Hey all,
Just wanted to say hello. I'm new to the scrapping game but have plenty of experience picking up heavy things and moving them around. No shortage of long hours under my belt either.
Im hoping to get into the e-waste side of things but will never turn down a load of metal.
Plan of attack? Save up some money over the next 2 months, sell my car, buy a truck.
In the meantime make a bunch of phone calls and try to source some suppliers of old computers and parts. I'm hoping to get a few contacts with local IT Dept's at the colleges around (although it seems some already have a state run provider for the service I want to provide). If that doesn't work I'll try to see what companies around here are doing with their old equipment. I'm hoping I can find some places that are currently giving their stuff away. If thats the case, i can offer them next to nothing and have them give me a shot. Or places that are getting paid but have to deliver. Offering free pickup might get my foot in the door.
I'm very green but I'm great with people and hope I can make this work to the point that I can quit my job. Might be wishful thinking but even if I can't quit if I can come up with an extra $1000 a month I can use scrap money to pay for my student loans with enough left over to take my gf out to dinner once a month.
Its illegal to throw away any electronic device in my county - anything that has a board in it has to given to waste management separately so they can be dealt with as scrap, not garbage. They take electronics for free, I think they charge $2/piece for CRT monitors and if its just a lamp you can throw it away. I'm not sure if that's going to help me or hurt me. Time shall tell.
I'm here to learn some tricks of the trade. Learn to grade boards. Find some buyers. All that good stuff.
Hope you're all doing well even with prices as low as they are.
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