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    What would you guys do? Need advice.

    I have been holding onto my escrape for about 2 years. Most of the scrap I have I got from buying from auctions or seeing a good deal on ebay. And I make pickups at a local computer store for their scrap. I like the old test equipment because of the amount of gold and the uniqueness of the items. I have gone threw my items and weighed it and was wondering what would you do with this stuff if it were yours.
    Would you sell the items to a boardsort company or would you take it to a refiner. I have never mailed off anything for sale so a little weary of it and have no knowledge of refiners to sell to. That is where I need the expertise. THANKS AGAIN FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LOOK AND COMMENT.

    Here is what I have.

    Some of the names for the items I just named them so I would remember what they are and where they are.

    GOLDPINS 3.5 LBS
    CISCO PINS 2 LBS
    CISCO GOLD BACKPANEL PINS 3.5 LBS
    GOLD PINS FROM IDE CABLES 2.0 LBS
    GOLD PINS 2.2 LBS
    GOLD IC CHIPS 1.9 LBS
    GOLD PINS W/PLASTIC 0.6 LBS
    GOLD PINS 3.5 LBS
    GOLD CAPACITORS 2.9 LBS
    GOLD CABLE CONNECTORS 5.1 LBS
    GOLD CISCO FLAT BACKPANNEL PINS 5.0 LBS
    GOLD CUT FINGERS 23.5 LBS
    GOLD SIM CARDS 1.5 LBS
    GOLD HIGH YIELD CLEAN BRD 9.0 LBS
    GOLD HIGH YIELD CLEAN BRD EBAY 52.0 LBS
    GOLD IC CHIPS 2.1 LBS
    GOLD LASER OPTICS 2.5 LBS
    GOLD PLATED RIBBON WIRE PINS 35.0 LBS
    SILVER CISCO SPACERS 5.5 LBS
    SILVER PLATED PIECES BLACK BAG 40.5 LBS
    SILVER CISCO PINS 4.0 LBS
    SILVER LARGE PINS 19.5 LBS

    AMD K6 85
    INTEL PEN PRO 83
    1 GIGAPRO 1
    LSI LOGIC LIA6345 1
    CYRIX 686 MX 1
    IBM 6x86 MX 1
    IBM 6x86 L 1
    CYRIX 6x86 L 2
    THESYS TH 1016.2A 1
    CYRIX MII 2
    IPT/ORION SD 13
    FMC PM5312-G 1 2
    MOTO M068EN360LRC25C 2
    MOTO MC68020RC16B 1
    TRW 320165C 8
    ANALOGDEVICES ADSP-2111 K6-66 3
    WEITEK XL-8137 3
    MOTO XC68LC040RC3313 3
    UNKNOWN AND W/HEATSINK 5
    TI TMX390C602AGA 1
    INTEL PENTIUM MMX 7
    INTEL PENTIUM GOLDCAP 6
    INTEL I486 SX 1
    INTEL I486 DX2 11
    INTEL I960 55
    INTEL PENTIUM 105
    INTEL I486 DX 6
    INTEL I386 2
    INTEL DX4 1
    AMD 2900-20GC 11
    AMD CERAMIC 19
    AMD AM386 DX 2
    AMD AM486Dx4 1
    AMD AM486 DX2-66 2
    AMD AM5X86 P75 2
    MOTO MC68012RC10 14
    INTEL BLACK FIBER 34
    SUNSPARC III 89
    SUN ULTRASPARC PINLESS 140
    SUN ULTRASPARC T1 4
    AMD OPTERON 2
    SUN ULTRASPARC II 23
    DLP 18

    I HAVE 10,000 LBS OF BOARDS DIDNT LIST THEM ALL HERE.

    CISCO 6500 BRDS 1006

    CISCO BACKPANELS 850

    MOTHER BOARDS 2040

    TELEPHONE BOARDS 91.5

    SERVER BOARDS 727

    CISCO 4507 BOARDS 1765

    CUT VID CARDS 338

    CONNECTORS 106.5

    CISCO 3600 & 7200 BRDS 23

    MISC SMALL SERVER BRDS 945

    DVD/FLOPPY 226

    RAM 299.5

    CHASSIS BOARDS 77.5

    HDD BOARDS 389


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    On the chips for some reason it didnt space out the number of chips I had sorry about that.

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    I would sale it and buy more........LOL.......The price of precious metals seems to be fairly stable right now so I doubt the price will go up much but the chance of it going down is greater (MY OPINION) and we all know what opinions are good for

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    Sell to a member here his prices are a little better than Bd sort. Look in the buyers section
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    Sell,sell,sell and sell lol Cash For Computer Scrap are great to work with have sold many gaylords to them.. Prices could always drop!

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    I would not sell the pins or even the gold fingers to an escrap buyer..you will not get very much compared to value.

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    sell a gaylord 2 of motherboards just to see how process works..prices are up a little bit but that might be the ceiling for now...i usually mix a low value item like gold connectors in with the good stuff because they dont pay for themselves shipping wise

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    Sell boards keep chips and pins.


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    What would I do with it if it were mine......

    I'd lay it all out on the ground and swim around in it scrooge mcduck style for a little while. Pack it up and sell it. Take the check to the bank and ask for all singles. And then swim around in those. Lol.

    All seriousness, you have a hell of a stockpile. I'm just getting started with ewaste myself so I've only dealt with small shipments. But they've all been with the favorite resident buyer here. Their prices beat anywhere else I've talked to even after paying for shipping. And their customer service is beyond stellar. I'm sure anyone else here will tell you the same.

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    Sort it, Ship it , Sell it, Bada bing bada boom, Check the buyers and sellers section. If you poke around there alittle you'll
    see who to deal with, go to their website and it's all there easy peasy, cha ching. Need I say more ?
    Shamalamadingdong

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    Look up the chips on Ebay BEFORE destroying them - there is an active collector's market for some of them. [LINK]

    For the boards, I assume you did not separate vintage from newer ones? Again there is a collectors market for very old ROM/RAM cards, graphics cards and other items. [LINK]

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    Thanks guys for the replies. Yeah Im in a tough spot I gonna look threw the people to ship to and see what I can find. I will keep on stock piling till I can find someone.

    Why keep the pins and chips. Whats good about holding on to them. Just wondering.

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    As said before dump the heavier bulky stuff (ie:motherboards).......Some of the specialty stuff can be worth more than scrap value........If the motherboards are already prepared for scrap (batteries removed, heatsinks etc) not much resale value left........The buyers here make the process very easy


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