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  1. 10-15-2012, 05:32 PM #1
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    WooHoo! won my first e-scrap auction!

    Went to my first sealed bid auction up in Washington state and got 40 towers for 125.00. Got to preview the lots last saturday and all were complete and most of them still had their HD's. They were a mix of HP's,Gateways and others. They all had the pentium inside stickers. Did miss out on the 4 totes of assorted cables and wires. Will find out the winning bid on the wire tomorrow to see if I can compete on that next auction.





    Found out that the totes of wire went for 1100.00. My guess is it went for almost a buck a pound. Think I'll stick to computers for now. It's nice that this auction happens every 3 weeks. I noticed that all the towers had their windows registration numbers on them. Most of them were windows 2000 professional.
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  4. 10-15-2012, 05:48 PM #2
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    Cograts You will do well on that
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  6. 10-15-2012, 07:25 PM #3
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    Nice work Joe...Congrats
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  8. 10-15-2012, 08:28 PM #4
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    nice buy, will be ceramics and maybe some gold tops in that lot

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  10. 10-15-2012, 09:14 PM #5
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    Good job. Congrats.

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  12. 10-15-2012, 11:05 PM #6
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    Very nice load no matter what processors are in it.
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  14. 10-16-2012, 02:40 PM #7
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    Just found out that this was the smallest lot that they have had this year. Definitely going to be back, going to sharpen my pencil and try for some of the lots of wire too.
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    What is this an auction house that collects towers to auction off?
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    awesome buy!
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    Kochy, these auctions are held by public organizations. Found this card in the second tower I opened up. Is this something to keep or let go as a finger card?

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    Looks like they have some value.
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    trying to break into doing the same tihng. any leads can you PM me?
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    old post but what the heck lol.How much do towers bring once broken down and how do you sell the stuff?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Focker View Post
    old post but what the heck lol.How much do towers bring once broken down and how do you sell the stuff?
    Really Focker? Been around that long and asking that? LOL. Is this your first step into the electronics section? Or are you just being funny?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Focker View Post
    old post but what the heck lol.How much do towers bring once broken down and how do you sell the stuff?
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    Really Focker? Been around that long and asking that? LOL. Is this your first step into the electronics section? Or are you just being funny?
    Yes i am a car and automotive buyer of stuff lol.Never look into electronic stuff sorry lol.
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    that thread was closed.Is prices atill around the same.Also who on here buys the stuff?
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