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    Gold connectors on motherboards

    Hi everyone, im new to the scrapping game and have a quick question. I've done tons of research so i think im understanding what to do pretty well. this forum has helped quite a bit so thank you all!



    My question is, is it worth it to extract the little gold pins from your motherboards or should i leave them and sell the board as a whole? Thank you!

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    Removing the gold bearing material from mobo's can/will downgrade the price per pound paid. I do not remove them and don't know of anyone on the forum who does.

    It would be nice if you would go to the introduction section and do an introduction. Its nice if you tell us a little about yourself, read some of the other threads and you will know what others have shared. Mike
    "Profit begins when you buy NOT when you sell." {quote passed down to me from a wise man}

    Now go beat the copper out of something, Miked

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    i am brand new to metals reclamation, in fact we are about to open a new scrap metal yard in southeastern ma, but have no clue where to sell ferrous, non ferrous, batteries, etc....can anyone help me?

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    Quote Originally Posted by robyn953 View Post
    i am brand new to metals reclamation, in fact we are about to open a new scrap metal yard in southeastern ma, but have no clue where to sell ferrous, non ferrous, batteries, etc....can anyone help me?
    by a strange coincidence, i just got my new lawyers license in the mail, send me a check and i'll take care of it for you

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bear View Post
    by a strange coincidence, i just got my new lawyers license in the mail, send me a check and i'll take care of it for you
    lmbo YOU AIN'T RIGHT!

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    Quote Originally Posted by robyn953 View Post
    i am brand new to metals reclamation, in fact we are about to open a new scrap metal yard in southeastern ma, but have no clue where to sell ferrous, non ferrous, batteries, etc....can anyone help me?
    Why would you open a scrap metal yard and have "no clue" what to do with the metal? Seems kind of [not nice word] [another not nice word] to me.

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    haha, no, that first one I had musta come from a bad batch (it got revoked so many times)

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    Quote Originally Posted by robyn953 View Post
    i am brand new to metals reclamation, in fact we are about to open a new scrap metal yard in southeastern ma, but have no clue where to sell ferrous, non ferrous, batteries, etc....can anyone help me?
    I think if you really want to get serious you'll do some searching and reading. I'm not sure you'll find all the answers you need here, but you'll certainly find a start. Also a post in the introduction forum (from the main page) could be of some help.

    SE MA?? wouldn't that be in the fancy schmancy part? might be a good location, who knows, good luck though(you'll likely need it ; )

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    there is a wire and copper buyer from pa in the buyers section. Opening a scrap yard is not a good idea if you have no knowledghe of scrap metal at all. there are many ways to get cheated, and its hard to offer competative pricing without knowing what things are.

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    hey bear " just got my degree in the mail for theoretical nano technology, could you help me with legal maters on opening a consulting firm.
    "anyone who thinks scrappin is easy money ain't doin it right!"

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    hey bear " just got my degree in the mail for theoretical nano technology, could you help me with legal maters on opening a consulting firm.


    robyn: I admire the ambition but ya need to combine it with some common sense, and knowledge

    I have developed at least 4 products in my life time that made other people rich, because I produced them before they were ready and I was under funded but couldn't stop my tendency and philosophy of full boar ahead.

    1. Plastic phone book covers that look like yellow pages ( before they all had business card type ads)

    2. Bag buddy. portable fold up trash can later showed up on tv ads by some one else.

    3. restaurant menu magazines and calendars. the yellow pages now does that.

    4. tourist maps with logos of businesses at their location on the front. and the ads on the back. the big map company s just flat stole that one.

    I also put the first female disk jokey on the radio at KLPR Oklahoma city in 1974.

    The point is I never made any real money from any of them because I jumped in with both feet before it, or I, was ready.
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