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**Dumpster-Dee** · 12-29-2011, 08:39 PM

Picked up 12 towers today and they look very old....can't wait to start tearing into them. To me it's like Christmas every time I start to open a tower ! Does it feel that way to ya'll ? I mean we all know exactly what we will encounter when we tear into a microwave....only variation is sometimes AL wire which always disappoints us, but unless someone has taken out things there are almost always nice little presents inside a tower. Thank you computerscrapper, easy, and e-wasted for introducing me to this exciting field, and for continuing to educate me at every turn. And thanks to others like PTS the postman who works 2 fulltime jobs and has shared his knowledge many times. And Mech688 and olddude who shared as they learned. Thanks to all of you. I have 22 in all...with printers and monitors and all kinds of old office equipment. Two truckloads and one trailor full. Wish me luck.
Dee

**KzScrapper** · 12-29-2011, 08:42 PM

Good Luck Dee! Sounds like you have a good payday coming your way, you certainly deserve it!

**rbrooks715** · 12-29-2011, 08:43 PM

i ran across a guy who had a fire at his shop. the state was giving him a hard time about cleaning it up. wound up with a bunch of old pentium pro servers. first quad pentium pro i had run into.

makes your whole day.

**miked** · 12-29-2011, 08:48 PM

Hey congrats and take pictures. I agree I can't wait to see what goodies are inside old towers, Mike.

**easyrecycle** · 12-29-2011, 08:56 PM

sounds like you got your self a nice lick there! I hope will be your buyer =P lol just messing but let all of us know what all you get out of them.

**rbrooks715** · 12-29-2011, 09:06 PM

check the monitors. some of them will have high grade boards. look for old crt multi- media monitors. they always have a good board.

**sillllvar** · 12-29-2011, 09:07 PM

Awesome Dumpster-Dee, heck I feel the excited myself reading your post

**ComputerScrapper** · 12-29-2011, 09:17 PM

Excellent Dee....Welcome to e-mining lol.....I look forward to hearing what you find.

**PartTimeScrapper** · 12-29-2011, 09:55 PM

I am just like you Dee. Ive been building my own computers for the past 20 years. I still like to crack them babies open now that im scrapping them. But I get the let down when I see its a gren fiber cpu in the machine instead of a ceramic. But then right when you think its going to be a crappy tower. You find a 100gb hard drive to sell on ebay for $15. Dont scrap all them old 5.25 drives. Sell them on ebay for 15 to 20 bucks all day long.

**Ohio Scrapper** · 12-29-2011, 10:00 PM

Nice score Dee, hope you have a blast tearing them down!

**erg** · 12-29-2011, 10:41 PM

Awesome! I hope you get lots of goodies.

Let us know what you find.

**EcoSafe** · 12-29-2011, 11:56 PM

love this. good 4 u !!!!

**Mechanic688** · 12-30-2011, 12:41 AM

Thanks to all of you. I have 22 in all...with printers and monitors and all kinds of old office equipment. Two truckloads and one trailor full.

I'm jealous

**injunjoe** · 12-30-2011, 05:58 AM

Good deal Dee! Sounds like you hit the jackpot.

I would think being older computers they will have more pm's compared to the newer ones.

Have fun with your "presents"

**submarinepainter** · 12-30-2011, 06:34 AM

12 woohoo may you find 12 more today too!!!

**GeorgeB** · 12-30-2011, 11:05 AM

Good job

**IdahoScrapper** · 12-30-2011, 06:37 PM

Sounds like a good haul!

**Scrapette** · 12-30-2011, 08:39 PM

Originally Posted by Dumpster-Dee

Picked up 12 towers today and they look very old....can't wait to start tearing into them. To me it's like Christmas every time I start to open a tower ! Does it feel that way to ya'll ? I mean we all know exactly what we will encounter when we tear into a microwave....only variation is sometimes AL wire which always disappoints us, but unless someone has taken out things there are almost always nice little presents inside a tower. Thank you computerscrapper, easy, and e-wasted for introducing me to this exciting field, and for continuing to educate me at every turn. And thanks to others like PTS the postman who works 2 fulltime jobs and has shared his knowledge many times. And Mech688 and olddude who shared as they learned. Thanks to all of you. I have 22 in all...with printers and monitors and all kinds of old office equipment. Two truckloads and one trailor full. Wish me luck.
Dee

Great work, best of luck, Dee !

**Scrapette** · 12-30-2011, 08:41 PM

On the twelth day of Christmas my true love gave to me....twelve towers a cha-chinging and a partridge in a pear tree. Lol.

**Mechanic688** · 12-30-2011, 10:18 PM

twelve towers a cha-chinging and a partridge in a pear tree. Lol.

The towers are money in the bank and the partridge would look real good on my grill,,,

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