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    Ewaste burnout

    Feeling tired today....Oh well back to the pile


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    Quote Originally Posted by BRASSCATCHER View Post
    A nice fat check or a pocketful of cash after selling it usually makes me feel better
    That may be my problem my pocket is to fat..............Perhaps go on a wild spending spree!!!

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    Thats what wives and girlfriends are for. When mommas happy daddy is happy

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    Keep scrappin LP, keep scrappin

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    Quote Originally Posted by BRASSCATCHER View Post
    Keep scrappin LP, keep scrappin
    That's a lot of scrap to get to $80k between the wife and myself.

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    time for a vacation mike

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    Quote Originally Posted by mikeinreco View Post
    Feeling tired today....Oh well back to the pile
    I get burned out on ewaste after just a day or two, to me it's too much like a factory job. I've had a 16ft trailer stacked with pcs since summer that I don't want to break down yet. I guess I'll break them down in the spring. I like my cars and the work, but the only thing I like about ewaste is the different heatsinks and the check at the end. Don't get me wrong, if someone calls me today to buy 100 of them I'll be on my way.
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    Yup, I get burned out by about Thursday, then on my Friday trip to the yard, I get re-energized....

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    Pushed forward and broke down around 30 units and sold another on CL......I agree Ewaste is alot like a factory job especially when you have 100 of the same unit

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    Quote Originally Posted by mikeinreco View Post
    Pushed forward and broke down around 30 units and sold another on CL......I agree Ewaste is alot like a factory job especially when you have 100 of the same unit
    I picked up a little over 200 of the dell clamshell towers and still have 30-40 still sitting in the shed. It reminds me of a job I had in a factory many years ago. Same motions over and over. I sprinkle in some other towers just to break it up. I'll get to the rest of them when I don't have anything better to do. Mike
    "Profit begins when you buy NOT when you sell." {quote passed down to me from a wise man}

    Now go beat the copper out of something, Miked

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    Only thing I get burned out from doing this is not having enough to keep me busy. I check the auctions, do CL and Freecycle, hand out cards, and never seem to have enough. Largest haul I've been able to get was 10 old pc's at a time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mowin4cash View Post
    Only thing I get burned out from doing this is not having enough to keep me busy. I check the auctions, do CL and Freecycle, hand out cards, and never seem to have enough. Largest haul I've been able to get was 10 old pc's at a time.
    It'll come. I used to say the same thing. Then I got a call to pick up over a dozen boxes of telecom equipment and 80 or so laptops. All within a week or two. Keep at it!
    If I didn't have bad luck, I'd have no luck at all...

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    If any of you guys don't feel like doing it anymore I can give you my address and you can send them to me. Free of charge of course

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    Unlike factory work you can stop and take a break when ever you want or you can do something diffrent.

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    I'm just glad to hear that things are "TOO" busy! It seems to me that it was just a couple of years ago that you were sending out a "test box"!

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    Yeah.....a little diff than what I did before.......(ewaste) I mean.........either way did you score that computer shop you went to look at?

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    waiting to hear back from him. He's been putting a small bit of stuff "out for free" every day. So I've been watching that for my own benefit. But I hope he agrees, it'd be good for he and I both!


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