Price to pay for towers?

**auminer** · 08-02-2017, 06:03 AM

Originally Posted by parrothead

50 cents is a great price. I try not to pay, but I have several shops that I paid for material when I started and I still do, but not as much as when I started. I now offer free data destruction and that gets me in a whole lot of doors. You may be able to keep getting computers from this company, but what happens when someone comes along and offers on sight hard drive crushing for free?

Figure out a way to do that. And not just by swinging a hammer. Granted the hammer will do the job, but when I lay my leverage crusher on the tailgate of my truck and just bust them up in seconds each, it goes a long way.

My hammer does do the job, but you're right... it's not going to cut it with any real companies.

Would you mind posting model/specs/pricing/source of your HD crusher?

An investment like that is probably my next logical step.

THANKS!

**aaron p** · 08-02-2017, 01:01 PM

The week has been good. Craigslist ad got me a entire truck bed full of laptops and boards free today.

**Sabre86** · 10-13-2017, 07:26 AM

I have a store I pick up from also. I signed a waiver for them for the hard drives so I get them all also. It's not a lot, 10-20 towers and some laptops and boards and stuff but it's all free, so I'm good with that.

**aaron p** · 08-02-2017, 03:14 PM

Its 5kv cable according to a electrician I know.

**aaron p** · 08-02-2017, 11:22 PM

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Pics of inside that UPS and the laptop load from yesterday. Lots and lots of work to get done. Scrap prices on base metals are coming up, so its time to strip and sell quick!

**aaron p** · 08-07-2017, 10:55 AM

It was a busy weekend, but we knocked out about 35 lap tops. Almost a entire 55 gallon barrel full of laptop mother boards, Over a pound of green fiber pinned CPUs, 2 pounds of ram, and 40+lbs of Li-ion batteries with lots of misc. wifi and other type boards. 2 of the laptops were pretty old and had AMD ceramic large socket CPUs in them, nice little extra bonus. We still have about 15 or so more lap tops to go and almost 50 towers. Its over 110 heat index here today, so I will work at night on them or bring what I can inside. Picked up two 15000 BTU window ac units today as well. Process, process, process!

**miked** · 08-07-2017, 11:19 AM

Yep, it all a lot like work. Mike

**aaron p** · 08-07-2017, 11:23 AM

I like your signature quote about profit Mike. Very true statement

**TheHoss** · 08-07-2017, 07:43 PM

Loving this thread. Your pictures have me smiling ear to ear. I miss those days!

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