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    New to the big picture

    I stumbled across escrap recovery almost two yrs ago and have been bitten ever since. I've learned the hard way that it's not going to just come to you and buying it is just as hard as finding it for free since everyone thinks everything is worth $13000 hahaha. I was talking with a friend of mine the other day about how difficult it is to get anything nowadays especially in my area, and he told me about this place. He said while escrap is nice, it's hard to come by and the margins are getting slimmer and slimmer, hence the big picture. He told me to study up here and learn how to make it work from a big picture perspective, ie making some money off of all the pieces I collect AND getting stuff that is easier to come by and getting serious weight vs 3 or 4 computers in a month. I hope to learn a lot from everyone here and improve the way I do things. One quick confession I do have hoarder tendencies and keep 1 of all the "rare" things I find.



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    Hello from Texas and welcome to the forum. Everyday their is something new to read and learn from.

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    Howdy (neighbor?) . I'm in Allen (northeast DFW) in another thread you mentioned north TX.

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    Welcome from the northwest suburbs of Chicago. There is a wealth of knowledge here. Never stop learning. Happy scrapping.
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    Welcome from a sandbar off the coast of NC!

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    Welcome from n y...alot of us tend to keep the rare items...pentium pros are not rare so send them to me
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