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    a pallet in a poke ??

    guy offering old 17" Dell monitors for sale at $5 ea w/out chords or $10 ea with both chords...says he has a pallet full. I've e-mailed asking how many on the pallet. Haven't heard back. Any guesses ?



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    The last time I received monitors by pallet there was 36 of them per pallet. It really depends on how they are stacked.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ComputerScrapper View Post
    The last time I received monitors by pallet there was 36 of them per pallet. It really depends on how they are stacked.
    What he said.

    Small the screens more there will be on each pallet...larger screens take up more space.
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    no offense taken...we all know when that sense of humor of yours gets primed there's no stopping it ! lol thanks for responding...
    younger folks might not be familiar with the phrase "a pig in a poke"...not real sure myself but I knew it had something to do with a bad deal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dumpster Dee View Post
    guy offering old 17" Dell monitors for sale at $5 ea w/out chords or $10 ea with both chords...says he has a pallet full. I've e-mailed asking how many on the pallet. Haven't heard back. Any guesses ?
    DD, is he asking $5 per CRT monitor? Is there that much worth of scrap in a monitor to justify the price? Or am I reading your post wrong?

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    no, ilyaz...he just answered e-mail. He has 20 and some may be 15", he says. I wrote back and offered him $50 for the lot, including all chords !

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    Quote Originally Posted by ilyaz View Post
    DD, is he asking $5 per CRT monitor? Is there that much worth of scrap in a monitor to justify the price? Or am I reading your post wrong?
    My last monitor that i took apart only came to about 6 bucks in scrap. Picked it up at a yard sale on a deal with some books for my wife.

    I considered this one on the high side because it had not just a plastic case but an internal steel/alum shell.

    The real question is for me anyways. Do i leave all the copper and items on the board and sell as is, or rip everything off then try and sell it.

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    I wouldn't pay extra $5 bucks for two cords, they aren't worth that kind of money IMO. I'd also only pay maybe a buck a piece.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ilyaz View Post
    DD, is he asking $5 per CRT monitor? Is there that much worth of scrap in a monitor to justify the price? Or am I reading your post wrong?
    I dont think its $5.00 for each one...Now..the Black dell crt screens 17inch or bigger WORKING can bring from $5.00 to $8.00 each. Don't know why it HAS to be the black dell ones but thats what they want. I save them up and some guy comes around time to time to buy them. If I have to many..I just send them along the scrap lines.

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    Quote Originally Posted by newattitude View Post
    I wouldn't pay extra $5 bucks for two cords, they aren't worth that kind of money IMO. I'd also only pay maybe a buck a piece.
    Depends on the end, some monitor ends are gold plated.

    End + cord can be a decent chunk of scrap

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    Quote Originally Posted by drozenski View Post
    Depends on the end, some monitor ends are gold plated.

    End + cord can be a decent chunk of scrap
    Cord end is worth around $1.00 to $1.50 a pound based on who is buying (I need to get a price check on this item....) The cord it self is data cord and is around one pound some are less others alittle more. Data cords are selling for $1.35 avg and $1.60 high (high price if you have half ton or more)

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    Thanks Easy,

    Ill make sure i save up my cords.

    I had 3 monitors this weekend. Two had 6ft cords one had a 15 foot cord. I thought it was kind of bizarre as that's the longest cord I've ever seen in 10 years of IT.

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    Quote Originally Posted by drozenski View Post
    Thanks Easy,

    Ill make sure i save up my cords.

    I had 3 monitors this weekend. Two had 6ft cords one had a 15 foot cord. I thought it was kind of bizarre as that's the longest cord I've ever seen in 10 years of IT.
    Yes that is very odd. Most times they are only a 2 to 3 feet long.

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    Quote Originally Posted by easyrecycle View Post
    I dont think its $5.00 for each one...Now..the Black dell crt screens 17inch or bigger WORKING can bring from $5.00 to $8.00 each. Don't know why it HAS to be the black dell ones but thats what they want. I save them up and some guy comes around time to time to buy them. If I have to many..I just send them along the scrap lines.
    Not sure about the color but we have a non-profit here that collects old computers, fixes them and gives them out to low-income people. They collect the Dell CRTs that have speakers inside.

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    I'd be charging them cause you have to pick them up and disposing of the tube can be a pain. Anymore, if there is more stuff(good scrap) to go with a monitor/tv I'll take it free, but if it's tv's/monitors alone they get charged.
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    Quote Originally Posted by drozenski View Post
    Depends on the end, some monitor ends are gold plated.

    End + cord can be a decent chunk of scrap
    I didn't know this. I have only ever seen silver colored ends that I assume are aluminum or coated brass. Of course, not knowing about this I never really looked that closely at them either. I'm still learning e-scrap and thought I knew everything to save from the towers and monitors but didnt' know about the cord ends.

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    Quote Originally Posted by newattitude View Post
    I didn't know this. I have only ever seen silver colored ends that I assume are aluminum or coated brass. Of course, not knowing about this I never really looked that closely at them either. I'm still learning e-scrap and thought I knew everything to save from the towers and monitors but didnt' know about the cord ends.
    You would be surprised on what the naked eye can see when examining things more closely.

    Last week when I was at the scrap yard, I almost threw off $40 of cast aluminum, and some motors that at first didnt look to be motors.

    That is why I always care my portable magnet on a key chain. I inspect everything, and now will be breaking things down 100% versus what I was doing before.
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