Electronics scrap pricing. Am I getting screwed?

I took a small load in about 50lbs of desktop motherboards @.10/lb, 30lbs of aluminum hard drive cases @.30/lb, and 2 lbs of processors and memory @ .30/lb am I getting screwed? These prices just don't match up to the amount of excitement that some of the guys on this site have when they get electronic scrap. If I ain't getting screwed, I'll just stick metals, it ain't worth the aggravation

WOW, how can I explain and still be polite?? Let me start here; Mixed motherboards at 2.70lb
Cast Alum. cases at .50 lb
Memory at 13.50lb
Processors from 6.25 to 115.00 lb
Now you can see the numbers, did they get you?? Does a bear crap in the woods,,,
Just a little looking thru the buyers section would have told you the answer, and it's real simple to box it up and ship it off to get the good money. For the motherboards, they are paying you low grade price- .10-.20 a lb

only sell the trash (steel cases etc....) to the yards..........use our buyers for anything above low grade........its simple logic and arithmetic.............Unless you have a fair ewaste buyer in your area you need to ship!!!

Does a bear crap in the woods,,,

And I didn't mean to insinuate that Bear runs around crapping behind peoples houses. lol

I just got a computer store account,

That's where he's getting the goodies,,,

I took a small load in about 50lbs of desktop motherboards @.10/lb, 30lbs of aluminum hard drive cases @.30/lb, and 2 lbs of processors and memory @ .30/lb am I getting screwed?

This is where we are assuming he took it to some kind of a yard with those prices.

Originally Posted by elitelawnteam1

50lbs of desktop motherboards @.10/lb, ...SCREWED

30lbs of aluminum hard drive cases @.30/lb, ...BLUED

and 2 lbs of processors and memory @ .30/lb ...and TATTOOED

The harddrive cases maybe not so bad, but there's a guy on this forum that buys memory for $13.75/#, and mobos range from $1 to $3/# depending upon grade... maybe even more.

No need to be mean to the guy... he just learned an expensive lesson. Bet he won't do it again. Plus, now, future newbies can read this thread & learn from it.

I think we can all look back on a transaction we didn't know better at the time. I know I can!

You have to know what you have before selling to anyone and know your pricing. Sorry you got hammered the way you did. When the guy at corporate said what he said about the gold and filler that should have tipped you off. I brought a load of laptop boards to my regular buyer here and he tried to say there was not as much gold in those boards as a regular motherboard. Well no **** its half the size but should still get motherboard pricing instead of what he offered .50#. So now they are getting ready to go to a buyer here.

Dont feel like you are obligated to sell everything to one place just because you always have in the past. The bottom line is the BOTTOM LINE, yours not theirs. Always be willing to pack up your stuff and go elsewhere! I am now down to selling only high grade mobos locally and shipping most everything else.

Being loyal is a good trait to have as long as it goes both ways. From what I have learned most scrap yards are attitudes are " what have you done for me lately".