$$$ Buying Electronic precious metal scrap! $$$ - Page 102

Originally Posted by kss

less than 500 drives obviously, this was probably closer to 150-200, this was about 2/3rds of what I have and I still have a few bins of drives I didnt get to yet


Board only weight - 7lbs
Boardless hdd weight - 138lbs

Total weight 145lbs


boards total $ by weight = $13.50 * 7 = $94.5 (shipped to ewasted)
boardless hdd $ by weight = $0.15 * 138 = $20.7 (local scrap yard gave me "low grade circuit board" price for hdds instead of irony alum, so got 15c vs 11c, but shouldn't make too much difference)
Total = $115.20






Other option, ship all to ewasted, 145lbs * $0.65 = $94.25

So at this point, you may think, hmm well, I can get $94.25 for them as is or spend 2hrs taking all the boards off and get another $20.95 ..... however, you have forgotten shipping costs.

at about $0.50/lb (around the best cost youll get at this weight/quanity) if you ship the drives as is, you are only getting $21.75 total profit ($0.65/lb for drives - $0.50/lb shipping = $0.15 net profit per lb * 145 lbs)

Where as for the first option you are getting $115.20 - (7lbs of board * $0.50/lb shipping = $3.50) - (some amount of gas to get to local yard lets jsut say $5) =~ $106 net profit....

The only way I would consider NOT taking the drives apart is if I had a local yard that bought them anywhere CLOSE to what Ewasted pays for drives (only one local yard around me even has a category for hard drives and they pay like $0.15/lb for them with boards) OR if I had enough such that the shipping cost was significantly lower or the time to take the boards off was too much.

to "escraperguy"
Basically, everything comes down to a math problem, know what you can get for what and where, and then do the math to figure out what you want to do there is no one right answer, every person and every situation is different.

Was not a ware some of the boards weighed that much, good information.

Originally Posted by alloy2

Was not a ware some of the boards weighed that much, good information.

it was 6.9lbs to be exact, so I would say as a good rule of thumb, 7lbs of boards, per 150lbs of drives (mostly desktop 3.5inch drives, if it were mostly laptop drives im sure would be different), or to be better remembered, ~4.5lbs boards/100lbs or drives, or 4lbs boards/100lbs drives, if you want to be conservative or are purchasing/buying a bunch. obviously ymmv

Hi everyone it’s been years since I’ve posted anything but I finally got another Gaylord of e waste put together and sent it on its way to Ewasted yesterday! I was lazy and just let them provide the shipper. Hardest part was forcing my printer to print the BOL as my ink cartridge was dry from lack of use but after wetting it down a couple times it reluctantly printed them out. CFCS Is very easy to work with and I highly recommend them to anyone wanting to get as much as possible from their computer trash, I mean treasure. Have a good day all and enjoy the weekend!

It's been a while since we've heard from this part of Ohio. I've been looking forward to a newletter, but alas, none.

What's the scoop? Is no news good news? Inquiring minds want to know.

Has anyone compared shipping prices between Fed Ex and USPS flat rate shipping for smaller amounts of material by any chance? Trying to figure out the best way to ship it

Thanks in advance!!!!!×

USPS and UPS have on-line shipping calculators. I tried the Fex-Ex one but found it difficult to use. It might work better to call one of their stores with the details on your package for a shipping estimate.

The best rate i've found is to let Ewasted arrange the shipping for you through his FedEx account. YMMV

I am currently putting together a pallet of circuit boards for shipment to Ewasted; so 2 questions for anybody with answers. What grade are single socket Server motherboards? What grade are small socket pre- WindowsXP motherboards? TIA

Mario, where are you located and how is the current price list coming? I have a small trailer load of stuff and looking to off it.

Thank you,
Bob

Originally Posted by ScrapperStoke

Mario, where are you located and how is the current price list coming? I have a small trailer load of stuff and looking to off it.

Thank you,
Bob

I wouldn't be expecting any giant increases at this time. Gold prices over the last couple weeks and the overall price chart look very similar to 8/2020. Copper isa different story. Copper is up about 55 percent since 8/2020. I would expect that significant price increases, if any, would be in the lower grade items that contain signicant copper quantity. That is not to say that higher grade board will not see an increase, but any increase will be more a result of the copper contained in the board.