New Ewaste Buyer Near Me

**Jeremiah** · 03-21-2012, 08:56 PM

I'm finally getting an ewaste buyer near me and their prices are all over the place from awesome (.50 per pound for cd-drives) to horrible (1.75 per # green mother boards). They asked me to come by to visit their yard and talk to them more about e-waste, as their team is very new. Get this though, i ask how much they pay for low grade boards and they say $1.10 per #. I proceed to explain what a low grade board is and where it comes from and their answer is the same. Finally, being the idiot-nice-guy that I am I explain that they have misunderstood their buyers and to check into this. Although they will be local competition, I'm hoping to create a great relationship with them.

**KzScrapper** · 03-21-2012, 09:02 PM

Seems many places only pay .10 for low grade so if they add the adjusted price of low grade to motherboards you might have something.

**Pcbmine** · 03-21-2012, 09:14 PM

.50/lb for CD drives. Tell them I have around 10000lbs. If they want to buy them

**MisScrap** · 09-25-2012, 02:21 AM

Originally Posted by Escrap

.50/lb for CD drives. Tell them I have around 10000lbs. If they want to buy them

Yeah...me too!!! I probably have around 800lbs I've accumulated since Friday...but I think they have their #'s whack...no one pays that high...(unless they own a refinery in S. Korea)

**mikeinreco** · 03-21-2012, 09:39 PM

I was gettin .20 on low grade and i thought that was a good price

**GeorgeB** · 03-21-2012, 10:12 PM

Locally here, low grade boards are only .06/lb

**Bear** · 03-21-2012, 11:07 PM

i'm about to decide it's best to just leave the boards in with the shred? I've got old VCRs and CD/ROMs etc, should i just not waste my time with removing the boards ?

**miked** · 03-22-2012, 09:15 AM

Originally Posted by Bear

i'm about to decide it's best to just leave the boards in with the shred? I've got old VCRs and CD/ROMs etc, should i just not waste my time with removing the boards ?

Since I can't get more than shred I don't remove them. The exception is the contacts on the floppy drives.(current price is $1.80/lb) On some of them I can cut them off with a wood chisel with out disassembly. Mike.

**easyrecycle** · 03-22-2012, 07:35 AM

50cents on cds and floppy is not that bad if you are taking in small weight.

They will lose out on low grade in the long run and learn the hard way.

**Pcbmine** · 03-22-2012, 07:53 AM

Originally Posted by easyrecycle

50cents on cds and floppy is not that bad if you are taking in small weight.

Is not bad. Don't you think this is a great price. Are you saying you can expect a better price with more weight. I seriously have 10000lbs right now.

**easyrecycle** · 03-22-2012, 08:00 AM

Originally Posted by Escrap

Is not bad. Don't you think this is a great price. Are you saying you can expect a better price with more weight. I seriously have 10000lbs right now.

I'm getting under that but I do not think it would be worth shipping there with the deal I have going now.

**Pcbmine** · 03-22-2012, 08:15 AM

I would say that this .50/lb is going to be a rookie mistake. HAHA.

**prgiva** · 03-22-2012, 08:58 AM

Jeremiah. Whose the buyer and how local are they to you?

**Jeremiah** · 03-22-2012, 09:07 AM

The buyer is located out of Winchester, Virginia. Not sure if they are up and running fully yet. I will post contact information etc, by next week when I go into meet with them. Feel free to pm me next week if I forget to post it.

**easyrecycle** · 03-22-2012, 09:07 AM

Damm ewasted and escrap....I get you two mixed up.

**directrecycle** · 03-22-2012, 04:22 PM

Miked - i just sold my floppy drive header pins for $6 / pound

**devo** · 03-22-2012, 05:01 PM

Originally Posted by directrecycle

Miked - i just sold my floppy drive header pins for $6 / pound

Was that for the bare pins or still in the plastic?

Best offer I can get on low grade is $0.08 for copper bearing. If I don't figure out what to do with them soon, I'm going to cover them with dirt and name the mountain after myself.

**miked** · 03-22-2012, 05:13 PM

Originally Posted by directrecycle

Miked - i just sold my floppy drive header pins for $6 / pound

Was that for just the pins or all the plastic and the small bit of brown board attached as well? If so where? Please, Mike.

**Bear** · 03-22-2012, 05:21 PM

floppy and cd/dvd pins are gold aren't they? same as hdd pins? and aren't they the same as the ide pins from the cables they plug in to?

**joebob49** · 09-25-2012, 04:56 AM

Originally Posted by Bear

floppy and cd/dvd pins are gold aren't they? same as hdd pins? and aren't they the same as the ide pins from the cables they plug in to?

Nope IDE pins are mainly tipped. Not as good as flopy pins. CD/DVD boards I leave the pins on an send them in as boards. HDD boards @ over 10 bucks a lb who would cut the pins lol.