Don't you just love free stuff?

[samuel-a]

back here it's not that common to find privte people with awareness to e-scrap recycling.
came across that guy, he was saving a few office computers upgrades... and just gave it away to me knowing it will be recycled.



- few dozen of different kinds of cards
- whole lot of flat cables



- 30 motherboard
- 27 CD ROM some DVD
- 13 floppy's
- 10 hard drives



- 12 CPU's (low grade)



plus, had also 15 power supplies which i still do know what to do with
allredy accumulated 40 or 50 power supplies ...

nice score... hell, even the drive was free... :mrgreen:

 

[silversaddle1]

Call your local scrap yard, we get .10-15 cents a pound for whole power supplies around here.

 

[samuel-a]

Call your local scrap yard, we get .10-15 cents a pound for whole power supplies around here.

thanks man, they gave me 0.18 per pound... i guess it's ok.

they also paied the same for scrap wire and transformers.. is this ok?

i still have IDE flat cables, that i don't know how much i shuld sell for a pound...

 

[Barren Realms 007]

thanks man, they gave me 0.18 per pound... i guess it's ok.

they also paied the same for scrap wire and transformers.. is this ok?

i still have IDE flat cables, that i don't know how much i shuld sell for a pound...

Take a sample in with you and ask them they might tell you to throw it in with the rest of the wire you take in to them. I guess you are taking the ends off and processing them?

.18/lb on the power supplies sounds like a fair price. What did they give you on the wire and the transformers?

 

[samuel-a]

Take a sample in with you and ask them they might tell you to throw it in with the rest of the wire you take in to them. I guess you are taking the ends off and processing them?

.18/lb on the power supplies sounds like a fair price. What did they give you on the wire and the transformers?

yes, i'm processing the ends in a crockpot...

on the wire and the transformers they gave me the same - 0.18 per lb = good/bad?

 

[jimdoc]

Last time I sold wire I got 0.82 per lb. That was for power cords and all the cut cords from power supplies and ribbon cables.
You should be able to do better with your wire prices.
Jim

 

[samuel-a]

thank you Jim.

duly noted. this was actually the first time i even went in a scrap yard...

 

[jimdoc]

Shop around. I have a few places I can deal with, and chose the one I like best. There are others I would never go back to, because of their honesty problems. Some scrap yards may pay higher for wire if they have a way to process it themselves. Most pay for wire by thickness of the wire, so if you keep the ticker cables separate from the thinner cables they may pay you more. Very thick wires are best to strip yourself to get #1 copper price, the thinner wires aren't worth the hassle.
Jim

 

[samuel-a]

thank you, i'll shop around...

what do you get for aluminum? (heat sinks, hard drives, floppy 1.44 drives)

i see the spot price today is around 1.1$ per lb

 

[Barren Realms 007]

thank you, i'll shop around...

what do you get for aluminum? (heat sinks, hard drives, floppy 1.44 drives)

i see the spot price today is around 1.1$ per lb

Kitco shows .99/lb on Alluminum.
http://www.kitcometals.com/

I think you can do better on the cables too.

 

[jimdoc]

Aluminum I got around 0.33 lb, that seems low compared to the Kitco prices. The copper prices seem more fair compared to the Kitco prices.
Jim

 

[Barren Realms 007]

Aluminum I got around 0.33 lb, that seems low compared to the Kitco prices. The copper prices seem more fair compared to the Kitco prices.
Jim

I think Aluminum will be lower in percentage because more waste is allowed with it than with copper. .33 does sound a little low tho. I have to take some stuff in in a few days and I will see what I can find out about prices around here.

 

[rfd298]

I got .45 a pound last week for Aluminum heat sinks and such. I also got 25 cents a pound for aluminum wire (ide and different data cables). Every little bit adds up.

 

[samuel-a]

humm... good price, that's around 45% off spot for your Aluminum.

i didn't know that IDE cables are Aluminum, thank you for the info.

tommorow i'll go back to the scrap yard to sell some more scrap metal... i hope this time i'll get paid right...

 

[Barren Realms 007]

Best thing to do is learn how to seperate it the way they want it to maximize your profits. And also to make the determination on how you will break things down. It's like transformers. Most people will sell them whole for .18-.25/lb.. But if you remove the copper windings you can possibly get #2 copper price. That is because there is a schilac on the copper if you burn it you can get #1 copper price. And if you want to take it a step further you can take a sprayer and spray dilute vinigar on it and let it shine the copper up for you and then rinse it off. The difference adds up if your labor is cheap. We will chase pennies here for gold. Why not for the less precious metals? Is it because we see that glittering of gold rather than the soft dull glow of copper? In electronics recyceling use your base metals to fund your work and your precious metals to make your nest egg.

Not exact price just comparrison:

transformer cores: .18-.25/lb
#2 Copper: 1.85/lb
#1 Copper: 2.25/lb

Do you realize that is over a 21% diffrence between #1 & #2!

Would anyone here sell $1,100 gold for 880?

 

[qst42know]

Check your local scrap yard policies.

Here any burnt copper goes for #2 regardless of the gauge.

I can't burn wire where I am anyway but it's good to know what your buyer expects.

 

[trashmaster]

Here in Jonesboro, Ark. It does not matter if you strip off the plastic or burn it off the copper it pays the same.

Copper #1 bare
)$2.65lb (The size of an pencil lead,, Striped clean or burnt ,, no difference
C
Copper #1 Insulated $1.30lb

Copper #2 bare $2.55lb (less than pencil lead size , single or braded ))
Copper #2 insulated $1.00lb

Copper 30% insulated $ .50lb (very small wire , if you bend it it will spring back up ,, to much plastic... )

Transformers $ .22lb (electric motor's )

paul

 

[Barren Realms 007]

Here in Jonesboro, Ark. It does not matter if you strip off the plastic or burn it off the copper it pays the same.

Copper #1 bare
)$2.65lb (The size of an pencil lead,, Striped clean or burnt ,, no difference
C
Copper #1 Insulated $1.30lb

Copper #2 bare $2.55lb (less than pencil lead size , single or braded ))
Copper #2 insulated $1.00lb

Copper 30% insulated $ .50lb (very small wire , if you bend it it will spring back up ,, to much plastic... )

Transformers $ .22lb (electric motor's )

paul

Hi there trashmaster. Last time I was at the yard in Marion there was a tall skinny guy there that was from one of the yards there in Jonesboro. Not sure how many you have there. Nice guy too. The one in Marion is part of the same company from what I understand so we should be getting close to the same price on stuff.

 

[trashmaster]

We only have one scrap yard here and they are owned by TRG in Little Rock.. They also buy Circut boards but don't pay much.

paul

 

[Barren Realms 007]

It should be the same company then. What are they giving you for the circuit boards? I figured they were owned by one of the Memphis companies.