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    Is anyone of the ewaste buyers taking unsorted stuff and charges a sorting fee?

    I have a few hundred lbs of motherboards and some other better stuff (ram, CPUs etc) laying around that I need to get rid off.
    Was thinking about the local guys, just take the hit and move on.
    But they just dropped motherboard prices from $1 to 65 cents.
    I know I can do way better, but just trying to get rid of what's here and call it quits on ewaste.
    More money in my other business ventures.
    So I know guys on here pay way more than my local guy (who most likely ships it to someone from this board).
    Anyway. Is anyone of these guys on here willing to have me ship him my stuff, sort it and pay me better than the local guy?
    Prob. 150 or so lbs of motherboards. And a few lbs other stuff.
    Thx in advance.
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    Find a buyer that's local to you from the scrap buyers tab and shoot them a email .
    Buying ewaste and video games !

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    Where are you? There may be someone local to you.

    Contact one of the buyers here on the forum. Its best to know your weights before you contact them. If you know your weights then you've already sorted the material so at least know the overall weight or a good guess. I watched my buyer sort my material one time. I did have it well sorted but then he sorted it more dividing it up into more precise groups.

    I really don't think it will be a huge problem but you may take a small hit on price. Also you will need to ship it as a pallet not Fedex in individual boxes. For me the difference in shipping cost from when I first started is a lot. I was shipping 50-65lb boxes via Fedex and it cost about $0.50/lb and now a pallet ships for under $0.16/lb. I normally get about 1000lbs on a pallet.
    Don't give up and don't throw you money away. 73, 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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