Northern Telecom Line Card Prices

Originally Posted by jimicrk

I've scrapped many cards just like the ones in your pics. In order for me to get the best price the plastic needs to be removed. In the top pic I see 8 transformers that should be removed and in the bottom pic those 16 gray boxes look like transformers and should be removed but they could be relays. Removing transformers is really easy after you've done a few and can mean the difference in $1.25 lb and $2.50 lb which is what I got for mine.

This definitely answers my question. Frankly I don't really have the time to go through all the boards and remove components. Scrapping stuff is really just gravy on what I do, which to answers other's recommendations, is ebay the "good" working stuff. 98% of these boards were not worth it to list as they were all on sale on ebay in same condition for ~$20. Considering time, fees, storage & shipping costs. Flat out not worth it, or at best, break even considering time and energy. Though I would have learned a bit more about the scrapping process which I'm going to be doing moving forward.

I just need to do more research and maybe a little more aggressive (not to much heh) when negotiating prices. Often I don't even ask prices because I would typically scrap so little, but with this kind of weight that difference can mean $100's at a time.

I just wanted to basically have some positive reinforce that I wasn't ripped because I have no clue what these are worth and I am paranoid.

Thanks for responses and tips.