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    Todays Pickup

    Today I went to my trash company to pay my bill and have them schedule a pickup to dump my dumpster. While I was there I checked in out back to see what they left me in my cubbyhole. This is one of my companies I buy scrap from. Holeycrap, I picked up 5 towers, 24 dish receivers, 30 cable company amps?,2 laptops, and a tote full of motherboards/cards/ram. 10 lb of misc. circuit boards and a big server I had to break down as I ran out of room in my Taurus. Who says you need a truck, you make do with what you have to work with.






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    looks familiar to my car right now, im stacked to the roof with mobos. pay day tomorrow :3
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dunemaul View Post
    looks familiar to my car right now, im stacked to the roof with mobos. pay day tomorrow :3
    Mine will probably be next week if everything else goes right. Might take the steel cases from this load back to the yard to keep it cleaned up.

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    Going to need new shocks! Looks like my trusty cavalier some days!

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    Nice Mech!
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    Good deal !

    You had plenty of room for more in there! You can still see out the back window.

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    Good score! Do you have to pay for them?

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    nice score mechanic, ive said it somewhere on here before, i hope the next taurus i scrap is full of computers so far it hasnt happened

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    Quote Originally Posted by freonjoe View Post
    Good score! Do you have to pay for them?
    Yes I do, this load cost me $45. They make a little off of it and it help them stay compliant with the "no electronics in the landfill" thing with the state.

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    Good Deal! No law like that here in Ohio...Yet!
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    Awesome deal for you @ $45! Mutually beneficial business relationships are always the best.

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    Nice one!

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    The best part is its a repeat business. Great job Mech. Mike.
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    Now go beat the copper out of something, Miked

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    I just wanted to share with you all my latest buy from a regular customer. 26 motherboards, tote of cards, wire, box of HD's, box of cd/floppy drives, ram and cpu's and heatsinks. $165. for this load. Nice car load.







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    Looks good Mike...Thanks for the pics.


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