Buying Resale CPUs, Memory, Parts, Laptops, Tablets - Page 3

Alright Everyone I made some big changes to the buy list.

First, for those of you sending CPUs and Memory you can now ask me for cpu trays and memory trays I will send you a box with the trays and a return label. It will be deducted from your invoice at time of payout. Because it's getting difficult to find trays I am not charging for the trays but I am charging $.10 each if you don't send them back. All trays I send are anti static, or will be included inside an anti static bag. All the above is to ensure everyone gets the maximum payout from successful testing. The colder it is the more susceptible components are to static discharge in shipping.

Second, you will notice my memory and cpu prices went up, once again I am in high demand. Take advantage of that because the price will go down once I've fulfilled my inventory requirements (approx 400-800 gb per type in inventory). To those who have steadily sent me processors and memory I say thank you and look forward to the next round.

Lastly, I've decided to be more aggressive in the laptop and desktop market. These prices are tentative. If the first few shipments coming in are solid units I will keep the prices as they are.



Thanks to you guys my business is growing and I am becoming a go to wholesale supplier to retailers in my area. I try to keep everything sent to me right here in the states. I am now refining network/wifi and camera boards myself using a combined hot sand strip and ball mill reduction method prior to a wash and then the refining process itself. I spent more than a year on very small lots learning and perfecting the process so I could later scale up. That time has come, I am slowly working my way to graphics cards and will eventually offer prepared card pricing based on my own recovery rates.

I get asked every now and then if I am working out of my house. The answer is yep, I am. I'm also working out of my shop. I have split my operations into scrap and refurbishing, the latter is done at home because well...my shop isn't heated.



The image above is probably a few years old but that's mine. Family tolerates my adventures and in trade I help pay down medical expenses, property taxes and so on for my elders. I don't get to use ALL that space just a few buildings.

can you explain what you are looking for here? Is it a whole laptop or desktop? Can it be missing items or have cracked screen?

The only item missing can be the hard drive. It must have at least ONE memory module to properly test the unit. Size does not matter. Broken screens are paid as scrap value whether they work or not. Laptops with non functioning WIFI are considered scrap value. When I say complete...it's likely a unit pulled from service because it's been replaced. These machines generally come from IT departments or similar with no time to remarket.

Thanks again to those who've helped me restock my inventory. The push continues, I however am in search of something else. Let me get some pictures. Same as above, to remove, heat, use a razor blade, heat some more if necessary, ship on wax paper.






Any of these would be great. PM me if you have these. I can use athlon/athlon II phenom or phenom II in x2 x3 and x4.

I don't really have a price persay but we can work something out fair for everyone.

More news, prepaid shipping labels are now available through fedex.

Thanks, it was well received material. Look forward to next time.

I wanted to bring this up publically as it was asked more than once in IMs.

If you have high value ram, and you find out it doesn't work...such as 4 and 8gb ddr3 or 4 gb ddr2 laptop

I have a BGA rework machine (Focused IR) for laptop motherboards and all in ones, apple stuff etc. I recently tried 10 sticks of 4gb ddr3 I got as scrap, I was able to bring back 5, 4 of them passed memtest. This is a very specific process about knowing what kind of solder was used, thickness of the chip, etc. Heat at a certain rate, cool at a certain rate...

So I want to offer the CHANCE that I can save memory sent to me that tests bad, ONLY high value stuff, the 2gb ddr2 is not worth time to setup the fixture. If I am successful, I will pay you half the posted value. I will pay your original lot as scheduled then tag and set aside high value failures for rework. What it means to you is you will get paid like normal, after testing then you MIGHT get paid again on reworked failures in the order I get to them.

What I would do as a customer, and this goes for other buyers if when you receive test failures on high value sticks, send them my way, it will likely earn you more than scrap value anyways. There's no real promise of anything in that statement, physical defects should be discarded out of hand anyways, I cant save a stick missing SMD parts.

I expect turn around time on rework pieces to be 6 to 8 weeks. I have to setup fixtures, the digital microscope and really pay total attention to what I am doing. It takes time to do these chips and rework is usually something I reserve for high value items like imacs and asus/gaming series laptops, etc. Laser printer logic boards too.

No, just when I do local pickups of HP laser printers, such as workstations or multi-tier desktop laser printers that stopped working or produced an error indicating board failure. Most businesses I deal with throw out the entire machine. I refill the toner, repair the logic board, clean the machine and resell it. (And why not, most of these, even color laser printers are less than 4 years old.)

Also, in reference to COAs, you can PM me about it, from now on, any sale of the COA has to be met with a cpu, motherboard...hard drive...something from the original machine.

edit- Yes I will pay scrap or more than scrap value for the "audit" parts requirements to receive COAs.

Thanks man, until next time, hopefully this week or next weekend.

Pardon my dust in the coming week(s) I am moving to a new location. I will be working both in Madison and soon to be near Milwaukee as well. As everything gets figured out I will disclose what's what.

New price structures coming. There has been a downturn in scrap prices (As most know) but I am looking at alternative avenues to keep the prices competitive. In the resale market I will be expanding the list.

Alright everyone, pardon my dust. The prices posted are in the process of changing. There will be three new additions to the list. Specific hard drive lists, Intel CPU list, and a MOBILE intel cpu list.

In addition, for certain procs, I can send you clamshells or trays (if you need them) along with a prepaid label. I will be sitting down tonight or tomorrow to sort out a complete list and not step on toes.

Keep in mind, testing can be difficult for mobile CPUs and certain graphics cards so bare with me while I setup specific testing stations. I have a arrival to payment time on intel/amd desktop procs and memory of any size/type of 3-4 days. (Large lots of more than 100 pieces will take significantly longer)

I am in need of core 2 quad chips! If you have any please send em my way!

Also a reminder to ship in a static bag, this time of year with the temperatures in my area static discharge is an issue.