Computers / parts, board buyer

[hobo finds]

It looks like one of the newer yards by me is now buying boards and computer parts! Closed on weekends but I will call and see what they buy. If they buy low grade boards that would be great as mine just go in with the steel. I have mailed out high grade stuff but if they have good prices on these I would not have to deal with shipping costs! I could get real lucky and they buy monitors / tv's and the ABS plastic...

[hobo finds]

They buy low grade boards for .15 a pound, so I am no longer putting the low grade in with my steel for .085 a pound! Guy said they pay .15 to over $3.00 for other boards. When I get enough low grade boards together I will see if the other prices are better for the good boards as I will not have to cover the shipping costs when I mail them out to a buyer.

[messymessy]

Yeah, you are almost certainly going to come out ahead selling boards locally versus paying for shipping. Small, expensive stuff like RAM and CPU's might still be worth shipping.

[dpennies]

This is such good information. I am new to the boards and I have been hauling this type of waste to the dump for years. I had no idea that scrap could be converted like this. I am getting an education here. My wife is concerned because she thinks that I am never going to throw anything away again - and I may not.