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    What do you think this lot will go for? Over 3000 towers. There is big one as well.

    http://www.govliquidation.com/auctio...&convertTo=USD

    Located in Tampa
    Title should say there is another big one as well here is the link.

    http://www.govliquidation.com/auctio...&convertTo=USD



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    Wow! At scrap value alone your looking at around $70,000

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    I would think total scrap value would be closer to 35000 to 40000 unless of course your one of the big boys who sends to a refiner. I think ill bid $500 see if I win

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    looks like a good time to try the co-op, i got a truck and a trailer and a trailer and a trailer and a trailer and a trailer how many can i hook up legally(kidding b4 i get bashed)??? 80 something pallets would that be between 3 to 4 tractor trailers or is my math wrong??

    86 they are stacked two high, i wonder if thats 86 doubles or 43?
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    That's actually only half. They have two lots.

    http://www.govliquidation.com/auctio...ername=GL_FL14

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    you should be able to get 52 of those pallets in a 53 footer stacked 2 high I would think if my math is correct.

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    Sorry, over-tired and bored

    Standard 48x45 pallet / 53ft trailer should equal 52 pallets/load double stacked

    88 pallets +86 pallets if both auctions are won=174 pallets =~3.5 loads

    bid it out on U-ship for transport

    Tampa warehouse rental ($600-750/mo) Work out a deal for short term space for tearing it all down.

    Scrap Yards in the Tampa area for the junk

    Short Drive to one of our resident buyers on the board to sell off all the goodies.


    There you go, all laid out. And I'll only ask a mere 5% for laying out the groundwork. ;-)
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    you just combined and auction reality show, shipping show and scrapper show all into one imagine the cast we could have , i gotta goto bed im overtired to

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    Predictions on what it will go for? I say over 50K

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    Quote Originally Posted by Reelman65 View Post
    Predictions on what it will go for? I say over 50K
    Idk, but with all these auction threads I've been seeing here lately maybe Mick might want to talk to admin about starting a whole new section just for auctions?
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    Quote Originally Posted by skylinejackjr View Post
    Idk, but with all these auction threads I've been seeing here lately maybe Mick might want to talk to admin about starting a whole new section just for auctions?
    How about putting these auction threads in the Scrap Metal Spots section? I don't know; just asking what everyone thinks.
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    Olddude and parrothead lets get our heads together on this one if your serious.

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    Tm guessin over $20,00 $15,000 I think would be max. but need to see what some of the buyers say. I have $2,000

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    70k in scrap value is a over valued. I would put the scrap value of the easy money (motherboards, processors, and memory) to be about 28k, assuming you get better pricing because of the quantity. That is per auction. Honestly if you had the resources those are rebuilds you can sell for 100-150 if you have legal licenses for XP and a few thousand PATA or SATA hard drives sitting around.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Reelman65 View Post
    Predictions on what it will go for? I say over 50K
    It went for WAY over $50k. Actual close was $128,600.00!

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    $1 a pound from the looks of it. There is no way they are going to resell much of that so I assume it is all for recycling. Wonder how long it would take to break 3000+ computer down?

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    I can break down a pc in 4 minutes. So x3000 = 200 hours for me! If I want to get more detailed like breaking the fingers off pc cards and such (a lot of those pc's probably have risers in them as well) it would be about 8-10 min each. A lot of those machines are P4-HT, Pentium D or even better. Most are SATA capable. Get some 40 or 80GB SATA drives in bulk on ebay to drop in. Memory would be questionable as to what's is still in them. 1GB DDR2 are still easy to find. If you had the time and space to refurb them, they would be easily sell-able for $125-$150 each. Anything under a P4 2.4 GHz would probably be sold for $30-$50 as kiddy edutainment pc's. Probably could get $100,000 off selling 1,000-1,500. The other 1,700 who knows.

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