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.
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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.
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
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