my venture in to ewaste

Hey all,

Just wanted to say after takibg apart my first computer the other day, I found it quite fun and decided to get in to dealing more with ewaste. I shoukd have a nice supply also, becaude I asked my brother who owns a computer business!

have fun it is a lot more work than it looks but if you can stick to it with some patience and music and beer lol it will pay off

Good luck with it TSmith

Hello and yes it is addictive :)

I didn't get in to computers through the ewaste dept. I initially began buying them as a hobby and to rebuild. I didn't want to see it laying in pieces all over the floor, but to get it on the test bench and see what it had in it, and that meant getting it working first when necessary. Another great thing about being an "owner/operator", I didn't have to worry if it went up in smoke(although that never happened, I did make a few mistakes along the way)
Just like any other venture, if you start out on a few sour notes, it can rapidly lose its appeal, but if you get a few trophies early on you'll never look back and most of my early purchases came from NASA, some of which began their life well into 6 figures.
I've scrapped more than I ever imagined I would, and the first few tons weren't because I really wanted to, they just had to get gone, but I'm still inclined to check one out before breaking it down