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  1. Worth scrapping keyboards and mice or just toss them?

    We get hundreds of keyboards and mice a month and usually keep any new ones or ones that appear new but toss the rest. Think I could make >$30 an hour to breakdown and scrap? Or should I just cut...
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    Local scrap buys $.25 a pound for complete PC's,...

    Local scrap buys $.25 a pound for complete PC's, assuming average tower is 10lbs we'd get $2.50 each (100 total). It took about 4 hours or so to break down the 40 pc's which means we make $250 scrap...
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    Educated guess based on people here buying...

    Educated guess based on people here buying desktops for $4-$5 each and other research. We buy a ton of computers to sell and everything but focus on servers and networking.
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    desktop scrap worth only $5 once parted?

    I run a computer company and get tons of desktops and servers. We tore apart 40 P4 desktops and our calculations ended up with only about $240 or so plus the cases. Below is the local pricing...
  5. Sorry guys I'll reach out early next week. I'm...

    Sorry guys I'll reach out early next week. I'm actually getting married today so been a bit busy with that and everything else.
  6. Who would that be?

    Who would that be?
  7. Every couple months we get about 8-10 pallets of...

    Every couple months we get about 8-10 pallets of equipment. We then keep about 20% of the stuff to sell and the rest is basically scrap. We mainly do servers and switches but get all kinds of stuff...
  8. Advise on what to do with our scrap electronics

    I run an IT company and we also buy/sell used IT equipment, mainly servers and switches. We've been stockpiling a bunch of used servers and other equipment and need to come up with a solution to...
  9. Thanks. We definately got tons of info. I'm...

    Thanks. We definately got tons of info. I'm surprised in how low pricing is and always thought everything weighs more. We weighed a 20x20x20 box of standard pc power cords and it was 90lbs and at...
  10. Currently our policy is we bring everything back...

    Currently our policy is we bring everything back to our office, take everything we want/need or can sell to our clients. then we pull everything that we can easily sell on ebay/amazon/our site and...
  11. Here's our entrance of our office with stuff we...

    Here's our entrance of our office with stuff we haven't sorted yet
    http://i771.photobucket.com/albums/xx360/justinm001/IMG_20170123_090852_zpskyxixyhl.jpg
    we picked up 5 boxes/pallets of these with...
  12. I'm in Coiumbus OH and there are a few scrap and...

    I'm in Coiumbus OH and there are a few scrap and escrap places locally which seem to have similar prices with others online so i figured its best to not ship items. I thought most server cases are...
  13. Server cases aren't worth much? I figured since...

    Server cases aren't worth much? I figured since they weigh like 50lbs a piece but I guess they're not aluminum?

    We normally get 4-8 year old equipment and focus on servers.

    I'm planning on...
  14. Thanks guys, I've been going through all the...

    Thanks guys,
    I've been going through all the info on here and have been learning a lot. We currently have tons of servers and cables and I'm not sure how to sort everything and what I should toss...
  15. best way to sort/scrap all kinds of desktop/server equipment

    Hey all,
    I run a small IT consulting company and have been buying tons of servers and other PC equipment, usually we'll buy a pallet of junk to get a few good parts to use/sell. We have limited...
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