Why Is E-Waste Business So Expensive [[ Warning Rant ]]

Originally Posted by 1956

This is my answer and solution to the OP. Like you said you are far away from any e-waste buyer, well that means to me that there is little or no compatation, just for your information most of us are far away from buyers so it's not like bringing aluminum cans to the local scrap yard. I think that you are going about this in the wrong way, I am not a refiner you stated in your post that you took off this and took off that from the boards that is something that I do not do, I am a recycler/ scraper not a refiner.just like all other aspects of recycling you have to have material on a steady basis the more material you have the higher prices you can get. Now with out being harsh realy dude you went dumpster diving found four towers what are you thinking you are gold mining? If you want to make some money, number one you have to go into full time, now once you comit you have to have a plan the number one thing I myself do is get material, I call all places that have scrap on a steady basis and find out what if any thing they want to sell that's right sell I buy most of my material that's the secret. You have you pay to get if you do not pay you will always find four towers in the trash, and like you have found out already you are not going any place but backwards. Now I am not saying to over pay for the goods but you must figure what you can pay, there is no secret formala to this, and myself I have just got into e-waste end of the business a short time ago, but this is what I will share with you, get twenty towers scrap out the power supply's, wires, heat sinks, hard drives, floppy's and cd,s drives and the tin/ shread of course pull all the boards, CPU chips, finger cards, and every thing else that is gold or silver plated.now after you weigh up all the scrap you can sell localy that does not pay to ship divide it by twenty that's the magic number, it could be three, four,dollars now you recoup most of your investment, now start loading the boxs or gay lords and when full ship them with a forum transportation member to a forum buyer.buy it recycle it sell it that's the way that works for mr.

BOOM... exactly!!