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    scrapping a digital camera?

    Been cleaning my shop and found some older digital cameras. Is there anything worth pulling out of them?



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    I was wondering the same thing. I am getting a small pile of them from various odd lots.

    I figure there is a good board in them, but have not torn into one yet.
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    I was just looking inside the bottom of mine and the contacts all look to be gold, so the one that holds the memory cards would be also. Just gonna be really small, smaller the those cards out of the sat. dish amps.
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    nothing that a good hammer couldn't figure out

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    I think there is someone that buys them but don't know who, if I find out I'll post it here.

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    they could turn in to collectors items real quick, it hasn't been a long time since the first ones were coming out

    i wouldn't scrap one without investigating it a bit, at least unless it was totally worn out or trashed

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    Quote Originally Posted by happyscraper View Post
    I think there is someone that buys them but don't know who, if I find out I'll post it here.
    I thought it was Jack down in Fla. but I'm not finding the post.

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    I think ARCOA buys these along with other "consumer electronics" but I cannot remember what the price is.

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    I know both of these places and maybe I'll give them a call tomorrow.

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    I have taken a few apart and the image element strongly resembles a gold-wired chip. Take a look...they are pretty! I have just been saving them.

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    I agree with Enoch, they are quite interesting under magnification. Same with the ones from webcams.

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    If working, not worth scrapping. Many buyers pay .04 per pound for them whole. if you scrap it, you will get between 1-2 quarters worth of high grade stuff. Throw them in a pile and sell them as a lot on Ebay or as a lot on craigslist.

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    We buy them with other plastic breakage like office phones. We are currently paying .14/lb for them.
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    CLR, I looked at your web site but didn't find anything about shipping. Do you pay for shipping?

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    Quote Originally Posted by happyscraper View Post
    CLR, I looked at your web site but didn't find anything about shipping. Do you pay for shipping?
    For scrap material we can arrange shipping through Fedex at a discount on our account. The cost of shipping will be deducted from the payout for the material.

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    Where in the USA can one ship to you on your account for less than .14 lb? My digital camera weights about 5 oz almost 1/3 lb or $.05. If you can't sell it locally you have to increase it's value density. $.05 of gold doesn't weight much.

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    Wow. I've never run into this, but unless you have a quantity of them seems you would just throw them in your shred pile and forget about this. You are stepping over dollars to get to dimes worrying about something this small. IMNTBHO.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scrap Master J View Post
    Where in the USA can one ship to you on your account for less than .14 lb? My digital camera weights about 5 oz almost 1/3 lb or $.05. If you can't sell it locally you have to increase it's value density. $.05 of gold doesn't weight much.
    An item like this is not economical to ship. What you can do is mix it in the box with higher paying material.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BurlyGuys View Post
    Wow. I've never run into this, but unless you have a quantity of them seems you would just throw them in your shred pile and forget about this. You are stepping over dollars to get to dimes worrying about something this small. IMNTBHO.
    The couple of posts I have read by you today Burly have been suprisingly insightful......Keep up the good work!

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