to turn down the easy 4-6 bucks a lb for them whole though

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    I picked up 64 Nextels from my work the other day for $30. Mostly Motorolas, some Samsungs and a Blackberry or three. That averages out to less than $.50 a phone. Cell phones average about $6-6.50 a pound right now, no batteries or backs on them. With batteries, they're worth about $3.75-4.00 a pound. I took the batteries and backs out of each of them to see how many phones it takes to make a pound....5 phones with no batteries or backs averages about 1 to 1.2 pounds. So lets say 60 phones gives you 12 lbs, your looking at a little over $70 for 60 phones. So remember this if your thinking about buying a bulk lot of phones. Try not to pay more than $.50 a phone to make it worth while. Although you can sell the Li-Ion batteries. Boardsort.com has them listed at $1.10 a pound. I didn't get around to weighing the batteries themselves to see how many it would take to make a pound. Good thing about the cell phones...they're small and don't take up much room like computers, laptops, servers, etc.

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