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This kid is in my area, lying about computer recycling. He's trying to lie to people saying he is messing with them for a school project. I emailed him and he said he is recycling them for money. Now I find that unhonest, and unprofessional. He shouldn't be lying to try and get inventory..
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I've seen similar adds, but they want the people to bring the computers to them.
My fortune cookie said:
You discover treasures where others see nothing unusual.
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Kochy
I see does all the time, i flag it ,but most of the time flagging it, does not work.
Last edited by ginofrater; 06-11-2013 at 11:28 PM.
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I have seen this too many times. One poster even goes on to say that he does it for charity and does not make money or resell your stuff like eeveryone one else does.Originally Posted by brandon
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
I saw a very similar one recently. Kid wanting to "learn about computers". He should have been smart enough to use a different phone number than the one on all the scrap metal wanted ads that he's posted.
please don't think bad of me because I did this once.i always advertise that I buy e-scrap. 1 time I decided hey lets put a free add up . wanted old outdated broken computers and laptops. I forget what I told people I did with them .but I did this once and ill tell I got over 20 pick ups that week .no **** .prolly the entire week at lease 25 computers 10 laptops and a few totes of misc parts.i got more inventory asking for it for free then I did offering to buy it lol .so what does that tell you.now I think this is ethically wrong . but this is business my main job is to make money
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SMe being 17 and still in school pursuing an electronics degree i could post something like that. But i wont cause I know everything there is to know about computer hardware and seeing as i built a 1000 dollar gaming rig. And its pretty hard to see how a computer works just by looking inside. You could go on google and learn the binary and ttl logic controllers that make it work.
The kid straight up told me hes recycling them for money. Hes trying to make people feel good by making them think their junk is going to the education when really its going in his pocket...
That just makes me mad that hes doing that especially in my area.
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
I don't have a problem with somebody asking for something for free. It's the lying about what you're doing that is not cool in my opinion. Different strokes for different folks, though.
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The kid sent me another email saying that it will all be recycled at the scrap yard. Where they buy only motherboards for a buck a pound..... He's not even doingf it right..
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Maybe try working out a deal with him on them. Tell him you'll buy them for double or whatever if he takes down the BS ads about needing them for school
There's nothing more fun and more effective than hitting something repeatedly with a sledgehammer
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Offer to buy them from him for $1.50 - $2.00 a pound.
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That sounds like the plan to me...
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Good idea lol!
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Just be careful and not pay him that on the colored boards, let him take then to the scrap yard.
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you mean the blue and red ones right?
btw lol I pay 2.00 per lb for colored boards
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Want me to add fuel to the fire? I thought ya might.
I picked up a laptop on a clean-out, it looked as if it had had it.. I looked on CL thinking someone may want it anyway- and maybe they could repair it. I don't have the ad as it stood but it went something like this:
"Looking for a Laptop.. I'm an older gentleman and just need something that works or may need some work.. Just looking for something simple and I can't afford very much to spend blah blah blah"
I call him and tell him what I have.. he tells me he will be in my area on such and such a day. The Older Gentleman.. Pulls up in a BMW and dressed to the hilt! I knew I had been had.. But as I am a man of my word- I gave him the **** laptop for free as I promised. He knew I knew the jig was up and he offered me $ for it- I took the high road and said "Nope.. that's fine.. I offered it to you for free thinking you were in need.. but It appears you are fixing and flipping.. so go ahead and take it.. and oh.. have a nice day!"
I'm so into scrapping.. When my Steel Toe Boots Wear out, I cut the Steel out of them and recycle the Toe!
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HAHAHA What a piece of s__t
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This kid might be one of us. By the way he is describing buyers on here.
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People will lie, cheat and steal. We have to live with it. Obsessing over it will just cause undue stress.
Yes it can get to me as well, but I try not to let it happen.
"64K should be enough for anybody." - Bill Gates 1981
http://www.treasurecoastelectronicrecycling.com/
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