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Got a bunch of cordless phones and a base on a pick up and was just wondering if you think they would sell scrap wise for the same as cell phones. I currently have these items listed on feebay so can't currently break it open but do you guys think there are any good boards in them?
9 times out of 10...nope. all the ones I open have low grade boards...sometimes you find a slightly nicer one in there but that is rare. Generally the batteries these days are li-ion (I get like $1.25/lb or ni-cad or ni metal...only like .25/lb).
Best part is they open pretty easily and you can process them quickly.
That's funny becuase every cordless phone I open has a mid grade board. You might want to check around with other buyers and see what they would pay for them.
I have gotten mid grade certainly...and even a few high grade once you pull a few things and see the gold shadow mask....but alot of the newest ones have low grade....ymmv dwpending on what kinds you get.
I never know until I open them up. I scrapped two this week. The first was a cheap one with a low grade brown board in it. The second one was a NEC brand that sells for about 500.00. It had a nice high grade board with a lot of gold plating.
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The search button is working, i got this from there.
(So I had these cordless phones sitting in my electronics pile, I decided to take them apart just to see what is in them.
I believe these boards may be considered high grade. Looks like some gold on them. What do you all think?)
Full article at Scrap Metal Forum: http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/elect...#ixzz2gr0r1jnn
Yes, they come in all flavors and types! Low grade, mid, high, into the omgitsgoldbucketitgoes. You will find all kinds in cordless phones. I get quite a bit of them from one of my Thrift store clients. I like cordless phones, their fun to bust open.
Sirscrapalot - "Mama always said..life was like box of cordless phones, you'll never know what kind of board you'll get." - Forrest Gump..if he scrapped