WooHoo! won my first e-scrap auction!

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10-15-2012, 02:32 PM
freonjoe

WooHoo! won my first e-scrap auction!

Went to my first sealed bid auction up in Washington state and got 40 towers for 125.00. Got to preview the lots last saturday and all were complete and most of them still had their HD's. They were a mix of HP's,Gateways and others. They all had the pentium inside stickers. Did miss out on the 4 totes of assorted cables and wires. Will find out the winning bid on the wire tomorrow to see if I can compete on that next auction.

http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/...eonjoe/022.jpg

Found out that the totes of wire went for 1100.00. My guess is it went for almost a buck a pound. Think I'll stick to computers for now. It's nice that this auction happens every 3 weeks. I noticed that all the towers had their windows registration numbers on them. Most of them were windows 2000 professional.
10-15-2012, 02:48 PM
mikeinreco

Cograts You will do well on that
10-15-2012, 04:25 PM
KzScrapper

Nice work Joe...Congrats
10-15-2012, 05:28 PM
jghilino

nice buy, will be ceramics and maybe some gold tops in that lot
10-15-2012, 06:14 PM
IdahoScrapper

Good job. Congrats.
10-15-2012, 08:05 PM
parrothead

Very nice load no matter what processors are in it.
10-16-2012, 11:40 AM
freonjoe

Just found out that this was the smallest lot that they have had this year. Definitely going to be back, going to sharpen my pencil and try for some of the lots of wire too.
10-16-2012, 02:27 PM
Kochy

What is this an auction house that collects towers to auction off?
10-16-2012, 02:38 PM
volvoscrapper

awesome buy!
10-16-2012, 07:08 PM
freonjoe

Kochy, these auctions are held by public organizations. Found this card in the second tower I opened up. Is this something to keep or let go as a finger card?

http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/...eonjoe/024.jpg
10-16-2012, 07:12 PM
KzScrapper

Looks like they have some value.
radeon 1650 | eBay
10-16-2012, 08:49 PM
PartTimeScrapper

Awesome score.
Dont forget hard drives 40gb and higher and any DVDRW drives are what you send to me for better than scrap value :)
10-17-2012, 07:28 AM
freonjoe

Terry, PM sent.
08-25-2013, 12:57 PM
purenergypro

trying to break into doing the same tihng. any leads can you PM me?
08-25-2013, 03:07 PM
freonjoe

PM sent.
08-25-2013, 07:11 PM
Focker

old post but what the heck lol.How much do towers bring once broken down and how do you sell the stuff?
08-25-2013, 07:50 PM
parrothead

Quote:

Originally Posted by Focker

old post but what the heck lol.How much do towers bring once broken down and how do you sell the stuff?

Really Focker? Been around that long and asking that? LOL. Is this your first step into the electronics section? Or are you just being funny?
08-25-2013, 08:05 PM
Mechanic688

Quote:

Originally Posted by Focker

old post but what the heck lol.How much do towers bring once broken down and how do you sell the stuff?

http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/elect...breakdown.html
08-26-2013, 05:32 PM
Focker

Quote:

Originally Posted by parrothead

Really Focker? Been around that long and asking that? LOL. Is this your first step into the electronics section? Or are you just being funny?

Yes i am a car and automotive buyer of stuff lol.Never look into electronic stuff sorry lol.
08-26-2013, 06:52 PM
Focker

that thread was closed.Is prices atill around the same.Also who on here buys the stuff?
08-26-2013, 09:23 PM
webuyselltradestuff

Since you do automotive and other stuff...those prices change constantly right? This is no different. ALL scrap has fluctuating prices...in this case generally because many things are recycled for the gold content and other precious metals.

Buyers for this stuff....I would click on the buyers section on here...all sorts of people that purchase.

This section is like all the others. Spend some time reading and getting educated on the subject....bet it would take 3-4 hours tops to get a good feel for it.

That knowledge will serve you far better as you will KNOW enough anytime in the future you find a random computer, auction or whatever at least a little about what you are looking at.