Needing some advice folks regarding audio equip..

Howdy folks,

Don't usually ask these kind of things, but eh..what the hell. An no it's not a.."is it worth it to.."..lol. I know how much you all love those types of questions!

Anyhow, on to the issue. I've been building my network up down here on my sandbar, and my laptop guy called me a little bit ago, with a lead to a buddy of his who runs an home audio/tv company. Said dude has a bunch of non-working receivers, and a bunch of other stuff.

My question is..what would you pay for the receivers? We're talking 20-30 of them. I've only dealt with 2 or 3 in the past. There is a possibility they'd be free, but from what my guy said, dude would like something for them. I know on a past one I did I pulled a couple gold plated items, and a few other goodies out. Not to mention the decent weight for the shred as those suckers can be heavy. I don't want to low ball the guy, as this could turn into a regular contact for everything from receivers to other home audio equipment.

So my friends..I would like to hear your suggestions on what would be a decent price, I'm going to talk to the guy later today or tomorrow, and find out more info on the brands, etc. I would just like to have an idea on what would be a decent offer for something like this. I know what to pay for computers, tvs(if I did), and other electronics, but no clue on this stuff.

Thank you for your suggestions ahead of time, and I apologize for any errors in this post, as I'm working on hardly any sleep today.

Sirscrapalot - Random insomnia sucks.

On that type of equipment, the price per pound that I pay is what I can get for steel.

satellite receivers ?

Home audio bear. Like stero stuff, plug everything into.

I suppose I could have explained that better. I blame lack of sleep.

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Sirscrapalot - Confusing Bear is a fun past time. :P

I'd give him shred price on an unseen load.

Most receivers that I've played with have a decent little load of various copper-bearing things in them, boards of various grades, and often some type of large heatsink (usually aluminum). If it's a nicer unit, it may be a midgrade board or better, and if it's got any type of video processing ability and USB and HDMI ports, you may see some gold in there.

In my opinion, they are definitely worth the trouble to strip, BUT a low-end unit will probably not be worth much more than a vcr/dvd player. If he's giving you nothing but high-end stuff, you may be able to bump up a few cents a pound from shred price.

Some of the really nicer ones that I've stripped have had the same type of innards you would see in a fairly high-end power supply.

Thanks guys, I think I'ma go with the offer by the pound, based off my scrap price, with a lil extra like JG suggested. I defiantly want to make this one pan out, as a constant source of such things would make me happy.

I'm going to get with the fella tomorrow and hammer things out and see what we can do. Will do a update after I talk with him.

Once again, thanks and as always the advice is appreciated.

Sirscrapalot - Crossing fingers, toes, and dog paws.

"I'm going to get with the fella tomorrow and hammer things out and see what we can do. Will do a update after I talk with him."

Bring the cooler!

LOL..Now that's a given.

Sirscrapalot - The Traveling cooler is a lot like his wallet, never leaves home without it.

I agree with Scrap Man. Good luck and let us know how things work out for ya.

Alright...UPDATE TIME So..Went to meet up with the owner of the home stereo audio company today. Taking Hobo's advice, I brought the cooler, fully stocked with various beverages, as I still wasn't sure the time we were getting together. Turned out to be an hour ago..lol. Won points by having some Sunkist up in the cooler, along with a new Beck's Sapphire. The 1 soda and beer bought me...

2 Home Audio Theater Receivers - 1 Panasonic and 1 something else I forget but a good name. Both heavy as hell, gold plated audio connectors on the outside, and fans no less.

15 High end Home Theater DVD Players - Sony, Panasonic, other big names. All with cords. Non-working he said. Figured I'd check see if there is a parts market for these things, if not..then scrapped they get.

7 TV's. CRT but only one doesn't work, I've already got 2 sold to a couple folks I knew looking for a couple for one of their rental homes down here. (1 for $15 and the other $10) And a call into another who I know was looking for a couple tv's for a rental house. So more then likely 2 more sold of the 7. I'll give another to a buddy for free as he just moved and has nothing. That just leaves 2 to either break down or try and sell on CL since we're getting closer to vacation season.

He wants me to give him a call next week, to come out and pick up some more receivers. Seems he has a guy who comes out an buys some from him every couple months and fixes them for resale. I'll be getting what this guy doesn't, along with all the other stuff he doesn't take. (DVD Players, other audio equip, tvs, etc). It's all free as of right now, but i plan to come back with a 12 pack of the beer, and some cash + lunch down the road to keep these guys happy. Decent warehouse full of stuff, and good folks.

All this was discussed and hashed out with the Owner. So hopefully no surprises and I just got me a long term customer, which is a good day in my book. We don't have many computer repair/tv/electronic places down here so when you can get a foot in the door with what we do have it's a good thing..lol.

Thanks for the help and knowledge folks..!

Sirscrapalot - Off to build a sand castle.

Cool, Man, and congratulations! They must have a lot of DTV converter boxes laying around out there