How muchis the price to buy Old IDE hard drives?

Someone brought sacks of IDE hard drives in the yard and I don't know how much I should buy these from them. Anybody know the current price?

I'm not sure if they are aware of it but they sure disagreed to me when I told them I'd buy $7 each. Its about 6 sacks of it some of these hard drives looks new really and some are already opened where the shiny mirror like disk is already out.

If that price was $7 each drive, you should be glad they rejected the offer. If $7 per bag of them, it depends on how many were in each bag. For scrap only, not to resell, I usually try to pay 50 cents per drive. There are buyers in the buyer/seller section who list prices per pound. Check with some of them before buying.

Thanks Pnutfarmer.
I don't usually get this kind of scrap materials Mechanic688, its the metal, copper , alloys, plastic and papers that we usually buy and store in the yard.

I know it's sometimes overwhelming to try to figure out all the e-waste stuff, but Mechanic is right, you will do yourself a lot of good if you check out the old threads here. There are breakdowns on exactly what is in a hard drive so you can do your figuring by the separate metals that you're used to dealing with. Check out the old e-waste threads and use the search and you'll find a lot of info you can use. It's a lot of reading, but can save you from making a bad buy or missing a golden opportunity.

I think here they go as dirty aluminum, IF they'll even buy them at all above shred

Originally Posted by Bear

I think here they go as dirty aluminum, IF they'll even buy them at all above shred

Should go as cast aluminum...