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    Proof that the simplist ebay add can net you better than scrap value.

    I put this up last night after getting home and sorting all the ram chips I baught from the 7 pounds. Anything that was 512mb or higher I put on ebay. They sold today. Less than today and look at the ad for yourself. Its a picture and 3 sentence description.



    http://www.ebay.com/itm/3GB-6X512MB-...item1e6a95e4de
    Sold 6 chips for $18 plus $3 shipping. scrap value of chips using ewasted current price of $15 per pound is 4.78oz of chips $4.48. So after fees and shipping im looking at total sale of $14.85 So an extra $10 for making an ebay ad that took 5 mins tops. Ill take that anyday.

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    Good for you, always good to make more than scrap value on anything.

    I had an ad on CL looking for computers, a guy emailed me wanting to sell ram at $5 a stick for 256kb, sent him a message back saying I would sell him 512mb for the same $5 a stick, only had 1 stick that he could use but it sold for far more than scrap value.

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    wow will he pay 10 bucks a stick for 512mb if so ill send you 100 and we can split the profit

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    Over the last few years I have sold lots of pieces and parts on eBay for way more than scrap value. Had a Case 222 riding mower with a tired engine and other issues. Sold most everything in pieces or small lots netted over 900.00. Deck, frame , hood and a little bit of misc went to the scrap yard. Have a small pile of escrap and will do the same.

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    PTS, i think he was working on either his or a customers computer and needed/wanted a specific type/code/number however they identify types of ram sticks. Hope he kept my address.
    I however need 3 sticks of 512mb DDR2 for an Alienware that i got from a CL call, I guess I will find some one day.

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    You know, we have been thinking about hiring a person just to list things on ebay. We could start with this bucket of over 400 sticks of DDR 512mb ram



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    Can you short them out by piling them all together in a box like that?? Wouldn't matter if their scrap but if their buying in hopes of reusing then it is possible to destroy.
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    I think these things are pretty durable from what i understand. They guy we currently sell to buys them for reuse and buys them as is just like this. He is only paying 2.40/stick at the current time.

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    Well I sold 6 sticks for $14.85. So thats $2.47 a stick. I would just sell them to the guy buying them now. the average stick weighs about 25 grams or so thats makes them worth about 75 cents each scrap value at $15 a pound. So your getting 3 times scrap value to your reseller for 52mb sticks? I would take that all day long. Now 1gb or higher I think I would ask for little better prices. Closer to $4 a stick for those I would think.

    As far as durability goes out of all the ram chips that I have pulled from computers so far and actualy tested them. I have yet to come across one that doesnt work. So I would think they are pretty durable as well. I could be wrong but ram chips dont have any moving parts and no battery. So only thing that could happen to them is static shock from friction maybe?

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    Quote Originally Posted by brandon View Post
    PTS, i think he was working on either his or a customers computer and needed/wanted a specific type/code/number however they identify types of ram sticks. Hope he kept my address.
    I however need 3 sticks of 512mb DDR2 for an Alienware that i got from a CL call, I guess I will find some one day.
    Send me the complete specs in a PM and ill look threw what I got out in the shed. I have 2 1gb ddr2 667 chips sitting here at my desk right now.

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    I will have to get back with you monday,

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    Sold 3 of these today for the same lot for $14 bucks shipped
    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Micron-PC270...item1e6a95b22f

    Man I Love getting better than scrap value on untested stuff. SOmething I started doing with this ram lot is after they buy it I send them an message threw ebay saying that this is untested and that I need them to respond that its untested and they agree before I ship it. I havnt had any problems yet but I thaught this might help cut them down since I have so many untested chips to sell. Just an idear.
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    PTS, I thought you had bought some stuff off ebay that you used to test everything?

    As well as erase all information?
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    Thats for hard drives not ram chips. You want to give my 5 grand to buy one of these?
    http://www.innoventions.com/ramcheck...dr2_tester.htm

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    Parttimescrapper your emoticon is driving me crazy! I mean that literally... just thought i would let you know because it may bother others as well.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PartTimeScrapper View Post
    Thats for hard drives not ram chips. You want to give my 5 grand to buy one of these?
    http://www.innoventions.com/ramcheck...dr2_tester.htm
    Gotcha. Not sure what I was thinking.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ptscrapper View Post
    Parttimescrapper your emoticon is driving me crazy! I mean that literally... just thought i would let you know because it may bother others as well.
    That better?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Escrap View Post
    I think these things are pretty durable from what i understand. They guy we currently sell to buys them for reuse and buys them as is just like this. He is only paying 2.40/stick at the current time.
    Overall they are pretty durable. However, i pulled one in the past and put it my pc just to add to what i had, it was compatible, but when i did, it kept hanging my browser up among other programs. After doing a search, i found that ram can actually go bad. More than likely due to heat as with most electronics.

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    RAM can go bad or be incompatible even if it "list as compatible". The two things that kill RAM the most is static electricity and heat. I try and sell all my RAM, even untested. Just sold two sticks of Samsung server ram, and 4 sticks of Netlist server ram for little over $50. Beats scrapping it any day.

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