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eBay / Re: How to efficiently sell products under $10
« on: June 10, 2014, 01:48:39 PM »
if your going to unload them on ebay look into paypal micropayments and set up a seperate paypal account . use first class shipping if possible

find someone who sells on amzon and research the rank on them if they sell well send them into fba (fulfillment by amazon)

a professional ebay reseller isnt going to want low dollar sales period most around here want $20 and up sales minimum some have a minimum of $50

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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: What do U-Haul with ?
« on: June 10, 2014, 01:42:13 PM »
shortboxed ex phone company van

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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: Computers & Parts
« on: June 10, 2014, 01:40:30 PM »
I bought lockers full of Computers before, you just have to break it all down and scrap them..

1) Computer AC cords, Patch Cables, etc (Is scrapped as Insulated Wire) - I was getting a $1 a lb when I scrapped mine, I think the prices are higher now.
2) The computers casing is just Steel Scrap (You'll need a lot of it to make any type of money, I had 1500 lbs of it the last server locker I did) which is around $180
3) Take out the motherboards and you can sell those by lbs on ebay (People pay about $10 a lb for it) they scrap them for the gold content.
4) Take off all the aluminum heat sinks on the mother board, put that in the aluminum scrap pile.
5) Remove the processors, sell them by the lb on ebay.. (They are scrapped for gold content)
6) Remove all the memory, sell them by the lb on ebay. (Gold Content)
7) Remove all the cards in the slot and sell those by the lb on ebay (gold content)
8 ) Dis-mantle all the hard drives (Aluminum reader, the Platinum Platters, the Magnets) The bottom of the drive is aluminum and the top is stainless steel.. Separate it and sell the magnets and platters on ebay by the lbs.
9) Take out the power supplies, cut the wires into the insulated wire pile, then put the power supply in a separate pile, you'll get like .30 a lb at a scrap yard for it.
10) Any big power supply units with batteries (you will get paid at the scrap yard for the used batteries in it)

So moral of the story, if there is like 50 computers in a locker you got about 4k in scrap in it..

If their is like 3-5 computers, it's not worth the effort.

You can also scrap the computers whole to the yard, but you'll get way less money for it.
  4k?  thats $80 a computer and is a bit far fetched  ive scrapped several hundred over the past few years and ive been getting $5-10 out of them (note this can jump to 30 or a bit more if its got the right cpu in it)
generally speaking im getting about25- 50 cents for the case 40-60 cents for the power supply 4-6 $ for the boards (mother and side  boards averaging about 2 lbs acomputer)50 cents for your typical pentium 3 or 4 cpu and memory maybe another half buck (12.50 a lb but they weigh nothing) a dollar on the high side for the wiring, that leaves you with the cd dvd disc drives and the hard drive 10 cents a lb for the dvd cd disc drives unless you gut them which may get you up to a buck a piece , and the hard drive you might get 3 out of a scrap if you gut it

im not trying to be argumentative but this is supposed to be an informative board and this was way off the mark

to get some ideas on computer scrap prices i suggest anyone interested visit the website boardsort.com to get an better idea of whats selling and for what , some items you can get a bit more for on ebay

as an added bonus they buy junk cell phones and we dont know anyone who comes across those do we  :93:

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Mike Braiotta's Blog / Re: Mike Braiotta From Storage Wars New York
« on: June 10, 2014, 01:23:12 PM »
No chemistry among the cast.

they ran them to death all 3 programs, and while its interesting to someone whos done them, the general public has to be tired of seeing the same **** different day

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my first auction and purchase  was on a whim at a storage facility i was storing things at
my bankroll was whatever i happened to have in my pocket , im fairly sure it was under 100 and may have been under 50
first room was $30-40 or so and it turned out to be owned by someone i went to high school with
had a great time going through it although i dont think it was too big a money maker


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Suggestion Center / Re: New Boards
« on: May 27, 2014, 04:55:05 PM »
Travis I know i dont post here a whole lot but my 2 cents is you have way to many boards now

when i come to the site I click the unread posts since last visit and go through them, if i read something and have to go find it again its a more difficult that it should be because of all the places i need to look


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in a crowded elevator i heard " that had better be your flashlight"

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around here it seems to be 20-30%

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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: It's it worth buying?
« on: May 21, 2014, 10:03:23 AM »
depends on the physical size of the item in question

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definitley less whales at the few ive been to on saturdays, many more newbies and the prices are usually horrible though

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eBay / Re: Do cigarette company "stamps" still sell on eBay?
« on: May 12, 2014, 06:54:03 PM »
the short answer is no movieman , they were discontinued over 4 years ago and they arent reedeemable


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eBay / Re: Ebay Non-Paying
« on: May 02, 2014, 08:27:22 PM »
you dont need a store for immediate payment

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The Treasure Chest / Re: Scrap Gold
« on: April 26, 2014, 04:54:13 PM »
sterling will test + for gold all the time

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Weird & Wacky Finds / Re: Locker owner wants leg back
« on: April 26, 2014, 07:36:34 AM »
 :D

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Weird & Wacky Finds / Re: Locker owner wants leg back
« on: April 25, 2014, 05:28:19 PM »
how did i miss this?

and better yet how did none mention that no one will understand this woman untill they hop a mile in her shoe ?

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