I'm a Horder and Need Help.

I was asked to do this, I was asked to lay out all my processors so they can count em.. Well I got tired spreading them out.. And I be dang if I'm gonna lay out all them cpu in that big tub... and I got tired laying out the rest of the ceramics.. so.. I put them on da floor.. This Is My CPU FIELD of CPU HORDER..

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I guess this is the pro's process for processing processors?

the only form of help i can offer a fellow horder is the harsh reality of loss in black and white and red

on 9/11/12 i printed out 1 of the price quotes found in the buyers/sellers section but never packed or shipped anything out because i still had more stuff to break down and wanted to make 1 clean complete BIG shipment instead of small lots.

well as usual life and other projects got in the way and everything was stacked and packed so it was not a issue taking up space and it felt like money in the bank so...........

fast forward to now and seeing your post reminded me of the price list i printed out back on 9/11/12 and todays harsh reality

9/11/12 - 8/11/13 - loss %

135.00 - 112.00 -17%
95.00 - 75.00 -21%
105.00 - 75.00 -28.5%
61.00 - 40.00 -34.5%
44.00 - 33.00 -25%
37.00 - 30.00 -19%
37.00 - 30.00 -19%
21.50 - 15.00 -30%
9.00 - 6.70 -25%
7.95 - 6.25 -21%


9/11/12 - •Gold, $1733.10, Up $2.30
8/10/13 - •Gold, $1314.70, Up $2.30

Wow! Thats some money right there! I have yet to find a Pentium pro or one of those good processors.

Nice CPU stack you've got there. I wonder just how many computers you've broken down to get that many, or did you buy some of them already loose?

OTB, thanks for that price sheet comparison, I was wondering about that just the other day so I could pity myself for hoarding them also. Funny thing is I must have looked at those lists too much, I immediately knew most of the CPU's on the list just by the prices alone. Since your gold price for the same dates is down around 24.5%, it shows that CPU prices really do track the gold price pretty closely.

Hoarder/Stacker theory, don't worry about price dips, they are opportunities to buy.

Don't worry PCS, I will get with a few other members, we will work on an intervention, and remove all of that for you. I know, I know...there will be tears, but you will be better in the long, run once all that clutter is gone.

Pictures say 1000 words, and every time I see your collection, I'm reminded of this scene.

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/971/qoh1.jpg

NICE!

I guess it is better than having 4 drawers of bread twist ties...LOL

The field of dreams.:l

nice retirement fund:) better than a bank

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I'm a Horder and Need Help.

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For some reason, I have gotten a lot of Pentium Pro cpus compared to all other ceramic ones. The weight is about 50/50 for pros/other ceramics. Crazy! I don't have that much though haha.

that's awesome its going to be a nice payday if ya ever cash them in and to oldtoothless that posted the loss chart I am not sure were your selling but just selling them on ebay is the same price going strong when gold was $1800 and above so you should start selling there if your taking a loss cause I factor in shipping and the fees and still take no loss except for green fiber with alu that's down about %15 but those you can save for years for a rebound at the scrap services that buy.

You're correct .. but here the thing.. One day.. I might be able to buy a loaf of bread, a jar of mayonaise and a dozen eggs with one Pentium processor..

Its not a loss, its a loss if I sold it now.. but its really a gain.. because I've not lost them on selling now.

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Originally Posted by oldtoothlessbassmaster

the only form of help i can offer a fellow horder is the harsh reality of loss in black and white and red

on 9/11/12 i printed out 1 of the price quotes found in the buyers/sellers section but never packed or shipped anything out because i still had more stuff to break down and wanted to make 1 clean complete BIG shipment instead of small lots.

well as usual life and other projects got in the way and everything was stacked and packed so it was not a issue taking up space and it felt like money in the bank so...........

fast forward to now and seeing your post reminded me of the price list i printed out back on 9/11/12 and todays harsh reality

9/11/12 - 8/11/13 - loss %

135.00 - 112.00 -17%
95.00 - 75.00 -21%
105.00 - 75.00 -28.5%
61.00 - 40.00 -34.5%
44.00 - 33.00 -25%
37.00 - 30.00 -19%
37.00 - 30.00 -19%
21.50 - 15.00 -30%
9.00 - 6.70 -25%
7.95 - 6.25 -21%


9/11/12 - •Gold, $1733.10, Up $2.30
8/10/13 - •Gold, $1314.70, Up $2.30

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Your desire is coming upon You.. search hard to the left hard to the right but keep moving forward because your day is coming to find that ultimate Jewel The PENTIUM PRO.

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Wow! Thats some money right there! I have yet to find a Pentium pro or one of those good processors.

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Mech.. You should start a Horder Forum.. Be the helper and mend ours problems.. with the Mech Therapy

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MyTherapy Discussion Forums - Help! I'm a Hoarder!

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Lovely collection Pcs.

Now..for some fun...Set them up like dominoes..an watch them go! Or build a house of CPU's..oh the fun! Watch your friends, an fellow forum members faint at seeing your recklessness!

If you can't/won't sell them, might as well play with them. :p

Sirscrapalot - What happens if you burst someones thought bubble?

Only thing I can say is....dollar cost averaging. Sell them when you get them...sure get enought to get the volume uptick in pricing...but dont hoard...sell. By the time gold recovers the 25% from its high I would have doubled the money you woukd get from all those if sold today like 2-3 times.

There are too many ways to make money out there....always turn and burn...you can have such a better roi than "waiting on the market".

Just sayin...

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Originally Posted by Pnutfarmer

Hoarder/Stacker theory, don't worry about price dips, they are opportunities to buy.

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I think collecting things can be a great hobby, but it is usually a poor investment. You will find endless stories of people buying low and the prices keep going lower. Many who tried this in the stock market jumped out of windows on the 20th floor. A better analogy would be all the people who paid hundreds and even thousands for Cabbage Patch Kids. Decades later, they are still going to take a loss if they sold their collection. The same goes with sports collectibles, they lost a lot of their value and never came back. I think you should always strike when the iron is hot. If you can make money, take some off of the table. You may be waiting for the day prices come back and that day may never come.

I have my own "guilty pleasures" and hoard certain things, but I already got my money back 2x over what I paid for the items before I start keeping things.

If I had that many and had the patience to lay them all out, I'd probably be rolling around in them making snow (processor?) angels right about now

I think I'll Build a house with lights in it... its so fun to play with them.. but I was told to pick them off the floor dang crabby lady

Phantoms...I'm with you on collecting as a great hobby but often not a good investment. I like collecting the shiny gold things I find while scrapping, but like you I only keep them because I've already made money on the rest of the scrap. I like to think how much value there is in my stack of CPU's but I'm glad I don't have to rely on the income they could bring in. Most everything else, I have to keep turning over and have always been on the sell it as it comes in train with my copper and aluminum. (There's that dollar cost averaging.)

Question.. is anyone suggesting that I not made money.?

Don't get me wrong... But.. I collect these because I can.. I enjoy collecting them.. I've even got some rare one that I've not posted and Probably won't.. due to the fact I like to keep secrets.

I posted a little history about My company and myself. I run two business, one is a comptuer business called Bit's N Byte's LLC out of sioux falls and of course my second business is

Pc Scrapper, When I buy computers, I don't pay much for it, I look at the going cost of steel to be a main factor in my pricing, I'm not gonna pay 35cents a pound when scrap metal is going

for per say.. 150 per ton, I would lose money especailly when you add up the plastic that comes out of these computers. I scrap everything down to the very min.. and Make as much profit off

of the ALum, Copper, Ram I resell that are needed in the store.. and of course.. Laptops. Laptops are great turn around in my store, may need a screen, harddrive or what ever it may be.

I pay 1.00 per pound for laptop non function.. if they turn on.. but has other issues, still a buck a pound, I fix it, and then turn it into Pure profit, So.. I do make money.. that allows me

to save these babies, Yeah gold took a dump.. the stock market took a dump and it coming back.. The Us was in a great depression and it came back.. I enjoy working both of my business

its alot of work, its takes alot of hard time too. I would not have gotten this far if it wasn't for My Family.. and Me treating My Employees Like " CRAP " so I've been told on here.

but really .. My Employees are a blessing... They have help me acheive goals like I've never seen before. so ... the moral of this is Yes I made a profit. but at the same time.

I'm able to save these.. for seeing how far or how many computers I've taken apart. 90% of them processors are from pulled systems that I've dismantled. I do a avg of 4 tons of steel

every other month. Thats just metal.. now we got motherboards, Cd-rom/Floppy Power supplies, Ram, Hdd That I break down to sniblets. Plastic, Heatsink, Heatsink with copper wires.

sata cables .. and Resellable CPU.. Lots of Dual core.. Lithium batteries. and not least Win 7 stickers.

Its a blessing to be able to run these two business, and be able to have fun doing it. I buy alot of scrap from customers all over South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa.

I may not have the best prices but I've got the time to teach people and to educate them like others have educated Me over the years. and I thank them.. There are a few people on this forum

that I talk to regulary. and I thank them with all my blessing.

So.. Keep scrapping,,, save them... and Make a Snow Angel or Play dominoes with them, or build a house. Why.. Because You and everyone else including Myself have earned the right to

do as We pleased.. We earn our money the hard way... and that is By working for it.

My quote from My Grandfather. A penny earned is a penny saved. a penney spent is a penny less.

Thanks GrandPa. and again Thanks for all the nice replies and comments..

PC.....It's great that you have two businesses that can work together like that. I know it is a lot of hard work, but when you get the payout of making a living doing something you enjoy doing, it's worth it. The added bonus of getting to collect all those shiny gold CPUs is sweet. Thanks for posting them, it helps motivate me to see someone else's hard work paying off.

Keep up the good work and keep posting pics of your treasures. Oh, and always remember the wisdom of Grandpa.

Thanks for the Kind comment... Work is hard but the rewards is great... in abundance

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PC.....It's great that you have two businesses that can work together like that. I know it is a lot of hard work, but when you get the payout of making a living doing something you enjoy doing, it's worth it. The added bonus of getting to collect all those shiny gold CPUs is sweet. Thanks for posting them, it helps motivate me to see someone else's hard work paying off.

Keep up the good work and keep posting pics of your treasures. Oh, and always remember the wisdom of Grandpa.

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For some reason those photographs make me want to start singing "Follow the Yellow Brick Road" from The Wizard of Oz.

I'll sing it with cha...