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    E-Scrap Question

    I have gotten into e-scrap in the last year, buying old computers and such. I test them, if they test good and are not too old I try to sell as working computers. The bad ones, I open, take out the hard drive, memory, and finger cards and set aside. I leave the motherboard, psu, and often floppy and cd drives attached and sell to the scrap yard for .18#. I have been thinking of sending them to an e-scrap processor from this website. Better than half of the mobo's are p4 or newer. The scrap yard is a 15 minute drive from me. My last load I took in was 30 towers = $135. Shipping them to a processor @ Average $2 pound just motherboards - (minus) shipping - (minus) labor - (minus) materials.

    I've come to a Y in the road and not sure what way to go. Suggestions much appreciated.

    One more question. I have some windows 98 pc's. I'm pretty sure they are run of the mill. Sell or Scrap?


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    If your getting $4.50 each for a montherboard, PSU and floppy I would do that. I think they are way over paying at .18 for incomplete units.

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    It may have been 40 towers. I put them on a pallet, wrapped them and took them in. It was about 650#. These are all approx. This was a couple months ago.

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    0.18/lb for what you describe is a good price. I would continue doing what you are doing. You can ship out the better stuff that you have been saving.

    The value in those older PC motherboards would be if they were aftermarket. There are some collectors for them. If they are dell, gateway, compaq, etc, just scrap them.


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