@Happy.. You're right... sometimes its best to get a bigger load in to make it profitable..

I buy scrap / computers / wires / lead batteires / lithium and etc etc etc...

now when I buy.. I look at how much work its going to take to break it down.. my rent, basically bills.

and from there, I look at my scrapping habits, Am I removing all the Alum heatsinks from the boards, metal.. backplane plastic

its really important Why.. Lets say a refiner charges You lets say just for gimmick guys.. 2 bucks a pound.

If you leave all them alum heatsinks and matal on that board along with plastic.. You're paying someone else 2.00 per pound. now

think about it, are You going to get 2 bucks per pound if lets say you did remove them and took them to a scrap yard. .. the answer

IS NO>.. you will get a measily maybe .40 cents lets say.

so be sure you remove all of that.. non essential items..

now once you've done that and you weghed your box of goodies.. its time to figure things out.

what is it going to cost Me to ship it to the refiner, how much did I spend to buy that scrap,



how much is it going to cost me to get it refine.. remember they charge by the pound plus some charge a 1% of the goods afterwards.

These are the things you've to think of. so figure your cost.. write it down.. and see if you're going to break even if you're not worth

it.. If you see a good gain from doing this.. then do it, now again its goes by the value of precious metal, its really hard to determine

what you'll get out of that box of goodies.. They are all different.. You may gain anywhere from 15 to 25 to 30 percent over what

you would get from a buyer. but remember deduct your cost and see where you're at,.

Hope this makes sense.

Good Luck.