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    new to the scraping game ....NJ

    hello everybody am new the the game i have been scarpering PC ... i had my first score i spent 90$ on 9 towers and 32 laptops plus some wire ..... i sold it for 300$ .... i was happy with my first score ..... so how do you guys think i did ....Plus any further advice would be much appreciated ..... thanks and looking forward to being a menber of this borad

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    thats a nice score

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    hello everybody am new the the game i have been scarpering PC ..
    That's where I'm going wrong, I'm not scarpering them. I'll bet I'm leaving money on the table.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mechanic688 View Post
    That's where I'm going wrong, I'm not scarpering them. I'll bet I'm leaving money on the table.
    I think scarpering a PC is making the dust bunnies into gold.

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    Welcome from NY....any time you can make back 3x what you spent you did well. Did you part everything out or were you able to resell some of the computers?
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    Welcome from the north. Best wishes with the Sandy recovery. It must be difficult.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BRASSCATCHER View Post
    Did you part everything out or were you able to resell some of the computers?
    i was able to sell 3 laptops for 70$.... and i took the rest to the scrap yard
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    Check out of the buyers on here...lots of good ones to choose from and if you want to ship to them many will send you a prepaid label and will deduct the cost of shipping from your payment. Nothing out of pocket. Also there is a buyer in NJ....clr solutions that some of the Jersey people use. Dont know how close he is to you but he has good reviews as well. Avoid thee scrap yards for ewaste as most of them are not going to pay what the buyers on here will.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BRASSCATCHER View Post
    Check out of the buyers on here...lots of good ones to choose from and if you want to ship to them many will send you a prepaid label and will deduct the cost of shipping from your payment. Nothing out of pocket. Also there is a buyer in NJ....clr solutions that some of the Jersey people use. Dont know how close he is to you but he has good reviews as well. Avoid thee scrap yards for ewaste as most of them are not going to pay what the buyers on here will.
    thanks a lot for the tip
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    Quote Originally Posted by sunnyzee View Post
    i was able to sell 3 laptops for 70$.... and i took the rest to the scrap yard
    Definitely check out our buyers, you could have improved your payday by a bunch. Best way is to break down the towers and sell the parts a big box at a time.

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    Any profit over 3% is a good day in my book. I aim to double my money if and when I buy things. As long as you are running in the black you're better off than the day before.
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    Any profit over 3% is a good day in my book.
    If I can't do 50 % then I don't go out the door.
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