Multiple people on the forum suggested I try to sell before scrap. I was hesitant cause I didn't know too much about computers bedsides tearing them apart. Then I simply posted "lots of misc. Computer parts" on Craigslist. The next day I had a guy over drooling over my piles. He was a refurbisher. He basically begged me not to break any more down till I called him. Since then I've met a few more guys. All refurbishers. They tend to be interested in all of my stuff less than 4 hrs old and almost all my lap tops. I have multiple hospitals I get computers from and they seem to get rid of a lot of newer stuff. Im working with a 600 bed hospital right now, by years end they will have replaced all their older towers, leaving me over 800. One of my refurbishers takes scrap from his other guys he buys towers from as a "favor" and gives me all of it. In return I give him a tower or two. It works out great.
Another thing I do is place all of my empty towers on Craigslist as computer scrap metal for free. I do this with hopes of meeting another refurbisher who is looking for empty towers, hopefully he'll want to buy. At a minimum, I meet people who say they'll swap me a few full towers for my next load of empty 50. This is my source of networking.
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