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    I have to agree with JJ on this. There is nothing else on the board that would warrant the higher finger card price. Leaving the gold fingers on is a losing proposition.

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    Back in April, I shipped a FTL, which included 4 gaylords of power supplies. Most of these, probably 99% (assuming they had wires to begin with) had wires on them. I also included at least 30 of this type of server power supply. I chose to leave them as is. I also included some AC adapters without wire. These were encased in aluminum, instead of plastic. My buyer lumped everything in as Power supply with wire.

    Had I cut the gold finger off, these could have been graded as Power Supply without Wire. This is 8 to 10 cents per pound lower. On a 5 pound power supply, 40 to 50 cents different. Gold fingers are about $20 per pound. Does anyone know what these finger weigh? I'm not sure it is worth the time, if you can get PSU with Wire price for them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mthomasdev View Post
    Back in April, I shipped a FTL, which included 4 gaylords of power supplies. Most of these, probably 99% (assuming they had wires to begin with) had wires on them. I also included at least 30 of this type of server power supply. I chose to leave them as is. I also included some AC adapters without wire. These were encased in aluminum, instead of plastic. My buyer lumped everything in as Power supply with wire.

    Had I cut the gold finger off, these could have been graded as Power Supply without Wire. This is 8 to 10 cents per pound lower. On a 5 pound power supply, 40 to 50 cents different. Gold fingers are about $20 per pound. Does anyone know what these finger weigh? I'm not sure it is worth the time, if you can get PSU with Wire price for them.
    $20 a pound seems low for trimmed fingers. Don't whole memory sticks go for between $6 to $8 a pound?
    Since it's almost winter ( down time ) I think I will strip the boards of the cu, al and transformers and big caps and sell as a nice board. All upgrades. With shorter days and cold temps bench work is better than nothing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ran440 View Post
    $20 a pound seems low for trimmed fingers. Don't whole memory sticks go for between $6 to $8 a pound?
    Since it's almost winter ( down time ) I think I will strip the boards of the cu, al and transformers and big caps and sell as a nice board. All upgrades. With shorter days and cold temps bench work is better than nothing.
    A quality cut trim, with little or no green is $20 per pound in Ohio (mario).

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