Went to my usual scrap yard a couple weeks ago and he'd gotten in a load of 32 computer towers and a few misc things of no real interest to me - I forget what they even were. He asked what I'd give him for them, so offered $3.50 a tower and $1 a piece for the other stuff. He asked how much per pound but I had no idea as I've never bought electronics by the pound. He was really considering it so he went and weighed one. It came out to $0.17/lb so must have been about 20 pounds. I stretched it cause I'm there quite a bit and offered $4. He wound up turning it down for his guys to have something to do this winter. Told him to keep stuff separated and I'd offer to buy the CPUs and RAM. Showed him what they were.
Fast forward to today. Hauled in a load of aluminum (and got disappointed how little I'd thrown in this box over the past two years). He still has the pile of computers and a few had started being torn apart. Comment to him about them. He'd had someone offer him $0.70/pound. WHAT??? For everything (all electronics). That means $14.00 per tower. I checked and there's nothing special. Look like maybe they came out of a school.
I can't see that he'd break even. No wonder I haven't gotten any computers in months. My first reaction was let him go broke overpaying. But, he may go broke but in the meantime, I'm beating my head against a wall. All I'm getting is a bloody head.
Any advice?
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