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    Maybe the last from Easy Recycle..

    Just got done doing a long post on my blog...I was here long time ago...came here when my company was a year old..and my company had grown and ya'll where part of it...so I should also end it with ya'll

    I have not been on here much, and that's becuz I was dealing with alot that never seemed to end, if you want to have the details, I posted it on my blog page, you can see the link on the bottom.

    Some things I would love to note, some of ya'll where great and I was very happy in meeting some of you. I most loved hearing about recycling all over the USA and the change I saw here before I left where recycling was not just about the most money but about doing it right like not burning copper wires or busting CRT/screens and tvs.

    For me, recycling was keeping this stuff out of 3ed world counties and was part why I got into plastics and some of the other things.

    Now, i most likely will do recycling but not on the same scale I was...but who knows what will happen in the future


    About me.: Server depression an why


    I just wanted people to know, I never forgot any of the people here, and I was never "to good for ya'll" something I had read earlier...just wanted to let you know that.

    My company name was Easy Recycle but has since been closed
    My Name Stephan Harz
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    My heart goes out to you, Stephan. I don't have any advice on what happened or is happening with the business or yourself, other than it will eventually just be in the past.

    However, you are so young! You can look at the past four years as getting a college degree in this business. Sometimes people wish they could completely start over from the ground up with what they have learned, and really, you have this chance now. Take this down time to create a road map for yourself.

    I wish you a speedy recovery, and know that everything will eventually be all right.

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    Just read your blog; sorry to hear about your troubles. PM sent.

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    Thank you, I don't know what will happen with Easy Recycle, I'm not sure what I am going to do at this point. I just wish I can get out of pain

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    I read your story.

    DON'T GIVE UP. There is one upside to losing everything, it's that you have nothing to lose and everything to gain. You also have gained 'experience' through it all, both in your successes, and with your losses.

    If you did it once you can do it again. You're only 24, most people don't accomplish half of what you have accomplished in their entire lifetime.

    Get well soon.

    PS - Make sure to submit your police brutality story to Cop Block | Reporting Police Abuse, Brutality, and Corruption

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    press in Stephen! Just recover, recoup, rebuild! You can't get any lower.

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    Thank you all for the messages that have been sent to me and what has been said here. This forum is about recycling and many people come here to learn how to build a recycling company, my blog post and what i stated here was both, trying to explain why it has been hard to get a hold of me and why Easy Recycle will be "closing" but also to show some where my mistakes where. I will say trust no one because even someone you call friend and knew for a long time will back stab you if the offer is high. I have no clue how much he got paid selling all my data, but I know what he took from me over a very short time when I was trying to open another company my loss was huge....never give someone the power to your bank accounts/books an if you do..limit it!

    Admin, Yea i'm am young but worried about the outcome on my back, Easy Recycle will most likely be around to a point but more like a broker with the few people I still have and slowly build it back up but in the mean time I may work more on my other company, well....honesty I don't know what I am going to do yet but being stuck in bed gives me alot of time to think about it. once the legal battle is over I want to post much more about the police issue if a gag order is not placed, but for now I am only posting what is pubic info for now (there are police reports on the issue if one spends the time to find them) but I don't want to post the info that we have as I do not want to ruin my case.

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    have to say there is a lot worse than this if anything you now realize what the real world is like and did it the hard way so you now can move forward learning from these mistakes and your even better fortunes. kick some but when your healed a bit more and do it bigger and better or keep it smaller if ya wish more relaxed

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    Wow. Hang in there, I feel for you with the hurt back, I broke some ribs and it still hurts 1 month later, will take time. EVERYTHING will take time, get back on your feet, depression SUCKS and will only hold you down. You have family and friends to help you through this, and as they say look at all you have learned during this ordeal, take the knowledge you learned and don't give up!

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    Easy,

    i too know the pain and depression of working yourself to the bone only to have it all taken away by thieves, and bad circumstances.

    i wish you a speedy and full recovery, and a positive outcome with your legal actions against what sounds like a troop of crooked cops.

    just, please don't ever give up people like you, and others here on the forums; with the will to build an enterprise from nothing are what keeps America going. If we lose those willing to put in the work and the blood, sweat, and tears to build this countries economy up; well i hate to think what that scenario might look like.

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    Hey Easy, just think of it as another chance to recycle. Take the junk situation you've been given and turn it into something valuable. You have done that before, and you can do it again. I know it's hard to see a good future from here, but it's out there. It will just take a guy with some brains to figure it out and that guy is you.

    When I was your age, I had just started farming on my own. The first year was one of the worst droughts we have seen and I lost all my crops. I was just married and everything seemed hopeless. I've since come out of it with hard work and perseverance. Now, I am a successful farmer and have been married 24 years and have a son in college and one who's a senior. Life is much better now.

    I'll definitely be praying for you. Don't get too depressed and focus on recovering. If you can't stand it, call me. 334-726-1059.

    Take care Stephan,
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    I fought with back pain for a few years. there were days where I could barely roll over in bed. I had to watch every move I made for about a year, and be careful for a few more years.

    I can now lift more than I could before I got hurt, but the weather changes still get to me and there is advil in every vehicle I commonly ride in.

    It is very frustrating and severely damages your self worth, but with patience, determination, and hot showers you could come back stronger than ever.
    Currently looking for a job in or related to scrap/recycling. Relocation is possible for the right offer.

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    Wow, I'm really sorry to hear about everything that's been going on and hope you get better soon. Like everyone has said you are still young and have learned alot, you have plenty of time to pick up and start rebuilding. It sounds like you've been trying your best to be the good guy and while it may not seem to always be worth it, I'm a believer in karma and it will turn around eventually. I've been the nice guy for so long I wonder at times why I even bother, but it's all finally coming together, and it will for you too.

    Again, I hope your medical issues get better first, and then I also hope the legal issues work out as well. I'm interested in how things turn out as I think I may literally live just down the road from you so I'm always driving around the same areas and have gotten a bs ticket by the denton county sheriff before.

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    I read the story, sorry for what happened. Hoping for full and fast recovery!

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    Maybe the last from Easy Recycle..

    sorry man.

    hope this is a lesson for any other young guys.


    don't trust anyone

    don't stash more "cash" than you are willing to lose.

    safety is number one

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    I read it I'm sorry to here about all that. I didn't know you where only 24!!
    Last edited by kcscrapper; 05-16-2014 at 03:06 PM.

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    Nothing more to say then what has already been said here. I have been there several times because of my I did it my way attitude.

    When you play the game of life you only loose when you give up.

    sent you a message on your blog.

    P.S. stick around we missed ya.
    "anyone who thinks scrappin is easy money ain't doin it right!"

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    Sorry to hear all of that man.I hope you get better and everything works out good for you.
    Hang in there man and if you ever want to talk hit me up

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    Quote Originally Posted by kcscrapper View Post
    I read it I'm sorry to here about all that. I didn't know you where only 24!!
    Yea, I was homeschooled and when I turned 18 I started to work for my father working on power plants (he was my boss) after that job I worked for a nuclear power plant where I passed a Q clearance (its on the same level of Top Secret) was laid off from that job and could not get onto another job, went to the unemployment line and walked out of there saying f it did not want to fill out all the bull crap paper work for what they where going to give me as I felt it was a waste of my time, I was late 19 years old, started to refub computers (something before I turned 18) and was selling them and people would give me there old one and I would use the parts from there old one to rebuild others, ended up with a good pile or parts I could not use or fix and found a guy who would buy it and...that was the start of everything, grew quickly and after a few months I started Easy Recycle and grew like nuts.

    Some of the people here I had meet in person who came from all over the place and got to see some of my projects that I was going like turning one of my trucks into a veg oil truck (3 years later and still not a drop of diesel has been in that truck) and it was a great, I made some great money, lost some two...but everything went to crap when I moved into a shop that was in a high crime area, being robbed as much as I did, my landload went from cool to crazy towards the end and when I started to hire people, I treated them as friends....the biggest mistake ever.

    Anyway, I do have some good news! The results came back from the MRI, does not look like any long term damage but will have to be checked again later. long story short there is tissue damage and they are saying it take some time to fully heal and I am going to be changing meds and going to see if those will help along with therapy. Anyway I will most likely post updates on my blog more than here just so my posts are not like a mile long..

    But once again, I truly thank all of you and your words, it hurts badly when something you worked so hard for seems to slip away but trying to come up with some ideas and going to see what I can do, but sadly I have sell off some of my equipment and cut as many of my bills (cancel my warehouse) but someone said if I need to, I can use there's so that can help. All in all....just have to sit back and think things out but at the same time, I have one to many wild cards that can change everything both good..and bad.

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    So long as you are alive you can start off into a new direction. I hope this adversity will just make you stronger and I will state the obvious: You are young and have time on your side.

    My working through my medical problems lead me to scraping and eventually ewaste recycling. Thanks to your early posts, in particular, I have prospered in the ewaste business. Your discussions of Ubuntu has opened my horizons of testing computers and computer parts for reselling using Ubuntu. I'm not certain I have thanked you enough. So here it is: Than You. 73, Mike
    "Profit begins when you buy NOT when you sell." {quote passed down to me from a wise man}

    Now go beat the copper out of something, Miked

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