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    price per piece

    i would like to try to buy non working cards and computers from our local computer shops however i don't see a discussion here that covers price per piece for non working cards. i know the price for a whole computer should be around $5 but i'm not sure what to offer for individual cards. any suggestions?



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    buy it by the pound. First you need to know what your buyer is paying for it by th pound then offer a price that you can still make money. Unless you like to loose money.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PartTimeScrapper View Post
    buy it by the pound. First you need to know what your buyer is paying for it by th pound then offer a price that you can still make money. Unless you like to loose money.
    that would be too easy. so let's suppose the seller wants a per card price...what would that be in order to profit on bad cards?

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    If that's too easy then why not do it that way...Why make it harder? Boards are too different to buy "Each" unless you were buying a quantity that was all the same. You buy a package of hotdogs but steak is by the pound.
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    the reason you cant do each for those cards is because a network card might only weigh 3 ounces but a high end video card could weigh a pound. if you want to pay by the each let me know your prices and I bet I could send you a couple hundred very light network cards a month.

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    Quote Originally Posted by maneddi View Post
    that would be too easy. so let's suppose the seller wants a per card price...what would that be in order to profit on bad cards?
    id pay 20 cents per pci card regardless of how big it was if i was going to do it like that, that way the fingers alone would provide a 200% or better profit

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    Quote Originally Posted by maneddi View Post
    that would be too easy. so let's suppose the seller wants a per card price...what would that be in order to profit on bad cards?
    That would be strange but all the sellers I have dealt with so far is usually by the lb or by the box.
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    Thanks guys. I was going to say a quarter each so I'm in the right area.

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    Don't know more about this !!

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    Quote Originally Posted by maneddi View Post
    Thanks guys. I was going to say a quarter each so I'm in the right area.
    i think if you can get them for $.25 a piece with the fingers in tact you would definetly make a nice profit. Good luck.


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