Frustrations!

[esrqc]

My path to community approval and officialdom (read: butt loads of e-scrap!)has been paved by the befriending a succession of different professions:

1. Scrap(Junk) Haulers: They do not want to take anything apart in most cases, and you can pay them a little more than they are getting at the scrap yards. Find them and let them know this.

2. Computer Repair & IT companies: They are major producers of "junk" electronics. Offer them something, no matter how little, and most will be glad to have you buy it from them and take it away. There may be some competition here, but be persistent, confident, and friendly.

3. Charity Organizations: I am now holding Electronics Recycling Events by partnering with Charity Organizations to raise money for them. This has turbocharged my business and provided me with more electronics scrap than I can process with one full time employee.

I hope my succesful road map can help you in some way.

Print cards and give them to everyone you meet. You would be surprised how many calls I get from those cards (free at Vistaprint.com)

Always be positive.

Always be friendly.

And never give up!

Just wondering what your arrangement are with the charitable organisation, do you pay for old electronics ? Do they pay you to drop it off and you turn the money to the organization ?? Thanks

 

[Ocean]

My path to community approval and officialdom (read: butt loads of e-scrap!)has been paved by the befriending a succession of different professions:

1. Scrap(Junk) Haulers: They do not want to take anything apart in most cases, and you can pay them a little more than they are getting at the scrap yards. Find them and let them know this.

2. Computer Repair & IT companies: They are major producers of "junk" electronics. Offer them something, no matter how little, and most will be glad to have you buy it from them and take it away. There may be some competition here, but be persistent, confident, and friendly.

3. Charity Organizations: I am now holding Electronics Recycling Events by partnering with Charity Organizations to raise money for them. This has turbocharged my business and provided me with more electronics scrap than I can process with one full time employee.

I hope my succesful road map can help you in some way.

Print cards and give them to everyone you meet. You would be surprised how many calls I get from those cards (free at Vistaprint.com)

Always be positive.

Always be friendly.

And never give up!

Just wondering what your arrangement are with the charitable organisation, do you pay for old electronics ? Do they pay you to drop it off and you turn the money to the organization ?? Thanks

People bring their old electronics to us in the name of the organization, and I pay the organization.

 

[Geo]

lumpkin county in north Ga. was the first gold rush in the U.S. there was so much gold mined there that the government established a mint in the city of Dahlonega that ran from 1838 - 1861 and after the mint was closed the building was torn down and the bricks were refined because of the high gold content of the soil used to make them.in 1849 Dr. M.F. stephenson tried to stop the miners from leaving for the california gold fields by standing on the courthouse steps and yelling "thar's gold in them thar hills".

 

[61 silverman]

GEO : Welcome too the forum !! That is a good story is that where the phrase originated.. ??

thar's gold in them thar hills".

 

[Geo]

thanks for the welcome. yes, just a little known fact in history.my father was a prospector and was attracted to the gold fields in north Georgia and as a child i spent alot of time there.if your into panning gold or gem hunting its really nice place to go to.plus its a very beautiful place to visit its the only place ive ever been to that you could pull to the side of the road and look down at the clouds.