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    Thanks you all, you have given me a lot to consider
    I did a lot of looking at like items on ebay today and reading a lot of the escrap forums.
    I also took an inventory of main components and tried to calculate what I might make scrapping everything out.
    My grading skills are still developing but I think I could come out ahead a few dollars and get my workshop cleaned
    out a little in the process.

    I already have all of the computers tore down so the inventory went pretty fast.
    CPU's
    2- 486 dx 2 1.6 oz
    1- 486 dx 4 .7 oz
    1- 386 dx .6 oz
    1- amd 586 p75 .8 oz
    1- cyrix 686 mx gold top 1.6 oz
    3 amd k6 2.4 oz with al top
    5- p4 with heat sink 3.4
    1- amd sempron 1.4 oz
    1- celeron sl656 ?
    1- celeron slot processor ?

    total weight 12.5 oz maybe $30?

    Memory
    72 pin silver/tin 3.7 oz
    72 pin gold 5.2 oz
    ddr gold pin 1 lb 6 oz
    1- rambus ?

    total 1 lb 14 oz maybe $23.82

    Mother Boards
    2- 8088 3 lbs
    4- 486 4.4 lbs
    large socket 5.5 lbs
    small socket 3.6 lbs
    3- with cpu onboard 2.3 lbs

    Total weight 18.8 lbs Maybe $48.73

    Finger Cards (PCI, ISA, ect) 13.2 lbs Maybe $50.00

    Hard Drives
    1 5 1/4 out of 8088, the rest are 3.5 12 lbs maybe $9.00



    If I am even close I figure the value $161.00.
    47 pounds and if I can fit everything in 3 flat rate boxes it would cost 53.70 to ship leaving me $107 profit.
    I tried to figure low and based it on Ewasted's current price list also if I have a ? after it in the inventory I didn't included it in the total, probably only a few cents difference anyway.
    Still not bad, almost like getting paid to clean out my shop.
    Now I just need to figure out what to do to get rid of all the plastic I removed from the cases.

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