I did 5 yesterday and they all have hard drive and four had ram.....The reason they don't take hard drive out of these is because it's hard to get into them compared to a tower.....Anyway I should make a little dough
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I did 5 yesterday and they all have hard drive and four had ram.....The reason they don't take hard drive out of these is because it's hard to get into them compared to a tower.....Anyway I should make a little dough
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I have been looking at govdeals.com and I noticed at the bottom of page of the auction you are looking at you can send the seller a question regarding the sale. Only draw back is that question and answer is posted for all to see. But I agree with you the prices for what people are paying is out of wack. Only thing I can figure is that 1-they are repair places looking for inventory 2- new to scrapping and will realize shortly they will be in the red or 3- out of all those parts, they are putting together working computers and reselling them at a price that is reasonable at a profit.
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He's been pitching that %^&@ for about 8 months! If that goes through everybody and their mother becomes a scrapper. If you don't believe me ask me what I used to do before I scrapped... I bought storage lockers in the Huntsville area... I wouldn't go to an auction now if they paid me 5 bucks. Some of them now have so many people that they can charge a 10 fee just to participate in the auction. If he gets that show I'll never get another computer, everybody will be an overnight scrapper / amateur gold refiner!
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We need to stop scrap tv shows quick, they will ruin the scrapping world!
I'm kidding about taping him to a chair in his sleep though.
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those auctions sound suspiciously like the auctions from U of Florida in Gainsville the guy in charge down there strips them then sells them on gov auction sites. later he will sell boxes of chips ram etc.
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Item No. Description Amount
37 One lot of 14 Dell Optiplex 745 computers. Some, if not all, may be missing parts such as hard drives, RAM, etc. Offered as is. Condition unknown. $462.00
39 One lot of 14 Dell Optiplex GX620 computers. May be missing parts such as hard drives, RAM, etc. Offered as is. Condition unknown. $462.00
40 One lot of 8 HP Compaq d530 computers and 6 HP Compaq dc7600 computers. Some, if not all, may be missing parts such as hard drives, RAM, etc. Offered as is. Condition unknown. $362.00
Total Amount $1,286.00
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i dont see that as too bad. I am getting $100 ea on these with windows installed. Throw in a flatscreen and get around $150. Some of the bigger shops getting around $200 and up for the complete systems
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Auctions are a really funny thing. They change from day to day. In my area, computers often go online for 10-15.00 EXCEPT on Thursdays. For some reason, the guys that are hot and heavy about overpaying for computers just don't bid on Thursday and I pick them up for 2-3.00. I don't find much on GovDeals. Things just go for too much. I always have better luck on small auction sites and local auctions. There are plenty of other superior sites to GovDeals that have very low traffic. If you don't live next door to me send me a PM and I'll share.
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I know why they're not bidding on Thursdays. That's the day the estate sales start and they're all trying to make a killing buying stuff from them!Originally Posted by Phantoms001
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That's a pretty interesting take.
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Same crowd...
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Estate sales around here are priced even stooopiderer than auctions.
I walked in to one home a coupla weeks ago, first thing I spotted was a bookshelf with a set of encyclopaedias from 1968. That caught my eye since I was born that year. They wanted.... get this.... $400 frickin $#%@^$ dollars for a set of encyclopaedias that are 45 frickin $#%*&@$ years old!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I turned around & left.
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I also used to buy storage units back when I could get a unit for 50.00-60.00$. That was about 10 years ago and I thought the same way that when people found that they were paying way to much money the prices would come down. Then when the economy went down the drain I though that maybe people wouldn't have the money to spend and the prices would come down. Wrong!! Still can't get a storage unit for less than 3-400.00. The same with computers, I wonder if these people are selling the parts on e-bay.
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More auction silliness.
How's a scrapper supposed to compete with people willing to pay 20, 40, even 50 frickin bucks for a used 80GB HD windows XP computer??!!??
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Because you aren't competing with other scrappers.More auction silliness.
How's a scrapper supposed to compete with people willing to pay 20, 40, even 50 frickin bucks for a used 80GB HD windows XP computer??!!??
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You can sell an 80 GB HD Windows XP computer for $80-$120
These people aren't scrapping the computers....
This whole thread is rather pointless.
You guys are assuming you are competing with other scrappers.
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