Big day tomorrow. Going to have at least three huge loads, #tonsoffun - Page 2

EBay consignment shops are gone where I live there is one and they don't know the first thing about selling bearings I just spoke with them.

I don't know what I don't know yet! The more I read, the more I learn. Case in point, I made a post asking about a tivo dvr series 2 cos I was at a shop and right now having 2 kids and a third due in the next month and a half I can't lose 8.00 yes only 8.00, but I came across 2 gaylord full of laptops weighing around 1900 lbs but the all have broken screens, no hard drives, and more than half are missing memory and the person selling them wanted $1.00 a pound...... from learning how to research I told them it was only worth about 200 dollars because I would only get 50 cents on the pound

Originally Posted by Crzyhair28

I told them it was only worth about 200 dollars because I would only get 50 cents on the pound

@ .50 / lb x 1900 lbs = $950.00 not $200.00

Plus i know of someone who pays .80 for incomplete laptops

"I apologize for that outburst" - Chris Whitcroft

Originally Posted by mikeinreco

yes but for me I have to factor in shipping cost against that .80/lb.........Most people always want more than a laptop is worth..........Anymore unless its a 64bit dual core machine that works perfect it gets gutted for parts then scrapped

True about the shipping Mike, Im a numbers person and when i saw that i was like, ummmm somethings not right here. .50 x 1900 is way more than 200. Also seeing that he is within driving distance of one of our buyers, I would just drive it on in instead of shipping.

$200 is what it was worth to me, I know what $0.50 times 1990 pounds is but I have to put in the time to move it all myself so I have to move each individual laptop from there Gaylord's into a gaylord or two Gaylords that I get and that I have to get it home if I want to make more than $950 so I can put the time in and at least pull the boards and the CPUs but if I want to make just $950 I can drive it straight to the local e scrap buyer. These people are not willing to dryvit 25 miles and sell these items themselves, I even went as far as offering to put in the work and piecing these things out and coming up with some type of profit share but they told me they had higher bidder then me yet later that day they called me saying they received an email from me which it was actually a text and I just played it off as if they hadn't spoke with me and at that time they told me they only had one bid for $200 so I think if I hold out until the 1st of June they actually may let me get both Gaylord's that are completely full to the brim.

I should have worded that differently as I told them it was only worth $200 to me I did not include the price I get paid per in complete unit it was just what I knew.

1990 lbs x .$70 (local buyer within driving distance)=$1,393. Paying $200. $1,193 profit. Someone check my math..... I would sign up for that any day. $1,193 profit for a day or two of work sounds like a easy transaction to me. I will buy scrap laptops all day, everyday for $.10 a pound.

It would take a lot of time to rip those guys apart !
0.7 pounds per clean board average = $1.27 each board after shipping costs ...