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ok Ill go ahead and not cut off the gold finders. So, how much are the fedex labels for shipping if you go through ewasted? I paid about $23 to ship a 20lb. package to cashforcomputerscrap.com. Are the fedex label cheaper than that or about the same?

Originally Posted by mrsamsonite

ok Ill go ahead and not cut off the gold finders. So, how much are the fedex labels for shipping if you go through ewasted? I paid about $23 to ship a 20lb. package to cashforcomputerscrap.com. Are the fedex label cheaper than that or about the same?

I went to do my own FedEx label online for 60 pounds and it came out to $48. I got the quote from Ewasted on their return shipping label and it was only $33! Increased my profit margin by $15 without doing anything but requesting a return label quote! I believe a company gets better rates using a type of item return or RMA return shipping label versus having the consumer pay for a standard label. I know this was the case using DHL at a company I worked for. You will see more of a difference with the more weight on one package. On a 20lb package you may only see $2-$4 difference... but still that's $2-$4 in your pocket in the end!

As for cutting off gold fingers, it's all about your time. I have 150 pounds of finger cards that I cut off the gold fingers and got over 4½ pounds of fingers. I would have got about $155 extra keeping them on the finger cards ($4.10/lb on vs $3.05/lb off). By taking them off I will get over $300. I cut them off while I watch TV in my "relaxing" time. It did take about 2 weeks of cutting about 500+ boards (I use a vise grip and break them off), but I was also taking off the heat sinks and some copper that were on the boards as well. Again, it's all about your time vs payout.