Originally Posted by
olddude
has any one looked at the dot gov auctions lately. no hard drives, may or may not work, may have parts missing. florida state at gainsville has 70 dimms un known condition $800 bid so far.
Im I crazy or has the market gone crazy ?
just got the results of my last shipment of MB, cpu, finger cards etc. 88 lbs. which included several dual cpu slots on MB from servers.
I lost $150, net after net cost.
and that is paying $5 per unit.
something is wrong here.
so Im going to take what little bank roll I have left and buy 2 cars tomarrow and try to flip them.
one is a 94 Buick regal in excellent shape runs great but needs an ignition switch $400
secound one is a 92 ford explorer needs a starter in fair shape $400
so with
scrap prices it is a least a no loss situation.
Have a main hiwy frontage lot where I have sold dozens in the past soooo.
what do ya think.
Where did you bring your boards and stuff too?
If you purchased P4 or higher at $5 per then i could see why you might have had a loss.
Were the machines complete and were they full towers or mini desktops?
I buy PC's at $5 bucks all day long and always turn a profit. Normally on full towers i make back $1-2 bucks back in just the scrap steel. Add everything else and it's about 10-15 per.
Not sure how you lost so much unless you payed a crap ton in shipping.
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