Nice free CL e-loot haul plus yard sale leftovers!

We made a GREAT contact last weekend through a post in Craigslist's "Free" section! A guy was giving away a small collection of random electronics, nothing too exciting some old pagers, camcorder, a scanner but we went and got it. We met the guy in the parking lot of his job which turned out to be one of the many local tech businesses. As we do with basically everyone, we told him to call us if he ever had anything else to get rid of. And the very next day he called us up to give us two big boxes of stuff!

Highlights:

We got 15 motherboards, 10 of them have nice heatsinks on them
9 fans with heatsinks
TONS of cords and cables
Some neat components (wireless mouse, keyboard, circuit checkers)
Nice Hayes SmartModem 2400
*random* a 4 ton hydraulic jack??
*random* brand new at home CPR training program. It has a dummy and everything!

So then yesterday I checked out some free yard sale leftovers and got this stuff:

4 stock Chrysler speakers
The body of a 1/10 scale RC monster truck with lots of cool parts including 2 big electric motors!
cordless phone handset
probably 8-10 remote controls, many of them still had batteries inside
2 old car radios, one is beat up and rusty but it's heavy so will pad my shred pile, the other appears useable
2 ECM car computers

All in all some pretty neat stuff

~Anna
Associate Executive Director of Acquisition
YouThinkItScrap

Nice score!

Might want to look into more then scrap value on the cpr dummy. I recall hearing those things are pricey, an if it's like new you might find some takers.

Good luck an let us know if you do manage to sell it for more then scrap!

Sirscrapalot - Night!

Originally Posted by Sirscrapalot

Nice score!

Might want to look into more then scrap value on the cpr dummy. I recall hearing those things are pricey, an if it's like new you might find some takers.

Good luck an let us know if you do manage to sell it for more then scrap!

Sirscrapalot - Night!

I'm already on it! I head our Better Than Scrap division and did a lot of yard sale-eBay-ing before we started scrapping. We (my boyfriend and I) have a rule for handling incoming items:
"Never unpackage, discard, dismantle, or intentionally damage any item unless it has been verified to have no value other than scrap."

You only have to take apart a working 486 computer once (just to see what was in there) to keep this rule in mind!

I can't post pics yet but the CPR training program is just a small at home version with a very creepy rubber dummy that is just the head to mid chest area. But it is a complete package, never used, so I'm sure someone will want it.

~Anna, Head Monster Truck Dismantler
YouThinkItScrap

check your remotes...you would be surprised how many sell on Ebay as well...

May be interested in the rc monster truck! Any pics?

I was watching some of the guys up the streets racing some rc cars the other day...man have those things come miles since I was a kid!

Nice haul again, good look on the resales!

Sirscrapalot - Eating rice cakes is like chewing on a foam coffee cup, only less filling. Dave Barry

Originally Posted by donttrashmscrapm

May be interested in the rc monster truck! Any pics?

I don't have enough posts to add pics yet but it is a Kyosho Double Dare from the late 80s. Sadly parts had already been taken off of it so I'm parting it out. Most of the stuff should work for similar 1/10 scale RC models of the day. I have both motors, speed control, all four wheels, and chassis. I think all that's missing is the battery pack, engine, and body but I'm not entirely sure.

Originally Posted by AnnaScrap

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Associate Executive Director of Acquisition
YouThinkItScrap

Well, that made me chuckle.

By the way, if that is an old camcorder, tear it down fully. Found a nice gold chip in a recent one, hidden until the last few parts were dismantled.

Thanks for sharing the Erewen...a buddy of mine has been bugging me to come scrap his vhs camcorder! lol..if I get luck with it I'll post up the results!

You have a beverage waiting in my cooler.

Sirscrapalot - Told you I learned something new every day

Nice! Who knew such goodies could be found in that clunky old technology!