Tip for a budding E waste entepreneur, Patience.

I have seen this question alot and thought I would share my own experience from when I started to recycled e waste. I thought I would put the word out and people would flood me with their old computers hanging out in grandma's closet. I was very disappointed in my collection efforts the first 6 months, it was pathetic to say the least, my rural area is not big enough to use CL effectively if at all, the drive would have ate up most profits. I personally have never been an e-bayer, so I keep my operation small and local (which works for me as I do it for extra spending money and time with my son who loves to help me) So basically I kept letting people know I was there if they had anything to get rid of and after a while a magical thing happened, the word got out.. I got a laptop here a desktop there as people talked to each other (especially during this time of year) they would say, hey, I know a guy who takes that kind of stuff, I now have a modest stream of computers and other things (satellite boxes, ect) coming in just on word of mouth. Of course it helps if you are somewhat of a people person just get your message out there and be patient, it takes a while for word to spread. Good luck and keep your chin up. Have a great day.