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Yes the "attendant" phones are phenomenally more expensive than the desk phones. I just snagged about 25 NEC phones that go for decent dollars on Ebay. Problem is, I don't have the phone system that runs them to test them. And I'm not too keen on saying in an auction listing "Well my client told me they worked when they were pulled"
Ebay will give a refund to any buyer who sneezes about something not being perfect. So I may just break them down because it may not be worth the risk!
I'm so into scrapping.. When my Steel Toe Boots Wear out, I cut the Steel out of them and recycle the Toe!
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Well, I'm irritated that I forgot to bid on this, as I got tied up at my "real" job. I had looked at this lot several times over the past days. However, I'm glad someone that is a member of this forum got the bid. Congratulations and I do hope that you do well on this haul. It looks like you should.
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
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Hello and howdy, numbers- Good to hear from you! Sorry this one slipped by you, but I'm glad we didn't wind up bidding against each other- that's just throwing money down the toilet. I check the local auctions about once or twice a month but I rarely bid on anything and almost never win. I think I'm averaging about one winning bid per year over the last few years, and generally that's only when people like you happen to be not paying attention at just the right (wrong) time.Originally Posted by numbers
I don't mean to rub it in, but to answer mikeinreco's question the lot cost me just shy of $100. That includes tax and commission, but not $20 in gas for three trips to Topeka and another $15 for buying my Father-in-Law lunch today for helping to get the big pieces back to Lawrence. This afternoon I got my first $20 back by making a quick run to the yard to drop off some steel and about 30 lbs of #3 insulated (about 20 lbs of which were the cords for all the darn phones I took apart).
I figure I'll double or triple my money (which wasn't much of an investment to begin with) with some elbow grease and the scrap value alone. Is it "worth" it? I dunno- I don't do this for a living so it's just kind of fun. I'll try throwing some parts up on Ebay before I tear them down, but without being able to test anything I'm not expecting a whole lot for the time spent. Still, flipping even a handful of items for bargain prices will pad my bottom line a little.
I'll post a couple more pictures here in a few minutes...
cheers,
tbg
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