Large Quantity Ram seller

I have a guy who just walked into my shop with 210 lbs of ram.. It's all assorted. He is telling me he can get me this much ram once a week. I find it hard to believe but I am not going to argue with him.. He wants a "good" number. I am pretty sure he was selling it to a scrap yard up the block for like $4.00 per lb. He came at me with some big numbers like $12-$13 per pound. Anyone else think this is an easy 20% flip?

Originally Posted by Dunemaul

Do it, nothing easyer then throwing the ram into a box and shipping it off same day you get it. With that much weight it makes up for the margin your giving up. Plus if hes getting this much RAM where are the rest of the parts going?

yeah it's a good question for sure. I tried to poke him a bit for more info. He was as shady as they come and I am in the process of obtaining R2 certs so I don't want to get too crazy. Tho, if I can keep him around 12.50-13 I can throw the other 100 lbs of ram I have been waiting to ship out.

I guess it's a gift horse in the mouth situation.

If you think he is willing to negotiate and he started off with $12-$13 I would hit him back with $8/lb if your fairly sure he is only getting $4 a pound now. THe key is do you think he is willing to negotiate or just walk out if you offer him $8/lb.

Originally Posted by Dunemaul

Do it, nothing easyer then throwing the ram into a box and shipping it off same day you get it. With that much weight it makes up for the margin your giving up. Plus if hes getting this much RAM where are the rest of the parts going?

300 lbs of ram is ALOT of computers
you would need tens of thousands of computers
ok maybe not that much but its up there

Originally Posted by SuperDave

300 lbs of ram is ALOT of computers
you would need tens of thousands of computers
ok maybe not that much but its up there

I tend to get some relatively complete servers/towers... I recently did a load of about 10,000 lbs of towers/servers and got about 25 lbs of ram out of it. So.. that load probably consisted of 75% towers so figure 350-375 towers and about 60 servers. The servers were chock full of memory. So to get 8 times that amount you are processing at least 80k lbs of towers/servers... Based on my very very rough estimates.. me thinks he is buying it from a bunch of people for very little and trying to make some quick money..

Originally Posted by technologyrecycling

I have a guy who just walked into my shop with 210 lbs of ram.. It's all assorted. He is telling me he can get me this much ram once a week.

Whatever you do, don't lose this deal. He does have the ram, you saw it, BUY IT at any price you can make $ on.
I call BS on seeing him on a weekly basis but who knows its a crazy world.

Originally Posted by SuperDave

300 lbs of ram is ALOT of computers
you would need tens of thousands of computers
ok maybe not that much but its up there

Ya, I'm REAL curious as to where he's getting all this RAM too. Where are all the other parts like Dunemaul wondered too? lb

Because you said he was kinda shady, if you do go for the deal, $8 like Craasher said is plenty. He'll take it. He was trying to bluff you. lb

Didn't someone get a crapload of RAM stolen a while back? I am pretty sure it was also in New York...

offer him 10-11 per lb. but stress the point im paying cash.

Did you see all 200+ POUNDS? Did he roll it in on a cart? Make sure you have someone close by when you do this deal! He could take your cash and his memory and run! People would do this for an easy $2500.00