Here's a fun e-scrap one

Since I am registered with the MPCA ewaste program, a local nonprofit that rebuilds computers called me to retrieve all their unwanted broken PCs. Seriously theres about 80 computers worth of stuff and misc laying in a pile for me. One of their people starts pointing out everything I can take, parts bins, boxes of optical drives, tons of keyboards, all the motherboards, but then stops a pile of hard drives marked as scrap. He says, "Don't touch those. Those are mine; I'm taking them in." I shrugged and said, "No problem. Make the money, bro." I realize he's taking about 30 hard drives but I'm getting boxes of CPUs, PCIs, and Motherboards. Maybe he thinks he's making the most money, maybe he just likes hard drives, but out here the boards and CPUs pay a lot more and I have a ton of them.

And he has all the liability with the info on the HD's.

Perhaps hes reformatting and selling the hard drives for more than scrap, even though they are labelled scrap.

but they weigh the most

Sounds like you've got a good deal going, keep everyone happy.

Offer to buy the Hard Drive circuit boards/see how much he is getting for the hard drives... The boards sell for good $$$

I for one would say if he thinks he is getting one over on you by keeping the hard drives for himself and just giving you the rest let him keep thinking that

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Originally Posted by Carhuntr

I for one would say if he thinks he is getting one over on you by keeping the hard drives for himself and just giving you the rest let him keep thinking that

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I agree 100%. I would not say a word, just :cool:smile as you sort through your score and take the money to the bank.

wow that's funny i was just dealing with hard drives today as my employee after his first real hard drive breakdown took about 3weeks since i had a backlog while he was gone, he had his son :). its about 180lbs of boards alone but 30 is not going to do as much as the 1400 he broke down lol

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Originally Posted by spinroch

Offer to buy the Hard Drive circuit boards/see how much he is getting for the hard drives... The boards sell for good $$$

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I would offer to buy them. There is a chance he is either taking them apart for aluminum, or selling them as dirty aluminum.

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Originally Posted by MattInTheHat

I would offer to buy them. There is a chance he is either taking them apart for aluminum, or selling them as dirty aluminum.

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If you're getting dirty aluminum, you're getting hosed. Should go as clean cast after everything is removed, and stainless (in most cases) for the covers.

I say let him keep them. A guy like that thinks he's got the best of the best. He'll probably even toss you a few extras in the long run for not giving him a hard time.
If you offer to buy the HD's then he's going to
a) always pull them aside for you to buy
b) wonder why you're not paying for the rest.

Let him have his stack, and take the rest of the free material to the bank!

Nope. Yall all got it wrong. He's scouring the HDs for ... ahem... ""Wildlife"". *wink*wink*nudge*nudge*

At least, that's what my pops calls that folder he thinks mom doesn't know about. LOL