Stumbled into a deal and a half!!

< with envy. Pics would be nice, just to plunge the knife in deeper, lol. WTG, nice source of goodies.

He showed me a laptop tore apart with the motherboard exposed. he said even this?? I said if you see green, I see green! lol (green/gold/silver, my new favorite colors)

Originally Posted by jiffy117

He showed me a laptop tore apart with the motherboard exposed. he said even this?? I said if you see green, I see green! lol (green/gold/silver, my new favorite colors)

And he is an IT guy and doesn't know the parts of the computer he is supposed to be working on??

Congrats on the haul.

Snatch it in a jiffy . Pun intended. Great work and good eye !

Thanks guys. I ran into him right after work at the gas station, he says oh yeah, we are changing out two server racks soon. I about peed myself lol. Feeling blessed on this haul for sure. Don't give up and keep an eye and ear open for opportunity, you just never know...

I always come across free computer stuff. Business are just looking for someone to take stuff out of their offices. Congrats, nice haul.

Don't you just love it when people throw stuff away. Especially at work. I spent my lunch hour today digging about 100 digital phones out of the dumpster where I work. The best part was 150 pounds of high grade telecom boards I found under the phones.
Stay in touch with your IT guy. They are a great source for scrap.

never know where the next load might be

I live in a 3 bed 1 bath ranch on a slab with attached 1 stall garage. Its me, my wife and son here. As you can imagine I have stuffed the garage and spare bedroom, and put up a 10x20 tent/garage that has empty towers and laser printers stacked up. I NEED MORE SPACE!!!!! lol

lord jiffy nice to win a small lottery sometimes lol. oh and I know about space just same 3bdroom 24x24 carport and im trying talk wife into 30x40 shop on 4in slab. and I do this part time

Agreed. $$ will keep your name on the tip of his tongue if he hears of other people needing e-scrap disposed of for free!

Finally got around to listing two barely used Motorola hand scanners for my IT guy. Deal was any amount above $750 was mine. Well they sold in less than 24 hours for $1,140. So after double dose of fees (ebay and paypal) I managed to make a quick $250. Not a bad payday for about 20 minutes worth of work... Think I owe him a 12 pack for sure on this one!

as the saying goes, no good deed goes unpunished, or, if its too good to be true it is... just talked to IT guy and the head financial guys is very upset over this deal. he said I charged way too much (20% commission.. really... seamed fair) and better yet he said I should have just done it for free! At least I covered myself by disclosing all financials about the deal. I was not about to sneak around just to make an extra $100... I didn't want to compromise my copper deal and use of shipping area over so little. So now the IT guy and him are going to discuss it and come up with a new amount that I can keep. Gee thanks... Remember to look both ways, cuz there's a lot of busses with your name on them!

Had 3 complete decent laptops. Listed em online... Sold that day $45. Figured that was pretty good. Am I wrong?? Another time I sold 3 laptops at the ewaste yard and got $2/#. How does this compare for you guys?

hmm... I've been hi-jacked

I think he just wants to know if he did well compared to you Jiffy.

A thread Hijacking goes like this..

Anyone got the score for the last baseball game? An who wants to give me some ideas on what to cook on the grill. BC lives on a wannabe island, He's got sandbar envy.



Just an example..back to your thread.

Sirscrapalot - Glad I could help out.