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    Congrats! I still can't find a surplus auction to go to, other than cars.



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    I love curbco and with everyone leaving stuff now this load was mine even after I waited for the rain/ice to stop last night and its a good trash day for scrappers its just still there for me but the bonus kicker was I found 3 computers and a server nothing special in one spot but the kicker was almost 2.5lbs of memory I found in a tiny grill of all spots lol not even in the same area as the computers lol also about 100 of these aladin safe word key coded door things I was reading a bit about there older and half don't work but throwing up on ebay for them fishes to bit at and see if they sell



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    Those college kids must be living large in your burg...

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    Kinda speechless at these pics lol. Great scores man! I'd pay my computer builder/repair buddy to get some going again cheap and resell the ones that are fixable. Amazing how people get rid of computers over the smallest things

    That makes sense and can pay-off. Take a student for this work. Share the profit with him to avoid an hourly rate. Plus, he brings more motivation on that job.

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    prices may be low but this little bit is still worth $157.80 there was a smaller tub with those stainless/ext alu heatsinks so it would have been more but with not a lot of buyers around I have to settle for dirty alu for those and with so much going for so little right now these alone covered the cost of the last 4 pallets I bought

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    I love surprises. went to an auction yesterday and picked up a pallet of computers which on the outside look like just regular dell optiplexes and tore it down and there were a few older ones including these 486's Pentium and not show here lol but also a fun duel socket p3 and some nice cards to go with these as well


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    here was a smaller tub with those stainless/ext alu heatsinks so it would have been more but with not a lot of buyers around I have to settle for dirty alu for those
    Don't forget the Buyer in Ohio does buy those if you want to fill up a box with other escrap. Not too bad of a price compared to my local yard at dirty alum price.

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    Nice pics, Travis! Rootin' for more. (((root root)))

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    that's true but my dirty alu price beats what I could get because of shipping

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    Quote Originally Posted by travistemple202020 View Post
    prices may be low but this little bit is still worth $157.80 there was a smaller tub with those stainless/ext alu heatsinks so it would have been more but with not a lot of buyers around I have to settle for dirty alu for those and with so much going for so little right now these alone covered the cost of the last 4 pallets I bought
    travis, I asked at my yard and they said they will take the alu fin with copper pipe heatsinks as clean alu rads. I think they just doing me a favour because I never have a lot of either one, but it never hurts to ask.
    METAL IS MY MISTRESS...PLEASE DON'T TELL MY WIFE!

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    oh ya no this pic does not show the other bin there are some in the one that I sorted out but I get dirty alu @$0.45lb as for my rads I get full price at least here @ $1.15lb its not really a yard I go to for these the specialty scrap company that picks up from me has many grades for everything I call it dirty alu they grade it as 15% MIX at this price since its the highest price for dirty

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    Keep on keepin on, Travis. I'm trying to tap into ewaste in the worst way... bought a truck today. Time to get to it!

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    got a box of boards dropped off with these fun ones inside the mix a couple of gold ic's and nice boards and such which I tried looking them up and the best I could come up with was there out of a xray controller box says ion source display on the one and artwork numbers. its a sweet one with many of the plug and play ic display chips put it on ebay and got a watcher already so will see if it sells I only listed it for $25 since I don't know much about it but if not it will go into the collection. still trying to find the official name for the display chips lol




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    travis always has fun finding new & different boards!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by travistemple202020 View Post
    got a box of boards dropped off with these fun ones inside the mix a couple of gold ic's and nice boards and such which I tried looking them up and the best I could come up with was there out of a xray controller box says ion source display on the one and artwork numbers. its a sweet one with many of the plug and play ic display chips put it on ebay and got a watcher already so will see if it sells I only listed it for $25 since I don't know much about it but if not it will go into the collection. still trying to find the official name for the display chips lol



    not to bad dropped it to $15 and sold on ebay in a day

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    I do love tape drives and units even the smaller ones like the one these 8 cartridges came from cause they sell fast and parts sell high even these untested used sold for $20 plus shipping but I love auctions for these cause most pass them up so easily like this one I got for a whopping $1 most have a bad motor or control board so I save a lot of parts to fix others and sell fully loaded


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    picked up another pallet yesterday at the auction 65 computers total 11 laptops and found a few nice goodies in it some black fibers and p3's but these 3 goodies were a bonus that will at least pay for it maybe even double it the asus p3 black fiber combo I have not seen in a while.






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    so I always see stash cans and secret boxes and I got this cube in totally ruined inside for resale and as prices go for these on ebay shells I figured I had an idea for a box a made a crude taped version to try and sell but mostly going to give it to a friend as a funny gift for his room lol







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    Get some seat cover tape and then some cheap seat covers. 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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    movie day was not to bad I like doing stuff while I watch tv and other things most of the time but here and there I do movie days were I watch 5 movies and tear down hard drives. its fun and productive even though I make no were near what I could have its relaxing and a great way to still make money.
    spent 9 1/2hrs and still only did 76 drives which aint bad but so many had strippy screws this time and so many I still have to break the motor out of but still did ok for the day.



    my breakdown:
    7lbs platters @ $2.30lb= $16.10
    12lbs magnets @ $1.50lb= $18
    23.5lbs cast @ $0.30lb= $7.05
    9.5lbs motors @ $0.12lb= $1.14
    6oz rings prices vary to much to price so low amount
    total of $42.29 about $4.45hr to watch movies
    fyi movies I watched were:
    back the future
    a million ways to die In the west
    project almanac
    wrong turn 6
    Cinderella this years version with lily james

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