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HI. I am newbie to all of this scrapping and need a lot of help. I am going to be sending my scrap computer parts to ewasted. Here are my questions.

1. I only have one computer to scrap, so can I just send the computer as a whole?
(I only have one of every part.)
(I have a motherboard, hdd, dvd and cd player in one, floppy disk player, a dedicated telephone card, 280 watt power supply, and an aluminum case)

2. What is the approximate price for a 20 pound computer parts?

3. what is the approximate shipping price form Brooklyn NY?

Thank you.
This is a great community.

steve,,,it costs me roughly 20 cents per pound to ship to ewasted,,,,,i am very close to him also......you may want to wait till you have enough to justify shipping costs.......the less you ship the more per pound it will cost you....as a general rule most like to ship 65 to 70 pounds.......i actually think you would loose money shipping 1 computer even if you stripped 3 or 4 or 5 you would still not make much after shipping.......you may want to save stuff up for a bit

Thanks wadarbr549, Do you have any idea on how I can collect parts? For now I just have this one computer given to me at my work.

go on over to the introduction section,,,,introduce yourself......do some reading in the archives....lets not clog up ewasted's thread...youl get more help if you post your own thread,,,,,and in the meantime search electronics breakdown,,, and board grading in the archives...the question of where to find scrap has been asked alot...search in the search bar and you can see the answers other members have got in the past

Originally Posted by BRASSCATCHER

Be careful what you wish for!!!! Have you seen the precious metals market lately?!?!???

Not to worry, I'm getting ready to send my next box and as soon as FedEx picks it up I'm quite sure the prices will change....

Stevescrapper,
Ewasted doesnt purchase whole computers. Better to wait until you have more material to send in. Im also in Brooklyn and I sent a 32 lb box, cost 20 something dollars to ship. Theres high grade boards in flat screen TVs/moniters, cable boxes, modems, telecom equipment, and projection TVs to name a few. Cell phones and their batteries are another thing to look out for. Also gold plated connecters from wire, and IC chips from low grade boards(Use a flat head screw driver to pop out the ones with prongs on only 2 sides, the ones that are soldered to the board with legs on all sides, use a knife to cut at least one row of legs of, and pry with a flathead). The search function here is very useful, youll learn a lot.

Good luck!

Anyone else had issues getting payment here lately.. Sent shipment says payment was sent 8/27 and have not received yet. Have not gotten check yet and have not been able to to get the online operator or any email response.

Call me impressed!

I sent off 200 pounds to Ewasted last week, and this morning, I got my check! Ewasted is very quick, helpful, and will have another load coming his way soon!

What more can I say? He's great!

Are laptop motherboards priced differently or do they fall in the same category as being either P3 or P4?

Laptop boards are priced separately. They are usually a little higher than P3, but I'm not sure what the current price is.