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    Nice Craigslist Pickup

    I went to pick up a few computers, laptops and misc boxes.



    Came home with 20 towers, 8 laptops, some printers, LCD monitors and 9 boxes of parts.

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    Wow way to go, nice score. I get most of my stuff from craig's list.

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    nice hopefully the LCDs work they seem to be my biggest resell money maker, if they dont work open then up and look for bad capacitors all sorts of info out there, usually pretty easy to fix, anyway still a nice score

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    a very nice score...were these free I hope?

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheDude80 View Post
    a very nice score...were these free I hope?
    Yes this one was FREE....

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    Quote Originally Posted by joef1812 View Post
    nice hopefully the LCDs work they seem to be my biggest resell money maker, if they dont work open then up and look for bad capacitors all sorts of info out there, usually pretty easy to fix, anyway still a nice score
    I will need to test them, but yes those caps are easy to replace. I can't all my monitors. Currently I have about 30 we need to test from the last FREE Craigslist PU

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    Quote Originally Posted by twmart View Post
    I will need to test them, but yes those caps are easy to replace. I can't all my monitors. Currently I have about 30 we need to test from the last FREE Craigslist PU
    Curious how you worded your ad. I've gotten a few hits from my ad, but nothing really substantial as of late. Any info would be appreciated.

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    I was wondering the same, how you word your ads. I don't get many hits on Craigslist, just people expecting 30-40 for an old tower!

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    90% of the responces you'll get from CL will be for old tube tv's. Nice sized lots of computers are far less common for free, nice score!

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheDude80 View Post
    Curious how you worded your ad. I've gotten a few hits from my ad, but nothing really substantial as of late. Any info would be appreciated.
    Some of these larger pick-ups are from my adds and some I respond to others adds, The monitors and large computer lot were from responding to other adds. The huge load I am starting to get today was from MY add..
    Today I wish I had a trailer!!!!!!!!!!!

    Oh sorry forgot the question. There is no magic to my wording as I often change it every 2-3 weeks.
    Just your basic Free Computer recycling of all Computers, Servers etc... Maybe throw in something about 100% recycled or nothing goes in the trash. I have seen some others using things like Environmently Friendly. play around with it.

    The other day I got a call from an add that was around 4-5 weeks old that I forgot about. I always try to remove the old add when making a new one. Craigslisters get very upset if they see your add over and over when they search.
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    He just called me today he has another car load of parts for me in 3 days..

    Today was another good day well for me its GREAT!!!!! Will be spending lots of time on ebay after sorting.
    Picked up 58 boxes of NEW and used parts I think he said it was 70-80% new.. And a second load about the same size tomorrow.

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