Pictures of my most recent BIG ONE

Well guys it seems like people really want to point out that you can pick up e-waste for free, and you can... But hear me out!!

Each possible connection you make with new clients makes each deal Different. Yes sometimes people are willing to give them away.
but in this case the guy was trying to sell them, and wasn't, so like i was saying earlier, i would have only got the 1st load because he was still trying to sell most of them. so when i say that i wouldnt have gotten the 2nd load without paying i was refering to that he would of been still trying to sell them. so when i cam alone offering him cash he then found more ewaste for me while i was working at my other job.

Im trying to tell people, yea getting free e-waste is awesome, but now this guy is hungry to pick up more computers for me.
Hope people can understand what i'm saying when i say i pay for e-waste!
thanks -ryan

I'm with ya, machinistace... I pay for my Ewaste most of the time here in Vermont. For us it's a little trickier to talk our way into large amounts of free stuff, because there's quite a few places people can drop their stuff off for free. Even CRT tubes, after being stripped. I have a place about 15 minutes away I don't think they particularly LIKE when I bring in a dozen monitor carcasses, but I also donate quite a few working monitors and other peripherals (keyboard, mice, occasional cheapo printer, etc.) I don't have to, but I hate having boxes of that stuff lying around anyways, and I figure if someone can actually get some use out of it, that's worth more to me than the $.25 I'll make stripping down a keyboard.
Anyways, I've found that when I pay for towers/boards/etc, more often than not my client starts throwing in anything they can think of that they don't want anymore, for free. For example, just the other day I picked up 18 desktops, all pentium 1 except a stray pentium 2 slot, they were as complete as complete gets (just about every pci and RAM slot was filled in every unit), so my original price was $100 for the lot. I show up, and there's 10 monitors as well as several nice printers, scanners, satellite receivers, routers, wires, and so on. Long story short, they wanted everything GONE, so we made a deal... I take EVERYTHING, and the price is dropped to $30
So, I guess what I'm saying is... paying can indeed pay off And as machinist said, it seems FAR more likely that you will make a future connection and a solid source of word of mouth, as opposed to taking it for free. It makes the client feel more like YOU are helping THEM out, instead of the other way around.
As a PS, this has led to a potential mini-whale not too far from me, with 80 total desktops, mostly 286 up to pentium 1, with maybe 20 p2 and newer. And no monitors at all! Keeping my fingers crossed

loginR thanks...your pretty much on page with me. Thanks for adding to the point!! Ill finding out where your crts go BTW.

Originally Posted by machinistace802

loginR thanks...your pretty much on page with me. Thanks for adding to the point!! Ill finding out where your crts go BTW.

The one I go to is called the ReStore, part of ReSource. I think they have several places throughout the state. Don't quote me on this, because I'm not totally positive, but I think the state legislation passed a couple years ago involving EWaste (that made it free for citizens to dispose of 24/7) actually requires them to accept stripped out monitors. But I still try not to abuse it... so far I've been fortunate and haven't had to take too many CRTs. People are pretty good about properly disposing stuff around here, and the state has "free chemical/radioactive/ewaste drop off" days a couple times a year. I actually saw a sign for one today near Montpelier. They're quite popular. In a way that's not a good thing for us lowly "EScrappers", but it's great for the environment in general I suppose. Lots of that stuff we wouldn't want anyways, and just might end up buried or tossed in a brook otherwise.
Anyways, by all means, hit them up! Bring any lower value working stuff you just don't want to mess with as well, they definitely seem happier to deal with me when I do. Being a local I see that as rather important... too bad they refuse to sell me any of their "donated" obsolete goodies They insist it's against the law, though as far as I know all they'd have to do is remove the hard drives to comply. They probably do exactly what we want to do with it, and get paid similar if not more.

yea hypo good point always have a free pick up ad going while buying from certain clients.