Todays pick up from a CL ad. My best score as of yet.

So this guy calls me on one of my free recycle computers adds I put on Craigslist. I get to his house and it turns out he use to own a computer shop. So for free I get a bunch of brand new still in box mice, keyboards, fans, video cards, sounds cards, and the like. As luck would have it he fills my car with 5 towers , 2 UPS, 2 laser printers, and other odds and ends. Sitting on the shelf I notice some CPU's. So I ask him if he wants me to take them too. He says oh no now that im retired im going to pull off all those gold pins and sell them. I said well in that case ill buy them from you by the pound. So he goes into the kitchen and pulls out a scale for me to weigh the stuff and this is what I got for $350 bucks.


2.7oz of black fiber chips = $4.90
14.8oz pentium double gold caps = $90.65
5.8oz cyrix gold caps = $19.94
3.3oz amd 586 gold caps = $11.34
9.1oz amd 486 chips = $71.66
3.9oz k6 aluminum tops = $7.31
2oz foriegn gold tops = $11.62
2.1oz i387 gold tops (assuming that these are paid same rateof 386/486 since they are coprocessor of the 386 boards) = $16.53
32.2oz pentium ceramic = $80.50
9oz intel 386 = $70.87
44.7oz intel 486 = $352.01
3.8oz cryix ceramic = $9.50
8oz of ram = $7.25

Grand Total using boardsort.com since they the only ones I can find on the web that actualy break down there cpu pricing.
$754.08

Not bad for what started out to be just picking up a few computers and parts from a free CL ad. I havnt even figured in the free stuff I got from him yet but this has to be my best score yet. But now I have $350 bucks less for the auction this weekend. Now i have to get the rest of my stash together and get all my cpus sold to one of the buyers here.

Great stuff!

How did you guys come to a number for $/lb? Much negotiating? Obviously he knew what he had was at least of some value, I guess cash in hand can be a powerful motivator for many.

Please consider giving some of our member buyers a shot at buying your new hoard. Great job buying, Mike.

Wish I could KZ. Been home sick all week and havnt had time to do anything. I have to work tomorrow and wont have time to get to scrap yard before then. Oh well there is always overdraft if I need it. Now to total up all my cpu's and ram from the shed and this buy and get a feeler out to the buyers on here to get the best deal.

Originally Posted by tackleberry

Great stuff!

How did you guys come to a number for $/lb? Much negotiating? Obviously he knew what he had was at least of some value, I guess cash in hand can be a powerful motivator for many.

I keep my pricelist with me at all times in the car. So i showed him what I paid for each type and he was like that looks good to me. Deal done.

Originally Posted by PartTimeScrapper

I keep my pricelist with me at all times in the car. So i showed him what I paid for each type and he was like that looks good to me. Deal done.

Ahh, very nice. It pays to be prepared.

Originally Posted by tackleberry

Ahh, very nice. It pays to be prepared.

It did today to the tune of $400 for a 30 min drive to other side of town

The guy was a 60 year old retired vietnam vet. My fellow vet was cleaning out his garage. While I was there I helped him load his truck for a trip to the dump. Not everyong in this world is out to screw with ya. For the ones that are thats why you can open carry in colorado.

Originally Posted by PartTimeScrapper

The guy was a 60 year old retired vietnam vet. My fellow vet was cleaning out his garage. While I was there I helped him load his truck for a trip to the dump. Not everyong in this world is out to screw with ya. For the ones that are thats why you can open carry in colorado.

Yep! I still believe this. Even though I have run accross many that will, there are many more that are good natured folk. I will believe this to my grave.

Great haul!

LOL he was going to just cut off the pins till i told him I would buy them whole. And explaned to him there were more gold inside and not just in the pins. So I schooled him a little and made him happy with my offer and made some good bank for myself. Just a normal business transaction of buy low and sell high. Now just waiting to get quotes from all the escrap buyers here for my haul.

He retired. I for one plan to do the same one day. I dont plan to work till the day I die. So I wouldnt say to bad he is done working I cant wait till im done working.

Very,very impressive, I need to learn much more about this. I have 2 clients that have a garage load for the taking. I had no idea that it was so lucrative. Part-time how about a trip to Florence and I will trade you product for an education on e-scrap??

I can do that. How soon you want to get together? Looks like florence is only a 2 hour drive for me.