New Australian member

Hi all!

Greetings from Australia.

My name is Adam, I live in Melbourne.

I became interested in scrap 2 years ago when my wife wanted a diamond ring for her 40th LOL
Well she got her ring and it ended up owning me about $1000 for the items I bopught to then take apart and scrap ....and it was a "HUGE!!!" one too


Now I am hooked!

I have collected, processed, and sold on a 'very' part time basis due to time, and space constraints.

I found that advertising on free 'recycle' web sites did little if any good, and that a 'paid' newspaper add in my local area, and the subsiquent word of mouth was the key!

Computers is really my thing, and I have begun to do some gold recovery just (as we say in Australia) for "Sh1ts N Giggles" or just for a bit of fun

I also look for A/C units and industrial refrige or cool room gear! Hard Rubbish (kerb side hard waste) is a good source for me, but you need to get creative on what you grab, how you grab it, then what you do with it!

I notice from some other sites I visit that in the USA you are able to break down a PC and then sell off the components to a scrap dealer. Here in Australia it is very difficult do do this, they are very short sighted over here, and still concentrate on the basic copper, alluminium, steel aspects of a PC, more often than not, yards will pay "sheet metal" prices when buying computers (by weight)



so if there are any other Aussie members who have any ideas for me, I would be glad to here from you! (or if you have a load of e-waste you can't shift LOL )


...anyway, thanks for having me here, my ADD means that I may well dissappear from time to time (hense the "very part time" comment above) I think the community you have in here is great!


Thanks again!

Welcome! If e-scrap isn't a big thing by you maybe you can start something on your own and change that!

hi from the northeast!! I would love to visit there someday!

a late welcome, we americans love and feel a great kinship to Aussies, we are pretty much the same people just a world away, oh and you speak funny. sry just pullin your chain a little.

Dont forget they walk upside down. Welcome to the forum mate.

Now that wasnt very nice
Seppo
Derogertory word used by the English and Australians for all American nationals. Derived from Rhyming slang (Septic Tank = Yank)


I think he just called all of us a well you can figure it out.