Micwopp said:I don’t know if it’s gold plated or gold flash how do I know the difference
denim said:If I am not mistaken close cut fingers usually go for about $75.00-$100.00lb on ebay. Why would anyone sell them for $20.00lb?
rickbb said:denim said:If I am not mistaken close cut fingers usually go for about $75.00-$100.00lb on ebay. Why would anyone sell them for $20.00lb?
People who pay that for them on ebay don't know what they are buying. Even the best plated fingers don't have that much gold value on them. All the professional e-scrap buyers current pricing is in the $20 to $25 per lb. range.
Why buy scrap at over the spot if you can buy already refined at spot?silversaddle1 said:What's that pound of fingers worth when gold hits $1600-1800 and ounce? That's how some make their money. Buy and wait.
denim said:Very true rickbb, as far as people on ebay not knowing what they are buying. If these fingers are ram fingers then the yield should be about 2.25g/lb equaling just about $90.00 value of gold. Not a good deal in my book for the seller at $20.00lb, so I think I'll opt for selling my fingers on ebay rather than some scrap yard, or Boardsort etc. The OP was inquiring as to whether $20.00lb is a good price and the simple answer to that is yes if you are buying them, and no if you are selling them.
rickbb said:denim said:Very true rickbb, as far as people on ebay not knowing what they are buying. If these fingers are ram fingers then the yield should be about 2.25g/lb equaling just about $90.00 value of gold. Not a good deal in my book for the seller at $20.00lb, so I think I'll opt for selling my fingers on ebay rather than some scrap yard, or Boardsort etc. The OP was inquiring as to whether $20.00lb is a good price and the simple answer to that is yes if you are buying them, and no if you are selling them.
Well that’s the rub isn't it, IF they are fingers from RAM.
The OP didn't say what they were, only trimmed fingers, usually they are mixed lots of fingers from everything under the sun. Which is why e-scrap pros only pay $20 a lb. And the reason such a broad generalized question can only have a broad generalized answer.
If the OP had asked “Is $20 lb. a good price for high end, thickly plated ram fingers?” Then i doubt anyone would have said yes.
niks neims said:Sometimes ENIG plated pieces from other PCBs
The point being - if you are "buying" material - "know" what you are buying
kurtak said:niks neims said:Sometimes ENIG plated pieces from other PCBs
There is most definitely fingers out there that are ENIG plated - which will produce the "fine" particles of ENIG plating rather then the nice heavy/thick foils of normal plating --- I have had whole batches (several pounds) of such fingers with yields as low as (plus/minus) 1/2 gram per pound
Then again I have had fingers run as high as 3.5 grams per pound
The point being - if you are "buying" material - "know" what you are buying
Kurt
kurtak said:There is most definitely fingers out there that are ENIG plated
Yes there are, there were a lot of cheap PCI-cards made in the 90-ies that barely showed any color. When you put it in acid the plating looked like cobweb when the base metal dissolved. I would say that the cheapest ones were even less gold than ENIG. If you pull the cards before the gold layer have had time to fully form you end up with less gold.niks neims said:Could you please confirm if you mean that there are fingers from card edges (meant for insertion) that are ENIG plated, as this is a completely new information for me....
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