Escrap guys! Shredded Harddrives

Sorry if this is a repost, I've searched through the forum and couldn't find this info.

I have the opportunity to start purchasing Shredded Hard drives at a decent quantity, maybe around 100 lbs a week. These guys just shred the hd's and then sell it to some scrap company. The guy in the office wouldn't tell me who buys them but told me that their current buyer is paying around $6.60 per lb. I'm thinking I can beat this and still easily come out on top?

what would you pay for for shredded HD's per lb?

do you mean shredded platters? or whole HD's.. i would never pay that for whole drives, shredded or even working. thats a bit much

Sorry mods. I realized i posted this on the wrong forum. Meant to put it under "Electronics Recycling". If you could move it for me I'd be grateful.

Filthy. It'd be for the the entire HD.
if you don't mind me asking, what would be a ballpark range that you'd shell out for it?

$6.60 for shredded hard drives? Not a chance.... why would it sell for more than whole hard drives, that are intact?

I hope you aren't really considering this. If you bought this and resold it as is then it would be shred at $200/ton (max)...

If you separated it out (which would be VERY time consuming, considering all the screws are bent and half cut...) the best part of this would be the aluminum at $.50 / lb. The boards go for $10 / lb. Heck, entire hard drives only go for $0.85 / lb. If you can find the buyer for these I would like to know because we all have hard drives to sell and that's a huge price.

**wow, u guys post fast :)... 2 answers as I typed out my post.

lol. I'm pretty sure I heard him wrong. I think it was at $.60 a lb.

Sorry to get everyone riled up over the wrong facts.

Still way too much for mixed metals. Seperating SS from the AL and other material would be a real pita. I would run away, Mike.

No more eggnog for you.

Shredded hard drives are a very tough product to move.

$0.60 cents is a strong price for this kind of metal....you would be hard pressed to get a better buyer for it than they have now.

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Originally Posted by Ewasted

Shredded hard drives are a very tough product to move.

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Yes very much so....not something I like buying if I do not need to.

Thanks for your input fellas. Really appreciate the input that you guys are giving.

What would you pay for a pretty constant flow of shredded HD per pound if you don't mind me asking?

Around 30cents.

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Originally Posted by prgiva

Sorry if this is a repost, I've searched through the forum and couldn't find this info.

I have the opportunity to start purchasing Shredded Hard drives at a decent quantity, maybe around 100 lbs a week. These guys just shred the hd's and then sell it to some scrap company. The guy in the office wouldn't tell me who buys them but told me that their current buyer is paying around $6.60 per lb. I'm thinking I can beat this and still easily come out on top?

what would you pay for for shredded HD's per lb?

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I got the price correction at $0.60 lb, if your up for another oppinion I'll give you mine.

If your getting the logic boards that had the IC's and gold pins along with the shred I think there's a chance you'll come out smelling like a rose.

Again theres more to be had besides the logic boards, if they are using a dust collection system the money is in the bag so to speak. Somehow I don't think the people your dealing with are that sophisticated., more than likely using a crude shredder.

Forget about platinum discs there is much too little to worry your self about, focus in the crushed IC's and gold pins, if they're included if not pass on this deal as suggested by other members.

Forward only if the logic boards are included in the shred, thank fully precious metals are much heavier than copper or aluminum making separation a relatively simple task.

With your newly built shaker table, motion, gravity and water do the work for you. If you need the plans to build a shaker just email me and their in the mail.

Now to process your precious metals that you have recovered from the shred I suggest that you consider membership at the gold forum where you will learn what is needed to refine your metals.

No logic boards in the shred, PASS.