Board Grade (missing components)

[jimicrk]

I have tried using the forum search but have not had much success and I'm trying to avoid asking my buyer more questions...but here are more.




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You said you're trying to avoid asking your buyer more questions but that's exactly what you need to be doing. I'm currently processing some telecom boards and the first thing I do is take pictures and send them to my buyer. I sent a few to him recently and he told me the boards were worth about 1 dollar a pound but if I removed the big transformers and capacitors then I could get 1.50 to 1.75 per pound. I could post a hundred pics here seeking advice but in the end it all boils down to what does your buyer have to say. I only depopulate to increase the value of a board. I'm not a pin puller or a chip picker. Not to insult any who may be. I just don't have time to worry about an IC chip that's on a brown board.