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memory runs $13 a pound here in the buyer section...cpus can run $5-100/pound depending on what type....finger boards are $3 something a pound...so yep spend the time on here to know before getting RIPPED off again locally...

Sounds like 3.50 to 4$ per pound for a mixed batch or I should of walked

Why settle for a 'mixed batch' price? If I would do that at one of my local e-scrap yards I would expect to be paid what the lowest scrap in my mix is. In your scenario that would have likely been a P4 motherboard. I haven't checked local prices recently, but seeing that P4 mobo's are bringing $1.90 a pound currently in the buyers section, $1.50 a pound local was a reasonable price (in my opinion.)

But why settle for a 'mixed batch'? Sort that stuff yourself and get your money out of it. I think in the past you have mentioned an unwillingness to ship, but that doesn't mean you can't research those places prices and try to find someone close to those prices local. If you can't it doesn't take much space to save memory and cpu's until you do find someone to pay decent.

How can you have 1,400+ posts on here and not realize what prices you should have gotten? Not trying to be mean, just shocked is all. Hope you look through the buyer section so you don't get ripped off again. I printed out ewaste's price sheet and keep it by my work bench.

everytime I see posts like this it does 3 things. 1. makes me cry a bit inside because in this information age with every questions at your finger tips waiting to be answered, people still don't access it.
2. makes me jittery not being able to expand fast enough to keep up with demand and 3. which is part of 2 being able to be large enough to help all these souls who want to make me even more money the room I need to buy these mixed items as people call it for $4lb cause the only thing I mix as scrap is paper plastic glass and trash lol

not a single ewaste price that he quoted you is even CLOSE even after shipping costs...buyers here beat it hands down...I know it takes one of those experiences to realize how badly someone "gave" it to you...but it only takes once....The buyers forum will save you and MAKE you A TON of money for many items....really heavy stuff like power supplies...well whatever the yard gives you OR at least if they are hitting you with shred pricing, clip the wires off and then sell...cd drives, take the board out..hard drives...break them down and ship the boards out for $9-10/lb. I am ASSUMING you don't have anywhere remotely close that you can take ewaste...if you do, save what makes sense and make a trip like I do about once a month (for all my low grade boards, cd drives w/o boards, li-ion batt and LCD screens). Takes about 40 min to get there, but even counting my time at $50/hr, I make more then if I throw that in shred since my local yards don't buy or do ANY ewaste.

And depending on the space you have and competition, YOU could start buying...start small with higher end stuff....arbitrage it out...ie buy for $1 and sell for $2.50....make $1 even after shipping. 100% profit after 3-4 days DOESN'T suck...even if you start with $100. Doubling that every week would allow you to get more and more after a bit and ship larger quantities (which will lower the cost of shipping too). Just a thought.

Originally Posted by webuyselltradestuff

.I know it takes one of those experiences to realize how badly someone "gave" it to you...but it only takes once...

A victory actually did occur , AND the fact that I actually sold some - compared to just hording and hording is a sign that finally I will sell .
Next I assume if I can sell with the same WOW gratification that I get with Copper and Brass ( even AL and SS these days @ .60 )
I may finally realize that finding a way to get computers is better then just happen chance finding and hording
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