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    <span style="font-size:13px;">Newbie</span>

    Hello everyone.
    Very excited to be a member. Anxious to learn a lot more about scrapping. It started off just to get rid of a few things now I’m obsessed with it. I love to tinker with the e-waist. The fact that I’m helping with recycling really is a motivation for me. Time to dive in and start learning. Thanks everyone.



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    Welcome to the forum. I'll give you my new guy advise.

    Hold onto the ewaste you have until you know more about it and the value. Take the time to read the Scrap Buyers/Sellers section(button at the top of each page), to learn about potential buyers for you. Read the old threads until you know enough about ewaste you feel comfortable selling it. Pay attention to the cost of shipping, many of the buyers offer assistance and we have a member who specializes in shipping. 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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    Welcome!!! The best advice I can give, read, read, read.!!!! There is so much knowledge here. So many experts, and so many members that has tried things, and know the best way to do stuff. Listen to what everyone says, and read . There are thousands of threads about scrapping. For the beginner, this is your college education, for free. Again, welcome, have be safe, have fun

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    Quote Originally Posted by miked View Post
    Welcome to the forum. I'll give you my new guy advise.

    Hold onto the ewaste you have until you know more about it and the value. Take the time to read the Scrap Buyers/Sellers section(button at the top of each page), to learn about potential buyers for you. Read the old threads until you know enough about ewaste you feel comfortable selling it. Pay attention to the cost of shipping, many of the buyers offer assistance and we have a member who specializes in shipping. 73, Mike
    +1 miked!
    I'm so into scrapping.. When my Steel Toe Boots Wear out, I cut the Steel out of them and recycle the Toe!

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    Thank you for the tip. There is so much on here my head is spinning. I made my very first visit to the scrap yard and i made $38. bucks. Silly iknow, but it was great. Hopefully I can be an asset to this forrum. thanks again.

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    Thanks for the tip. there is quite a bit of info my head is spinning. I am really going to enjoy this. have a safe and enjoyable day.

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    Welcome to the forum. I can't give you any better advice than you were given already. Know your product and learn how far to tear it down. At 38 bucks, that sounds like the equivalent of about 4 full computers. Good luck and keep reading.
    Cleaning up the e-waste one company at a time

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kpgman View Post
    Thanks for the tip. there is quite a bit of info my head is spinning. I am really going to enjoy this. have a safe and enjoyable day.
    When I transitioned from scrapping cars to computers, I felt the same way! Within a year I could maximize every single thing on a computer and killed it. A LOT of what I learned was from the forum here, the people here, and reading old posts! I recently found some of my first e-waste posts and laughed at myself- but you know what- without going that route, without being hungry to learn and having the stones to ask the questions. I wouldn't have learned.

    Now I can strip a computer in minutes and know what pays what, and where to ship it or drop it to maximize my $. You can do the same.. the answers and resources are all here!

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    Welcome to the forum. I'll give you my new guy advise.

    Hold onto the ewaste you have until you know more about it and the value. Take the time to read the Scrap Buyers/Sellers section(button at the top of each page), to learn about potential buyers for you. Read the old threads until you know enough about ewaste you feel comfortable selling it. Pay attention to the cost of shipping, many of the buyers offer assistance and we have a member who specializes in shipping. 73, Mike

    Should be said twice, it's good advice.

    Stealing a page from Sledge +5 to Miked. Saves me from having to type what he said!

    Good luck to ya rookie, an welcome to the forum from a sandbar off the coast of NC.

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    Welcome!

    Better than the dump!

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    Thanks for all the support , you guys are great. I will definitely read as much as I can and learn. I will have plenty of time because I’m getting my bicep reattached tomorrow. I’ll be glad for it to be over. Plenty to read.

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