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    0 expierence kinda guy on e-recycling need some help

    hi yall'
    i have NONE expierence what so ever in scrapping electronics, so i need some help i would not mind trying this out so if yall could point me in the right direction that would be awesome!
    what are some basic electronics that bring good money, remember 0 expierence means i dont know what a capicitor, hard drive, floppy disc, cpu or monitor is j
    i was recently given two brand new printers, one is a hp and it is a dark blueish color and it can scan print and copy, here is a pic in the link (same thing but it is black):
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    why would you wanna scrap two brand new printers anyway?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bear View Post
    why would you wanna scrap two brand new printers anyway?
    I would be selling them on Craigs

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    Some people may have the luxury of focusing only on ewaste. It is a major part of what I do, but not exclusively so. For now, I do not pick and choose what I work on, I work on what I get.

    Free waste stock is better than purchased, obviously. At the present the abundance of "free" perhaps limits my higher aspirations of getting higher value items, which I usually have to buy.

    Pound for pound, it's hard to beat old computers and medical equipment.


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    My advice is to spend one weekend doing nothing but reading before you open up anything.

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    I'll piont you in the right direction. Start by reading every post on this forum then if you still have questions then ask. A test will be comming soon.LOL

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    Happy, you don't really need a test. You can usually tell by the question and how it's asked.
    But having a quiz to ask a question IS an idea.
    People may laugh at me, but that's ok. I laugh all the way to the bank.

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    Yes Mick your right. I was just trying to be a smart a@@ on the test part. The reading part I would tell every new comer to do. Get your masters degree in scrapping from SMFU.

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    Join the smart a@@ club. It's getting crowded in here.

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