Board grading

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Brass: I can only speak from my perspective as a buyer who is open to sharing just about all the info I have to my customers and others. Many on here don't like how I say things at times or my philosophy on how I do business or how I will jump in on a thread where I personally don't like the info that's being given but I will answer any question someone might have if I feel I have info that can help and not hinder. When it comes to higher end refining I will always say to ask the bigger buyers or guys who refine on here. Now back to the question at hand.
P4 board with fingers.. My customers know my feelings about cutting fingers off of any type of finger card or memory (Its don't)..Here's the exception. The p4 board with fingers to me is still a small socket green. Even though there are longer fingers on it than a traditional finger card the size of the board to finger ratio isn't even remotely close to adding any measurable value to the buyer. Therefore if you must cut fingers off of any board that would be the board to do it to....Color isn't an issue for finger boards because they are a completely separate item than Motherboards. Proportion of finger to board size and the chips make it a separate better item....Too many people overthink the whole color issue. Once again as Stillwater said "its not color its socket size." As technology gets better we don't need as much material to get the speeds we are getting. If you owned a large sized E scrap operation you would be paying out probably 30-40% more in labor time if your sorters had to look for such detail. I am just thankful that the difference between large and small socket is not even questionable. If your like many on here who resell processors and boards you cant have it both ways. You are getting a huge markup on your dual core and better boards so you must accept the fact that because of the technology that allows them to have such a good value for that you will be getting less for it as scrap. to me its very logical. Be happy that the boards and processors you cant resell because of their age have a higher scrap value. Those that don't concentrate on trying to squeeze every cent out of every item will succeed in this business. So there are always exceptions but to sum this all up... The way to package your motherboards are 1.Large socket any color 2. P4 boards 3.Small socket boards Package 2. 1 Large Socket 2. P4 and small socket Package 3.. Mixed large socket and P4 2. Small socket Package 1. Finger cards Package 2. Finger cards without brackets... Hope this helps someone lol

Thanks Urban i appreciate the input. Now a question for you....would you pay fingerboard price for a p4 board with gold finger attached? The boards that have fingers are three times longer that a finger on a fingercard but buyers will not pay fingerboard price for them. And if color is an issue the are green fingercards worth more than colored ones?

Also I have a 386 mobo that is stamped made in hong kong, should that be pAid out as a foreign boarf as well?