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The recycle drive was awesome! One 16ft box truck and two truck-beds full of everything but TV's. One business dropped off 52 Dell 610s. All and all some 350+ computers and laptops and there is still more to pick-up. I also got some radio time and met lots of new people.
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We covered up as many computers as we could under the bluw tarp in the truck bed
good job! time for a big trailer
Well alright! Looks like all that hard work paid off for you. Congrats.
Well done, Jeremiah. Always good see our fellow community folks do well.
Sirscrapalot - Rah rah rah!
What kind of deal did you work with the client hosting the event?
I saw a couple of monitors I think...did you charge for those?
Nice haul! Would lke to hear more of the details.
Thanks everyone!
@ George: Yep, about 50 monitor’s. I normally charge for them, but when I do recycle drives I take them for free since it gives an incentive to come out and bring other items. The deal I worked out was my normal pricing per items plus an additional % of sales over the scrap prices for the nicer items that I plan on reselling.
@ parrothead: I will try to post some more pics as I get to digging in the piles. The worst part is having a full schedule for the next few days and not being able to dig in.
Jeremiah,Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeremiah
Did you already pay your normal price upfront? If so, how did you determine if the towers were complete?
I was wondering this as well...
Was this at the Lord Fairfax Campus in Warrenton.
No, there is a waiting period to weigh everything up before cutting them a check. Here is another pic.
http://i768.photobucket.com/albums/x...psf8f55fa9.jpg
Someone even turned in an xbox lol
Thought about selling that?
I would definitely try and sell the laptops via ebay.
For sure. I've really got a system down for parting out computers and laptops via eBay. Whereas I used to make about $15 per desktop, I'm averaging about $35 now.
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Originally Posted by Jeremiah
What have you come up with? I personally have started checking everything for resale on ebay minus the wiring and hell I have started that as well.
Same here George. PM me sometime and I will tell you a couple tricks I've been using.
Long story, but I am no longer allowed to PM anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeremiah
I will shoot you an email.
ive been seeing cables and wiring going for about $2 pound on ebay, so even that could bring you more than a yard would pay
this is one im watching right now, however i think its possible to get about 40-50 pounds of it in a large flat rate box, i think you could net $1.50 pound
ebay item: 330863803266
that lot of insulated copper wire sold for about $3 pound
I will tell you, I probably only scrap about half the wire I get. The rest is sold via other outlets. Once you go down the resell path you never understand why you sold perfectly good power cables for $0.03 while the world is buying them for $3-$10Quote:
Originally Posted by jghilino
@kevccoy
I will try to get to your response this weekend when I'm in front of a computer. Feel free to shoot me a pm if I forget.
bet its a ring of death. ive never found a white one like that that doesnt crap out after 30mins of playing.
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Originally Posted by GeorgeB
can i suggest that you open up another thread in the scrap room, instead of pms? you have my attention, and i am sure many others about doing something like this. i have seen it mentioned before, and i am still curious about how others.
thanks
I'm curious as well. I've been Googling e-waste fundraisers for the past 2 days soaking up what I can.
Am wondering how well a general recycling drive would go. Initial thought I have is partnering with a school. I'd send flyers home with the students for them to bring ewaste/small items on the designated day, but also have the option to fill out a form to have heavier items picked up, like appliances and what not.
If I did that, I am not sure what kind of pricing to give them. With my luck most of it will be TV's/monitors.
Hey, everyone. I've recieved alot of pm's. I'm going to start a new thread via the scrap room as asked above.