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    Gold Fingers Question

    With PCI cards going for $4.50 and Ram going for $15.25 a pound with the fingers. Is it really worth cutting them off?

    I know the fingers are worth $75.00 per pound

    But cutting the off drops PCI cards to $4.00 a pound and Ram to $7.50

    That's a pretty significant drop.

    Any one have a spread sheet or something that shows like

    1000 sticks of ram = 1 pound of fingers
    1000 sticks of ram = 10 pounds untrimmed

    so it would be 10 x 15.25 = $152.5 for untrimmed



    Fingers are 1 x $75 = $75 + (9 x $7.50) = $142.5 for fingers + Ram trimmed

    This is an example and not real. Just trying to see of some one has something like that?

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    I dont cut them from ram but I do from PCI Cards. But your first post really should be an intro not a question. Go to the bottom of the forum and post an introduction.

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    need an excel lesson dewgood? JK

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    It isnt worth cutting... I am buying gold fingers, that have gold on both sides, for $85.00/lb right now with a 1 lb minimum.
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    no its not worth it...i have said this over an over

    You only make a few dollars more...and some people wont even buy the trimmed pci cards...very few people do.
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    I would only take the time to remove them if I was processing them myself. Gold content will vary, but you won't have a middle man taking a cut.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scrap Master J View Post
    I would only take the time to remove them if I was processing them myself. Gold content will vary, but you won't have a middle man taking a cut.
    Still not worth as some yards will down right not take them. Think of it this way....you will buy tvs from some one...they are like great I have 10 of them. You go there to get the tvs and they cut the cords and removed half the copper on the inside of the tv. They get all pissed that you wont buy it and your like well you took most of its worth off and you think it will be ok?

    Thats kinda what you are doing with the pci cards.

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    Yes the value of the card is lowered. Yes some people may not want them, but there are plenty of buyers that do want them. Keeping the high dollar / easy to refine part to myself not worth it, thanks for decided for me? Just because it doesn’t go with your agenda doesn’t mean it is not worth it for those of us with the scrap. There are so many threads about breaking down items to maximize profits but I guess those rules don’t apply here? Just give it to the middle-man buyer because he wants it. Yeah, I will ponder that a minute or not.

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