Starting up my E-Waste business - recent load, plans, business cards - pics included

* This is a "chinese motherboard" but not a "brown" board.



* On the copper/alum heat sink if I can't sell them then I clip the copper ends then sell it as mixed, like a radiator.
* On the slot processor, I think the lil black things on each side of the fan are barbed on the other end and might go all the way thru the board (try prying with a screwdriver).
* On the Mylar (2)sheets, there is a blank plastic sheet in the middle, just hang them up on a pegboard hook till you have a big handfull to sell (maybe on Ebay).
* Personally I pull the boards off CD/DVD's and sell the floppy's whole to my buyer.
* If I had it to do over again, I would not take tv's at least without charging.
* The gentleman from KY (Joebob) just had a posting about "hammering down" his computer ends with his home made hammer so he can sell them or refine them. I save mine and sell them by the bucketful. Some guys think their making more by breaking the ends down and removing the plastic.
* Hope I covered most of it, the 3 "things" I can't tell for sure what they are for the glare.

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

* This is a "chinese motherboard" but not a "brown" board.
* On the Mylar sheets, there is a blank plastic sheet in the middle, just hang them up on a pegboard hook till you have a big handfull to sell (maybe on Ebay).
* If I had it to do over again, I would not take tv's at least without charging.

Thanks for all of the extremely valuable information and experience/knowlege that you've given, Mechanic. I have seen a ton of posts where you just put links, and that's what I was expecting if you responded! Call me surprised and appreciative. My mobo is exactly what yours looks like, so I guess it's a chinese one and not a brown one. Just to clarify, when you say hang up on a pegboard, did you mean hang up the plastic sheetin the middle (just the plastic) or the silver coated one? The wording was funny so I just wanted to make sure I understood. I think I'm making a good decision not doing TVs - however, can you elaborate on your "If I had it to do over again, I would not take tv's at least without charging." comment?

Originally Posted by olddude

ok you can dissagree. I just gave an opinion. I am in the ewaste business. and my projection is 5 years. and you need to go big. I do wish you well. don't get me wrong. my first year was dealing with computer shops churches and individuals. I did not break even when fuel and time are a consideration. due to the economy the shops have dropped to half, many have gone out of business. ewaste buyers are paying 70 % of what they did last year and I expect for this trend to continue. if you hasve the resorces to go big there is a lot of money there over the next 5 years, but think in terms of warehouses and semis not storage lockers and pickup trucks. understand I am giving you a years worth of hard earned ecperience here, good luck in what ever you choose to do.

P.S. the silver in key boards is the silver greay stripes on the mylar (sometimes black) it is easy to process. there is about .10 worth in each keyboard.

Thank you very much. Since I work 9-5 with decent income, this is strictly a side business/part time job for me. If a year to five years is the only true projection for this business, even if that's true, that's still a lot better than sitting home doing nothing! Or, I can put myself in the position to do your standard scrap by that point.