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    Boardsort has a price for copper, but they're in Ohio. I would have a look to the UPS rates to see what's the actual cost difference between shipping to Vegas and shipping further East to Ohio. Some members on this forum are also selling on Ebay for buyers who want to melt the own ingots. Also, if you want to ship it to me, I can sell it up here for you and send you a Paypal or Google Pay transfer, but I am on the other side of the continent and I doubt shipping costs would make cost-efficient. I guess that you should see who's buying boards on the West Coast by mail or courier and see if they're also taking copper at a good rate. The other solution I see is piling up for a full or huge load, then go for a long ride to sell it in a major city or anywhere a good yard is located. Not a perfect solution, but there are the best solutions that came to my mind.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CopperMiner View Post
    I guess that you should see who's buying boards on the West Coast by mail or courier and see if they're also taking copper at a good rate.
    I have a good priced board buyer in Colorado. He will match Boardsort and Cash for computer scrap. Same shipping costs as for Las Vegas but they take three weeks to even open your box and do not buy copper.
    Here I am cyberdan, at yardsales I am dollardan

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