Always, for anything.

I mainly do smalls and take the picture of item next to a tape measure or framers square.
Rims I include lug patter size and link to site on how to measure yours for fit.
Furniture I give outside dimensions plus on drawer size...on chairs, the hieght of seat...tables, circumference....

Still get asked about size.  Seems the more specific I get the more questions I get.
Usually asking questions clearly stated in Ad.
(I once got asked how tall a 6 foot corner lamp was!)

And, I still meet people and get "oh...I didn't realize it was so big/small"

But I figure the more info I give the better ground I stand on when they try to "negotiate" by saying its not what they thought it was.

I know others tht are purposely vague then "sell" the item once they get a meet.  But I'm not a salesman, not my thing to talk people into buying.   

I find it funny the position the ACLU is in now.

They jumped on the band wagon and pushed for the Feds to indict Zimmerman federally.

But.....then they sort of got reminded that they have fought for 20yrs against people being charged federally when they've been found not guilty on a state level, even if the Feds change the charge for the same crime.

Whoops.

It's that time of year.  Estate Sales everywhere.
Unfortunatly I haven't picked anything to sell.   Got a few personal items.  House hold stuff, cleaners and what not.  But everything else is near retail.

There was a nice carpet cleaner for $40 but I still have the other one I got.  Tried to go back on 50% off day and it was gone.   Same with a nice stainless lined copper colander. Didnt have markings on who made it. Some of those can be spendy. Was $20 but they sell on ebay for $20. I don't know he difference of $100 ones and $20 ones. Went back on sale day and it was gone. 
Sometimes waiting pays off, sometimes not.   But on items like these I'm willing to risk it.

 One place had a entire Ethan Allen bedroom set (king bed frame with pillow top mattress, two ends, his/her dressers) that they had the receipts for. Got it last November for just under $6000.   Had it marked $2000.  Sunday was $1000.  End of Sunday it was "get it out of here by 3pm and its yours".   
I called every truck rental place in the area and no one had anything available.  Called everyone I knew.
Tried to see if I could put it all in back yard and come back.  Even offered them money to meet me today...
Nothing worked.  They were locking up at three and handing keys to realtor and being done wih it.
I even tried to pay the realtor to meet me.  no good. I imagine he now has a bed room set.

Luckily those old camaro's ignition lock cyliders are easy (and cheap) to replace. $50-ish.
Only problem is since you don't have the original key you need to have a special tool to remove.....and by special I mean a hammer

if someone will pay $750 As-Is id grab it.

scrap? Frame is $100.  Catylitic converter $50-75.  Body parts depends on condition.
Is it a T-Top?   If so and seals are good that could be $500 right there.....

I think it was a wise move.

Little sketchy sounding.   Why was building so empty of retail in first place.
Maybe owner should do some TI and turn it into office space.

$8 per tower? Really? I came across 12 servers from the 1990's that someone was throwing away. I knew I should have picked them up.

I read in the scrap forum that pre-1994 electronic parts get a premium price do do the technology back then they needed to use more gold.
...........

Pretty much from what I've read HomeGrown is right.  20-ish cents per pound.   But that's with components out of tower and mixed.    Seperated you can get more.

But I haven't done it.  Just reading forums and different areas have different pried and requirements.

All, to me, sound like a lot of work for little pay if you don't have a lot of equipment to recycle.

According to people on scrapmetalforums.com a lot of places only pay around 25-50 cents/lb.
But there are places that pay $2.50-$4.00/lb for the right stuff, mother boards, fingers, certain cell phones.
Looks like its better to seperated out: motherboards in one box, high grade in another, low grade....
Kinda like you wouldn't recycle clean aluminum in same bag as cans or sheets of copper mixed with copper wire.


avc-recycle.blogspot.com/2010/03/maximizing-profits-from-recycling.html

I don't come across enough or have storage space so I'll stick to dropping off whole electronics at donation site.   Plus with breaking it down you still need to get rid of case.



There is a place in Dallas you can call for buy priceing:
dallascomputerrecycling.net/services/