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    oops. Another rookie mistake.

    Went to pick up 11 towers from a guy today that where in his basement. After asking him the normal question, CPU's: yes RAM: no HD's: yes Disk Drives: yes. I offered him 3 bucks a tower. Only after paying him and taking the first two upstairs and throwing them in my truck i realized there where no finger cards in them and i also realized that i didnt ask or look for them. Live and learn. Will i still come out ok? they are mostly p3's. I also bought i pound of ram for 5 bucks and about 20 hds for .20/lb.



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    Even if they have a motherboard and nothing else you already made your money back, not counting the steel case. Everything else is profit.

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    Your average case is between 15-20 pounds.

    Add in the below average and above averages of 10 pounds and 25-30 pounds and you make almost all your money back in steel alone at 12/13 cents a pound.

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