Being asked what I'm doing with the ewaste

So lately been picking up alot of ewaste from people and I'm asked what I'm doing with the stuff. One person asking how much I'm getting for the boards. Should I be truthful? So what are you others telling people? Didn't want loose any contacts or make more competition.
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Copycat

due to my loaction i have no compitition .but when customers ask my im partaly honest .i tell them i make about 40% profit based on investment.but i also tell them the time it takes me to tear the items down

lol I tell them its like real gold minning it takes a lot of effort and sweat blood and yes tears to accomplish something that resembles a job and then when you get that far you have to jump though a lot more hoops before ya can crack the whip on the ring master and it gets laughs and sometimes even more stuff as for what I do with it I recycle it even if some of what I do toss gets burned to make our electricity crts and such things get separated out because of the value of the lead and glass and what ever other metals I toss as for plastic I wish I had someone I could save it for I have buyers but to far away. trying right now to build my own type of shredder for this since I only do 500lbs a week or so and save it up that way. I do hate tossing it because plastic would pay all my overhead costs that way

Look at harbor freight I got a shredder for 300 works great for plastic it has a wide mouth and the stuff that doesn't fit you can break and then it will fit.

I have been told that shredding plastic cute the value by over 1/2, as it makes sorting out unwanted material almost impossible

My buyer does not want the plastic shredded. I have to save up 10 gaylords though for him to pick up...lots of space for what the plastic is worth.

I engage in misinformation, as the government calls it. No good business man reveals all his secrets. I never outright lie, to anyone. Lying is different, You catch my drift... Its not really anyone's business how much a business person makes anyways.

Originally Posted by Russell

I engage in misinformation, as the government calls it. No good business man reveals all his secrets. I never outright lie, to anyone. Lying is different, You catch my drift... Its not really anyone's business how much a business person makes anyways.

soooooo kinna like a politician. Ya just talk a lot anddddddd don't say NUTIN! got it

I have a customer who actually got prices from a buyer on here and I had to explain the troubles involved in storing, sorting, processing etc.... to merit the profit margin. In explaining everything, I actually learned that I didn't make enough on a few items, and not enough at all to buy 3.5 floppy drives so I cut them off my list.

I tell people the truth...that I sell the cases as scrap metal, and fill up totes in my basement with boards until I have at least around 100lbs, then I ship it to out of state refiners. I will even say that boards are worth about $3/lb. Once folks do that math, they generally see that I am on the bottom rung, and am not making a killing on their old clunker.

Originally Posted by Pnutfarmer

I have a customer who actually got prices from a buyer on here and I had to explain the troubles involved in storing, sorting, processing etc.... to merit the profit margin. In explaining everything, I actually learned that I didn't make enough on a few items, and not enough at all to buy 3.5 floppy drives so I cut them off my list.

Thats about what I tell them too but most are just curious and happy to get rid of them since in my area they charge about $15 per tower to get rid of and people love saving cash.