The most you would pay for whole towers?

keep you eye on current buyers pricing. as I predicted last year, more and more people are getting into the "GOLD RUSH" The natural supply and demand is taking over. more comp scrappers, more supply lower scrap price in the second tier buyers market . and higher prices in the first tier buyers market as competition continues to grow.

I am getting $1 to $1.50 less a lb then I was a year ago. some of the most common processors have gone to the basement.. Unless we have a big jump in Gold prices I expect this doward trend to continue. my .02

Originally Posted by Flinthills

There's at least one thread in this forum that breaks down the time spent and the resulting dollars. I believe that the general consensus is you can get between $8 and $13 out of a typical tower. Best course of action would be to search for the above mentioned thread.

http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/elect...breakdown.html

http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/elect...ers-pound.html

I dunno about that olddude. Because this is the new hot gold rush item there are many new ways to sell these items at our old prices or better. only thing i miss about last year is selling boards for 4.25 a lb. Also doing refurbishment and resale helps alot more then scrapping units. The way the up and coming escrapper is gonna get ahead of this game is if they can fix and build computers. That means being able to test in house every part you come across. I get a good mix between scrap units and resellers so things are smoothing out. Also i still dont see a decline in material. If you eat, sleep, and breath ewaste it will come.

What I would do is get an average weight of all the components and average out the price that you could make per tower. From this number, subtract labor, tool, and gas costs and this your potential profit if you get the computer for free. From this, what is the lowest amount of profit you are willing to make on a tower. Find the difference between the two numbers and this is the amount of money you have left to pay for computers. The more you want to make, the less money you have to be able to pay for them. I hope this helps and makes sense.

Originally Posted by Dunemaul

I dunno about that olddude. Because this is the new hot gold rush item there are many new ways to sell these items at our old prices or better. only thing i miss about last year is selling boards for 4.25 a lb. Also doing refurbishment and resale helps alot more then scrapping units. The way the up and coming escrapper is gonna get ahead of this game is if they can fix and build computers. That means being able to test in house every part you come across. I get a good mix between scrap units and resellers so things are smoothing out. Also i still dont see a decline in material. If you eat, sleep, and breath ewaste it will come.

my post was directed at the e scrapper. I'm not a computer builder, I'm a scrapper and at 70 I have no interest in becoming a computer builder for those who can more power to you. I fully realize they have a leg up on me but, most my age have the same problem with cyber tech. I'm having a hard enough time trying to figure out E bay.

Originally Posted by NWOdrudge

i've read some pay as much as $5/tower. if you don't have a local buyer then your gonna eat up some of the profit in shipping. i wouldn't pay $5/tower if you have to ship it.
i just cashed in about 10 towers and a server and didn't make much. if it wasn't for the server i wouldn't have made anything. personally i'd rather have a truck load of shred than pay for towers.

Give me a load of complete towers I paid $5 for over shred anytime.......Sorry man your missing the boat

^Completely agree. Shred is more of a frustration to me because of the payout to space taken up ratio. I can load up a full 4X8 trailer full of shred (about 1000 pounds for me) and only make $70 at my yards pricing last week. Meanwhile, I can stack completed computers and get a full load on the same trailer, and make $100's of dollars for a few hours work after I pay for them. I would take paying for the computers in a heartbeat.

NWO, you and I were typing at the same time. I was replying to Mikeinreco. Anyway, I understand your reasoning and I fully respect what you scrap.

How are they getting their towers? Are these what's leftover after they've dug through for everything of value, or is there potential for valuable equipment, over scrap pricing? Even without this information, I would say it's worth a trial run. With the forum buyers paying the prices they do, your worst case scenario is looking pretty good.

Originally Posted by Gravitar

NWO, you and I were typing at the same time. I was replying to Mikeinreco. Anyway, I understand your reasoning and I fully respect what you scrap.

i'm sure even at 27 cents per pound he may make a decent profit if towers/servers aren't missing much. to me, it is a lot of work for little reward. perhaps if you can test and resell some of it then you will make out much better.

Originally Posted by Gravitar

^Completely agree. Shred is more of a frustration to me because of the payout to space taken up ratio. I can load up a full 4X8 trailer full of shred (about 1000 pounds for me) and only make $70 at my yards pricing last week.

your yard don't pay much for shred. getting $205/ton here.