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Sounds like 3.50 to 4$ per pound for a mixed batch or I should of walked

Why settle for a 'mixed batch' price? If I would do that at one of my local e-scrap yards I would expect to be paid what the lowest scrap in my mix is. In your scenario that would have likely been a P4 motherboard. I haven't checked local prices recently, but seeing that P4 mobo's are bringing $1.90 a pound currently in the buyers section, $1.50 a pound local was a reasonable price (in my opinion.)

But why settle for a 'mixed batch'? Sort that stuff yourself and get your money out of it. I think in the past you have mentioned an unwillingness to ship, but that doesn't mean you can't research those places prices and try to find someone close to those prices local. If you can't it doesn't take much space to save memory and cpu's until you do find someone to pay decent.