Regional Rate boxes are your best friend. I can ship 10 desktop hard drives in one. They don't have the 70# weight limit that flat rate boxes do, but they'll hold a lot (I've never had more than 35# in a large FRB anyways).
A Weebly site isn't a good indicator. I haven't used Hostgator (I use gandi.net for the record), but hosting and a domain is cheap. You can easily have a .com and a hosting package with a professional E-Mail address for $75 per year. A Gmail account isn't for business, either. These two things throw off red flags.
There have been a lot of these places that go under and take people to the cleaners- it's a sad reality. We've read many stories of that happening, and don't want it to happen to anyone else. There are buyers on this forum- many of which have established reputations on here (Disclaimer: I'm a buyer here). We've worked with each other as a community, and have a certain level of trust. That's important. I think most of us have never heard of this place before.
Their pricing is inconsistent. Last week, I commented that their RAM prices were terribly low (They were $5.00 per pound then). Now, they're listed as $1.50 per stick. Computer RAM is roughly 20 sticks per pound, so the old rate would have been $0.25 per stick. Their prices have increased six-fold over the course of a week? That's not normal.
Low-grade boards may pay decently there. They're not worth shipping usually, so whatever you can get locally is your price. They don't add up quickly, so it's not a big risk. A box of $400 of RAM is another story.
When I ship out a lot of scrap, I'm throwing my full trust at the buyer. There are great buyers here. Maybe that outfit should join, open a buyer's thread, and become a member of the community. If the people I trust here use them and review them well, I may trust them with a lot.
Until then, I'm going with my gut. It's what I have to go with....
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