Buying Resale CPUs, Memory, Parts, Laptops, Tablets - Page 11

Alright, let me explain what's going on.

The guys at the shop are doing what they can to keep the place running, however at this time, we are not accepting ANY new customers or shipments until further notice. I'm available at least one or two days out of the week at present. I've been using my available time to make the OKC location autonomous from what is going on here in WI.

People on the docket to get paid will be paid in order of precedent. It is going to take some time to do this.

The reason for this is simple enough. I've been sick off and on for the last several months. It has finally reached a tipping point and gotten significantly worse. I've hid this fact out of pride, my own **** fault. In the process of this mess, the medications I need to live have gone from being paid for and issued to me at the VA to not, with no alternative except to be written a scrip and filling it on my own for $1318 every 30 days on top of the meds I need already that aren't covered. This new-ish development has thrown everything into a tailspin. It's not just the medication but my forced time away. Before you go wondering what can be done about it, I've so far written my congressmen and my wife's insurance has stepped up to at least pay what would otherwise be the generic version copay. I cannot take the alternative generic because I react to it, thus I'm stuck with a expensive medication.

Right now, as of today I have what is believed to be cancer of the cecum and colon. I've had issues with my GI for many years as a result of chemical exposure in drinking water while deployed. The vast majority of my friends who I deployed with are also sick and some are dead. Today we are looking at options, for me it's dark times, no real options that mean I can continue at the pace I have until July. A few months ago I had a severe immune response to a switch in my medications. Today this has been corrected but blood tests and eventually scans and biopsies have found something else entirely. We had concerns as my weight has gone down almost 45 lbs and have had some blood in stool much more regularly than previous.



I haven't run away with product or money, we are just drained of revolving cash flow from my continued absence. The plan is to shrink the operation back down to a much smaller overhead cost, which means selling equipment, flushing inventory and probably another move. This is already underway. We expect to knock 12-15k per month of overhead off the monthlies and begin disbursements as soon as we can. There will be NO scrap side intake during this time except in Oklahoma City.

I regret not informing everyone sooner, unfortunately I didn't get the complete prognosis until 9 am this morning. I feel like this is happening to someone else and not me even now. I tried to ignore it far too long now I have to deal with this so I can survive it. Also, the VA itself is a large brick and steel building, if you try texting me I might not receive anything at all for hours or days at a time. I spend a great deal of my time waiting to see doctors and consult with people who I hope are smarter than most at dealing with this stuff, it's not that I am trying to ignore anyone, I'm having to learn to deal with my physical failures right now. I am fully aware that pride can ruin the best of us so here I am telling you all I've made too many mistakes and I hope to get the chance to rectify them as soon as possible.

In the future, please understand, until I am healthy enough to continue operations we must proceed case by case. Also I am not in control of facebook at all, the guys were trying to find ways to increase productivity and I can't fault that at all. It has been halted until we decide company future. Theyve gone as far as they can with my continued absenses, it's not their fault, it's mine.

So to recap, yes we are still going to do payments, we are shrinking down the operation so that is more sustainable for the people I am keeping on board. At the same time, no scrap intake right now, probably not until I am up to being at the shop on a daily basis once again, which has no definite plan. I will update everyone right here, in this thread as we make progress at the shop AND with medical updates. I'd appreciate ending the speculation, not much to say right now other than I don't have the best insurances and barely have the means to pay for my medical co-pays as well having a VA system that is next to useless at treating something when time is of the essence.

Just pray for my family please. I'll make the rest of this right in due time.

I just wanted people to know I didn't run off with money to do drugs or anything. It's been one long streak of bad news that kind of makes me wonder what's with all the trials. Thanks for the good words guys I have a consult in just a few hours I can't particularly sleep before because I do hope for good news or at least a battle plan that I can prepare for.

So , While I totally sympathize with TJs health situation and hope that he can get the treatment he needs I too am now in a bad situation.
Derekray was correct to point out that that TJs problems have a domino effect on many of us who are awaiting a payout for product sent in.
We all have financial obligations ourselves.
Would it be to much to ask that we are given some kind of payment schedule or timeline of when we may expect to receive payment owed to us ?
Only TJ knows how many people he owes and what sums. At this point I would hope he would honor his commitments and begin honoring his commitments to his customers. What say you ?
I am trying to be as understanding as I possibly can be and give TJ the opportunity to honor his commitments before escalating this matter.

My post to the BBB

"I have sent some 40 items to Wisconsin itad llc to be tested and then purchased by them. I was supposed to have a check sent to me by mail. Package sent on 8/9/18. Tracking verified delivery. I waited for a month before putting a call in to them as I know depending on how much material they get in it can take a few weeks. I sent a text and email with no response. Waited a few more days and called with no answer. I then checked this company's thread on scrapmetalforum.com and saw other people were having issues with payment. I called their shop number at 262-415-7443 and spoke to a man who when asked about my items said that it was forgotten on shelf and the owner was going to process it the next day. A few days went by and I called the shop again. The owner answered and said that he had just finished processing it and check will be mailed out today. It has now been a few weeks and still no payment. The owner has posted on the above mentioned forum about health issues and downsizing of the company. My issue is that they accepted material knowing full well that they could not pay. What can be done to get this resolved for me and the other victims of this company?"

I agree that if I send something out I expect to be paid but I do not put all my eggs in one basket....There is always a chance when I send off scrap/resale material that I will never get paid....Unfortunately there is not much legal recourse for such small amounts.....Good luck to all but always be of the mindset of never sending something off you can't afford to lose

Are you kidding me ?? It's not a lynching - it is expected that there is honor to your commitments as a business owner and member of this forum. Does this mean nothing to you ? This is more than a bump in the road for some of us !
So this is all all ponzi scheme and everyone should expect to lose money at any given time ? Oh, that statement gives me a lot of faith in all the other "buyers " here. TJ has/had a good rep and I've dealt with him many many times before to the tune of thousands $$- he always paid so I never had any concerns in the past. Health issues aside once he gets himself together he will do the right thing.
If you are here, on the forum and doing business on a regular basis and soliciting people to send in their
shipments ( which by the way we already have invested time and sometimes money into) we should all expect to get paid. Yes there may be those very few times where there may be an issue but come on- are we just playing games and say oh well , better luck next time ?
That is no way to do business as a seller or a buyer.
How unprofessional would that be ? Holding everyone to a higher standard is better for all of us and makes us stronger as a community.
And yes - some of us do pay bills with our receipts from transactions with buyers here. Have been- and will continue to do so.
Go big..... or take your toys and go home

The key word in your post is "expected" as per google definition of expected.......regard (something) as likely to happen.......regard (someone) as likely to do or be something.........I have been buying and selling on this forum for going on 7-8 years I have had one issue..........I filed mail fraud and eventually received my product back in the mail (the buyer is no longer here)........The point of my post was that anything can happen between the time you send off package to the time you get paid.........Natural disasters, Acts of GOD, People get sick, people run out of money, business goes bankrupt.....This will be my final post on this thread as I have no skin in the game with this buyer..........I wish him the best and hope he gets better and everyone receives some type of compensation

Originally Posted by mikeinreco

The key word in your post is "expected" as per google definition of expected.......regard (something) as likely to happen.......regard (someone) as likely to do or be something.........I have been buying and selling on this forum for going on 7-8 years I have had one issue..........I filed mail fraud and eventually received my product back in the mail (the buyer is no longer here)........The point of my post was that anything can happen between the time you send off package to the time you get paid.........Natural disasters, Acts of GOD, People get sick, people run out of money, business goes bankrupt.....This will be my final post on this thread as I have no skin in the game with this buyer..........I wish him the best and hope he gets better and everyone receives some type of compensation

Mike,
While I respect the fact that you have been here a long time and I enjoy reading your input and comments
I don't get the point of your post/reply.
Please allow me to offer clarification to my post. Hopefully you will not take offense but rather have a better understanding of why I feel the way I do .
While we all realize there is a calculated risk in everything we do that risk is usually very, very small and rarely occurs . You yourself stated "I have been buying and selling on this forum for going on 7-8 years I have had one issue" and you were able to resolve it. That to me is proof that there is a high degree of certainty of expectation of positive outcomes .
Why not offer us some positive advice based on what you went through so that we can move forward instead of what seems to be
an "Oh well , better luck next time" attitude ? ( I may be wrong but that's how I took it )
People here are upset and only each person involved can know how they should feel about it because we do " have skin in the game"


If we are going with definitions go with a real dictionary - not Google - it's not complete and offers the weakest possible definition of the word.
The word expect is used where there is a high degree of certainly ( not a guarantee of it ) but it's about as close as you can get without it.
See below.....

From Merriam Webster- I highlighted the important parts.

Definition of expect
intransitive verb

1 archaic : WAIT, STAY
2 : to look forward
3 : to be pregnant : await the birth of one's child —used in progressive tenses
she's expecting next month
transitive verb

1 archaic : AWAIT
2 : to anticipate or look forward to the coming or occurrence of
we expect them any minute now
expected a telephone call
3 : SUPPOSE, THINK
4a : to consider probable or certain
expect to be forgiven
expect that things will improve
b : to consider reasonable, due, or necessary
expected hard work from the students
c : to consider bound in duty or obligated
they expect you to pay your bills

EXPECT implies a high degree of certainty and usually involves the idea of preparing or envisioning.

Maybe you and I just assign a different degree of certainly to the word - My use of the word is with a high degree of certainty
based on past experience and calculation of the probable known reasonable risks
I usually don't take into account in my day to day business... nuclear war, zombie apocalypse, rain for 40 days and 40 nights, Ultron hijacking my shipment etc....

A round of partials have been made, approx 1/5th total amounts owed across board. This includes Kalvin and AZ, as well as two checks have been sent to DakotaRog and KL(dont know his username, that's the initials). A LOOOONG overdue refining check is AFTing to the account in a couple days. We will use this entire check to disburse EVENLY across all owed, it will settle up all but one or two people. I'm doing my best to wrap up everything I can before surgery date.

In brutal honesty, this isnt entirely on me, but it is still my fault. As such half of the crew was fired yesterday. We found a sublet taker and can reduce MAJOR overhead costs this winter which buys me much needed financial relief and time to shore up the strength of the business. I am still planning to run the business as lean as possible and have zero plans to change that strategy until I'm healthy or dead (in which case...does it matter?).

When intake is restarted we will be paying for cpus/memory up front for an indeterminate amount of time. Again, like I said once before I will make this right. I'd very much appreciate it if we could stop with the ropes and trees and so forth unless the goal is to sink my effort to repay everyone as it is DEFINITELY not productive to that effort.