I have always favored retail sales. I can still sell a few XP boxes locally. Most of those buyers don't know the first thing about FSB speeds, or what a Pentium 4 even is.
I think the whole "
E-Waste boom" will end in a while. I remember when
eBay was full of the experienced refurbishers. Now, everybody's cousin is a Microsoft Registered Refurbisher, and everyone is hell-bent on creating price wars with each other.
Let them fight. I'll stand back and watch, and sell at my price. I don't sell as much on eBay as the other sellers do, but I make more money per sale. When they're banking on selling desktops for maybe $15-20 profit each, we all know that it's not sustainable.
The same thing happened with cars out here a few years ago. Everybody with an F-150 and a 16' trailer was now a vehicle recycler. That died, and now the serious people are the ones doing it. The same thing will happen with E-Waste.
I remember someone on here that thought PCs were worth $45 each in scrap. When that whole "Get Rich Quick" thing ends, we can all get back to business as usual.
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