Am i the only one who finds Tvs NOT worth it?' - Page 2

You have to break down the weight you're handling + pick up time + the processing time + your transport and drop off time. To me its not worth doing for free. I charge for removal it makes a big difference, just removed one today.

buying crt or wood console TV's just not worth it, So I charge to take them, and I really try to discourage to takeing them by setting a price a bit high so I don't have to deal with them, they can take it down to the household hazard waste center and they take them for free, but I do inform My customeres Bring the computers, wires, softwares, perhprials and I be happy to buy them, pay by the pound,

so as far as crt and tv Not for Me, just too much, and You can only sit on the tubes for one year and must be dispose of by a certified recycler, I choose to a company in sioux city to take the leaded glass, and charge me 10 cent a pound and they take it from lead to clean glass. thats way I feel better I'm doing sumthing good for the community and My beautiful earth.

just a fyi, what I do ,,, when I do get them, I break them down, plastic kept, wires are stripped, and yokes are stored, and the boards are put into gaylords and so the onlything is left is the tube and they get put into gayloards and also cut the connector off the cable for the vga and put them in my 300lbs plus buckets of them

I pick up all monitors because I can recycle them through Goodwill.

I pick up tvs that I myself can lift and all projection and flat screen tvs. The only thing left to get rid of from projection tvs are the tubes and mirror, everything else is recycled.

If there is room in my truck I pick them up, the copper and boards help fill my buckets and cant beat turning in a garbage can full of boards even at 10-15 cents a lb for a few extra dollars. that can full covers the gas to the yard and back.

I love taking them apart, IDK why.

I'm getting .08 cents a pound for complete TV's - crt monitors and 5$ for flat panel monitors/TV's
that's 160 a ton

Originally Posted by pcscrapper

buying crt or wood console TV's just not worth it, So I charge to take them, and I really try to discourage to takeing them by setting a price a bit high so I don't have to deal with them, they can take it down to the household hazard waste center and they take them for free, but I do inform My customeres Bring the computers, wires, softwares, perhprials and I be happy to buy them, pay by the pound,

so as far as crt and tv Not for Me, just too much, and You can only sit on the tubes for one year and must be dispose of by a certified recycler, I choose to a company in sioux city to take the leaded glass, and charge me 10 cent a pound and they take it from lead to clean glass. thats way I feel better I'm doing sumthing good for the community and My beautiful earth.

just a fyi, what I do ,,, when I do get them, I break them down, plastic kept, wires are stripped, and yokes are stored, and the boards are put into gaylords and so the onlything is left is the tube and they get put into gayloards and also cut the connector off the cable for the vga and put them in my 300lbs plus buckets of them

If you are paying to get rid of the glass do you break them open first? The metal sheet in them are invar and it can run pretty good a pound if you can find a scrapyard or high temp alloy dealer to take it, if you have the volume. I think its in the $13.00# range.

Eric

^^It sounds like he is storing the tubes whole - breaking them open would expose himself to all those toxins inside.

Originally Posted by newattitude

^^It sounds like he is storing the tubes whole - breaking them open would expose himself to all those toxins inside.

The toxins in CRT are in the glass its the lead that is viewed as hazardous waste. The Phosphor in them contain little in the way of hazardous material. in any real level. If it is a TV it shouldn't be a problem.

Phosphor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Eric

I'm too scared to break the glass - I watched that video someone posted on here of people with biohazard suits breaking tvs/monitors apart and I FREAK if I even break the suction on one by mistakenly breaking the tube neck!!

Guess I must be crazy. You all keep leaving those tv's. Every time I see one I'll break it down. An next time your all *****ing about the meth heads, crooks, an thieves, smashing open tvs an leaving them all over the place...You could've stopped it by picking the ****able thing up.

If it takes some of you so much effort to move a simple tv, a whopping 3/10/15 feet to a cleared area from your vehicle, I'd hate to see the amount of *****ing involved when you have to move your 800lbs of servers, computers,motors, etc somewhere for breakdown.

Next time this thread is brought up, can we just have all replies from past "Are tv's worth it" threads moved to the new one? I Hate having to retype the same reply over an over...to much work not enough profit..

Edit: Folks with health issues, for being able to lift..your excluded from my rant. The rest of you, your not.

Sirscrapalot - yabba yabba.

Originally Posted by etack

If you are paying to get rid of the glass do you break them open first? The metal sheet in them are invar and it can run pretty good a pound if you can find a scrapyard or high temp alloy dealer to take it, if you have the volume. I think its in the $13.00# range.

Eric

Well darnable barnacles...Some thing new to add to my piles. I come across broken tv's now an then, now when I stop to clean the crap up, I can pull out some more goodies. Now to find a buyer, tho in my brief research of buyers for it, I'm not to optimistic. Suggestions will be met with cold beverages whenever the cooler an you share a part of the same 10 feet.

Edit: Soon as I posted this, an went a did a search on Invar for more info, I came across the wiki site for it an right there plain as day..it says used in the shadow mask of Televisions.Carry on!

Sirscrapalot - Fun fact : Invar is a metal in a game I used to play back in the day online.

Originally Posted by Sirscrapalot

Guess I must be crazy. You all keep leaving those tv's. Every time I see one I'll break it down. An next time your all *****ing about the meth heads, crooks, an thieves, smashing open tvs an leaving them all over the place...You could've stopped it by picking the ****able thing up.

If it takes some of you so much effort to move a simple tv, a whopping 3/10/15 feet to a cleared area from your vehicle, I'd hate to see the amount of *****ing involved when you have to move your 800lbs of servers, computers,motors, etc somewhere for breakdown.

Next time this thread is brought up, can we just have all replies from past "Are tv's worth it" threads moved to the new one? I Hate having to retype the same reply over an over...to much work not enough profit..

Edit: Folks with health issues, for being able to lift..your excluded from my rant. The rest of you, your not.

Sirscrapalot - yabba yabba.

Some of us like to work smart, not hard. Assessing your times value can be your greatest asset. At least for me. Fyi : It probably takes handling/breakdown of 20-25 tvs for what I charge to remove 1 and I don't even break them down. Marketing does wonders...