How did I do on computer purchase? - Page 2

Originally Posted by taterjuice

Dumb question here, what are these "gold caps" I hear everyone referring to.

Processors with gold caps on them that are all pretty and shiny.

Originally Posted by AuburnEwaste

John, if you need any help, let me know. I have some experience with vintage stuff, as well as lots of the cords/adapters and all kinds of crap laying around.

I sure would take you up on that. How about I buy lunch that day? :-)

I'll PM you...

Originally Posted by MattInTheHat

I would have taken that load without a second thought

the laptops are wroth .80-1.10 lb as scrap, but could have resale value even as non working

$5 a toweris basically an industry standard, you should average over $10 each in scrap if there are no resale parts

Thanks, I'll look into resale of the laptops.

Originally Posted by Ewasted

how much time did this take total?

I went with two guys and we had to dig the stuff out, took us about two hours.

Oh, and we're going to get paid to haul the REST of her junk away. :-)

Originally Posted by unknownk

I don't see the laptops, what brand/model did you get?

Now that I've dug them out:
Toshiba Satellite 200cds
Compaq Presario 1200
Compaq Presario 1810
Dell Latitude no memory*
Dell Latitude with bad hard drive *
Sharp Actius MV12W
Dell Inspiron 2100
Dell Inspiron 8000
Micron Transport VLX
Sony PCG-F150
*So notated on sticky notes.

Nice haul, makes the bad days a little brighter.