does trimming the gold leads on the motherboards devalue them?

Originally Posted by jghilino

Kinda makes you wonder how much else can be removed undetected if pts is changing his comments. Firs he says removing gold devalues now he says jumpers are ok. 50 cents worth of jumpers per motherboard is just a start. I can tell you i remove about $1.50 worth of stuff per board and it still makes it thru the system ok.

First off i am not changing my comments. THe origanal poster said trimming. That to mean usualy means cutting something off the board. So I didnt change my comment I simply added to it when the jumpers where added into the conversation.