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    TVS AND Computer monitors

    I see alot of people on here excited when the get a load of computer monitors or TVS. But I dont see why, arent they worth the yoke in them and the little bit of wire in them. All that totals to is 2$??? Can someone tell me otherwise or why people are taking them for free?
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    I would suggest doing a lot of reading here on the forum. This thread should get you started on the world of CRT's.
    http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/tv-mo...ing-guide.html
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    Some people get paid by their yard for them. Tvs and monitors have a power cable, low-grade board, copper yolk and degaussing cable as well as the tinned copper wire around the end, etc. If you have a legal way to dispose of the tubes and some time and space, you can make a lot more than $2 each. Maybe these people are starting out, maybe other scrap is hard to find, maybe they are just trying to stay busy, who knows? All I know is that if my yard let me turn them in for 8 cents a lb like some folks have I would be banking...
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    Like ScrappinRed said, it just depends on circumstances. A few years ago, I would pay a couple dollars for a TV or monitor. Now, I charge $10 to take either. I don't need or want them and getting rid of the tube is a hassle. But money talks, so for $10 a piece I'll save up a pickup load and haul 30 miles to the certified disposal facility.
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    Lol, I love picking them up and I can get rid of the monitors at Goodwill after gutting them so they can be recycled but most days I am tv - 6, monitor - 1. I have no scrap yard that buys tv's by me so I do have to get rid of them but thats where most on my copper and boards come from and I also help fill my copper bearing bucket and aluminum bucket with them as well as the wire that comes from them.

    If I have a full truck I will put them on the seat next to me or on the floor. I am of the mentality that I cannot pass up any scrap if it holds value even if it costs me money in the end. lol.
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    I never pick them up, not even for free. There are so many more profitable items I can get, that keep me busy. Occasionally if there is a good load, I take them for free, as a favor. Just cut the cord, and drop off at the recycle depot on the way back. This way I don't have to load them twice.

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    Three factors: 1)There are a lot of tv/monitors out there. 2)They are fast and easy to take apart. 3)I feel I'm helping clean up my town in some small way.

    My son and I have a competition of who can field strip a tv the fastest, sitting on the tail gate of a pick-up. Right now he is ahead with 7:45 from start to stripped of yoke, cables, degausssing, speakers, and boards and the shell back on ready for drop off at Best Buy.

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