Hard Drives: Selling whole or parting out

**GeorgeB** · 09-16-2012, 07:49 PM

Originally Posted by PartTimeScrapper

Dont sell them on ebay

Just take all the 80 gb or higher drives stick them in a flat rate box and send them to me. Ill test them and pay you well for them.

How much we talking? lol

**PartTimeScrapper** · 09-16-2012, 07:51 PM

Originally Posted by GeorgeB

How much we talking? lol

I have a buyers thread. Check out my prices there. Guess im going to have to pay for some advertising. No one remembers I buy hard drives and ram for more than scrap value.

**purenergypro** · 08-23-2013, 01:33 AM

maybe I am dumb. but your link says you buy them at $1.00 a pound, I thought that was scrap price? is that above scrap price or am I missing something?

**PartTimeScrapper** · 08-23-2013, 06:29 AM

Originally Posted by purenergypro

maybe I am dumb. but your link says you buy them at $1.00 a pound, I thought that was scrap price? is that above scrap price or am I missing something?

There are 2 links there. Top one is more than scrap price and second one is my scrap prices.

**miked** · 08-23-2013, 07:14 AM

Originally Posted by purenergypro

maybe I am dumb. but your link says you buy them at $1.00 a pound, I thought that was scrap price? is that above scrap price or am I missing something?

I'm not sure of your experience so please don't take what I say as an insult someone else may not know what you know so I will answer to those who have little experience.

In my opinion once you remove the board you have something that can only be sold as dirty Al. The price on dirty Al at my yards is $0.10-$0.25/lb.

If I disassemble the hard drive I get clean Al and usually clean SS. Current prices at my yard are about $0.50/lb for Al and $0.60/lb for SS. With labour and other things like shipping or handleing and consideration for the scrap value of the board $1.00/lb may be a good deal for many. One of our buyers is currently paying $0.85/lb for hard drives.

There are many threads on scrapping hard drives and some are listed at the bottom of this thread. Mike

**MattInTheHat** · 08-23-2013, 08:09 AM

Originally Posted by miked

I'm not sure of your experience so please don't take what I say as an insult someone else may not know what you know so I will answer to those who have little experience.

In my opinion once you remove the board you have something that can only be sold as dirty Al. The price on dirty Al at my yards is $0.10-$0.25/lb.

If I disassemble the hard drive I get clean Al and usually clean SS. Current prices at my yard are about $0.50/lb for Al and $0.60/lb for SS. With labour and other things like shipping or handleing and consideration for the scrap value of the board $1.00/lb may be a good deal for many. One of our buyers is currently paying $0.85/lb for hard drives.

There are many threads on scrapping hard drives and some are listed at the bottom of this thread. Mike

An ewaste buyer towards the top of the ladder can pay about .40 for hard drives without boards. much better return from the shredder than regular dirty alum. but, yes that is about the price you would get from a yard.