Laptops

**JnJunk** · 05-31-2015, 11:06 AM

A electronic recycler just called and said he wanted to buy all my non working laptops for 3.25 a piece, when I hesitated he jumped to 4. I called him back and left a voicemail and asked for 4.50. All of them have the hard drives out and most of them the ram is out of them. Is $4 dollars a good deal? He also wants to buy monitors? Anyone have an average price per piece on those if I was sending them out?

**Metalbestos** · 05-31-2015, 11:25 AM

Is $4 a good deal ?

How fast are you dismantling a laptop ? We have buyers here on this forum that would pay that for the screen alone . So it's really all about how fast you are to dismantle one and if the screens are not damaged . At $4 he is buying the screen and making his profit on the ram, battery , mobo and CPU . Or he is probably refurbishing the newer ones and making more .

Breaking down or selling whole . There is no correct answer . Each member here has to decide what is worth breaking down compared to what their time is worth . Another determining factor will be what else you have to work on and how steady your scrap steam is flowing . Me personally I break them down if I can , might take longer but complete they yield more than some towers .

Metalbestos - I'm not right , I'm not wrong ... I'm just me

**matador** · 05-31-2015, 11:35 AM

Is he handling the shipping? Laptops get very heavy, very quickly.

We have a buyer on here that takes them for $1.45/pound if they're not missing more than the RAM and one more item. He'll pay for the shipping, so you know what the exact price/pound he'll pay is ($1.45). A small netbook type laptop weighs about 3.5 pounds, so he would pay $5.08 for it. An "average laptop" weighs about 4.5-5 pounds, so you would be paid $6.53-$7.25 for them. Really large laptops can weigh 6-7 pounds, so for them you would be paid $8.70-$10.15 for them.

Personally, I'd chat with the buyer on here. You'll make an extra $2/laptop on the average sized ones. Over a 100 laptop shipment, that's an extra $200. That difference would be worth it to me. As local buyers go, it's probably a fair price, but I am always willing to ship to make more money.

**Sirscrapalot** · 05-31-2015, 12:25 PM

Metalbestos - I'm not right , I'm not wrong ... I'm just me

Full article at Scrap Metal Forum: http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/compu...#ixzz3bjolRJyO

So Metal your saying your unbalanced?

An uh..what matador said.

Seriously. No need to reinvent the wheel to say what he just said.

Sirscrapalot - Listen up buttercup..

**Metalbestos** · 05-31-2015, 12:52 PM

[QUOTE=Sirscrapalot;247367]Metalbestos - I'm not right , I'm not wrong ... I'm just me

Full article at Scrap Metal Forum: http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/compu...#ixzz3bjolRJyO

So Metal your saying your unbalanced?

Cooler pullin ninjas always have balance

I was just trying to reinforce the age old advice of the way I do it might not be the way you do it . We all have many factors that determine what we do and when . I can show you my line in the sand but you have to decide where to draw your own .

**webuyselltradestuff** · 05-31-2015, 04:22 PM

ALL laptops should be checked on Ebay before you do anything...they sell WELL many times as non working / parts machines for FAR FAR more than even the $4-5 the guy is offering you. Even the power bricks can sell for $10 many times.

Something to keep in mind.

**aurum** · 06-01-2015, 12:21 AM

$4 per laptop is a bit too low. As scrap you can get $1.00+ per lb anytime from many different buyers. I have a local buyer that pays $7.50 each for any P4 and up laptop. Also have another local buyer that pays $20-50 each for newer (Win 7) non-working laptops. Shipping shouldn't cost much if you ship at least a full pallet at a time.