Originally Posted by
hills
Lol .... the term absurdly large comes to mind. It's probably to discourage thieves from trying to lug it off with a backhoe or an excavator. It's been done with smaller units and floor safes in the past.
I did a smaller one that came out of a grocery store a few years ago. There wasn't anything particularly remarkable about the circuit boards that i can recall. Essentially something like a computer main board and peripherals.
In my experience,for whatever it's worth,
ewaste is more about picking up nickels,dimes,and quarters. Maybe a few bucks for a really nice circuit board.
To give some basis of comparison : I picked up a very nice stereo amplifier the other day. That sucker was heavy ... at least 35 lbs. Everything about it was top of the line. I was curious so i priced out new ones of that brand. The higher end ones retail for about ten grand ? It's unbelievable what rich folks will pay for stuff !
The one i had was built back in 1998. Still a very nice amp but the bluebook value was about four dollars. I scrapped it out and thought to myself ... yeah ... that's about right.
Its funny how whats inside things may surprise you (good and bad). I had a
refrigerant recovery machine that I had on CL and Letgo trying to sell FOREVER, took up a lot of time, no bites, so ended up taking it apart. Turns out, there was more in brass and copper and electric motor in scrap value inside of it, than I was asking for it. So I shoulda just scrapped it right away and not dealt with trying to sell it.
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