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[joem]

$400 a month is $4800 a year. I would think you could build the same size building for that money and you would own the building. :|
Looks like you're doing great with the scrapping, keep up the good work!

I can't build, I don't have the space.

 

[nickvc]

Joe in the scheme of things and the way your business is going $100 a week isn't out of the way but it's worth haggling or even better seem indifferent to the whole idea as you said he can't rent it out.
Congratulations are also due to you and in my opinion you deserve your luck as you sure have worked hard to get it and by posting this thread given others a way to try to expand their business.

 

[joem]

Today was a great day drove an hour for 52 mixed boards, 700 kilograms of printers, scanners and such, about 15 towers, and 6 old scuzzi servers ( my lord are thay heavy) for $20. Then I met a laptop repair guy at the recycle depot and he came to my house tonight and bought about 30 broken laptops for $320 and gave me about 50 pounds of laptop batteries. He said he will buy laptops regular from me and also buy 70's and 80's stereo equipment as well. Yes a great day.
Like I said before, just talk to people and things will happen.

 

[AztekShine]

Like I said before, just talk to people and things will happen.

No truer words have ever been said!

 

[Claudie]

Well done Joe! Keep up the good work!

 

[joem]

Today was a great day drove an hour for 52 mixed boards, 700 kilograms of printers, scanners and such, about 15 towers, and 6 old scuzzi servers ( my lord are thay heavy) for $20. Then I met a laptop repair guy at the recycle depot and he came to my house tonight and bought about 30 broken laptops for $320 and gave me about 50 pounds of laptop batteries. He said he will buy laptops regular from me and also buy 70's and 80's stereo equipment as well. Yes a great day.
Like I said before, just talk to people and things will happen.

And today he came by and gave me another $75 for more batteries and two dead screen flat screen tvs. I love it when people just want to hand you money.

 

[trashmaster]

Hi. joe congrats ..

Sounds like things are turning your way ,,, and you will get the
kids to disney this year,;;;;

I really need the pdf buissness card you made ... some reason i could not find it ;;;

Thank you and My offer still stands to get the kide there.

 

[joem]

Hi. joe congrats ..

Sounds like things are turning your way ,,, and you will get the
kids to disney this year,;;;;

I really need the pdf buissness card you made ... some reason i could not find it ;;;

Thank you and My offer still stands to get the kide there.

which card do you need again, I can't remember.

 

[MMFJ]

I, too, have been BUSY with stuff pouring in (yes, folks, a bit of advertising does work....

I'll post more later, but I, like joem have had soooo much stuff come in, we've had to expand our area as well.

However, I must agree with Claudie that the price for that (while nice) shop, is a bit much.

We have been working out of self-storage units for years - both in California and Nevada and they work just great. Be sure to find one that is more mom-n-pop as most of the national chains frown on someone being around all day, every day, but they are out there.

Where we are right now, we have now TWO 12' w x 30' d x 18' h spaces and have built mezanines in them to have a second floor - gaining a LOT of extra space! And, at $250/m with electricity included, the price is hard to beat anywhere!

Of course, we don't have that SNOW to deal with! (WOW - it made me cold just looking at that stuff - I almost considered putting on long pants! [we've been in shorts around here for about two weeks now....])

More later, with some pics and such........ Oh, I will tell you that recently we brought in a couple FLIGHT RECORDERS from the '50s (reel to reel, about 100 lbs apiece....) and today I got a call on that craigslist ad (still running every day...) from a guy that has a bunch of helicopter radios and electronics that he wants to "clear out to make room for two new helicopters coming in" - makes me wonder just how much JUNK this guy has! But, he did tell me to bring a 24' truck as they plan to clear the room! (oh, and we also got a call from another guy to pick up 100 computers sometime this weekend.........)

Gonna be a busy weekend, but a great month!

Keep it up folks, it WILL come!

 

[joem]

Alright! My first official Recycle event has been book at my daughter's dance school. A third of the money raised will go to the Chance 2 dance foundation. The event will take place May 19th from 9 am to 4 pm. Here is a picture of the parking lot, I plan to have a place for each type of e-waste as we move them into a rental truck.

 

[Claudie]

That should go over very well. Especially at a school. You may need to make several trips to keep up with what comes in!

 

[Rafael Moran]

Today was a great day drove an hour for 52 mixed boards, 700 kilograms of printers, scanners and such, about 15 towers, and 6 old scuzzi servers ( my lord are thay heavy) for $20. Then I met a laptop repair guy at the recycle depot and he came to my house tonight and bought about 30 broken laptops for $320 and gave me about 50 pounds of laptop batteries. He said he will buy laptops regular from me and also buy 70's and 80's stereo equipment as well. Yes a great day.
Like I said before, just talk to people and things will happen.

what do you do with the labtop batteries

 

[joem]

Today was a great day drove an hour for 52 mixed boards, 700 kilograms of printers, scanners and such, about 15 towers, and 6 old scuzzi servers ( my lord are thay heavy) for $20. Then I met a laptop repair guy at the recycle depot and he came to my house tonight and bought about 30 broken laptops for $320 and gave me about 50 pounds of laptop batteries. He said he will buy laptops regular from me and also buy 70's and 80's stereo equipment as well. Yes a great day.
Like I said before, just talk to people and things will happen.

what do you do with the labtop batteries

I was saving them to drive to Montreal to sell to a recycler but I now have this buyer (above) who repairs laptops to sell at fleamarkets and he comes by my house ( or when I get more) once a week and buys the types he needs from me at the same price.

 

[Geo]

i picked up my first Craigslist haul tonight with another load to pick up tomorrow. tonight's haul was 41 complete towers with all components including CPU's and memory and PCI cards. all the HD's were removed but i will get them tomorrow, as he had to drill holes through them.tomorrow will be 30-40 more towers and two bins of accessories and another large bin of MB's (i counted 24 before i stopped) and loose PCI cards. this is all old stuff and from the ones i looked at when i got home in the dark, over half will have ceramic CPU's. ill post pictures tomorrow when i get it all in. in all i will pay near or at $150.00 for all of it.

 

[joem]

Awesome - I would have jumped at that deal

 

[Geo]

heres some of the goodies from the load i got from craigslist. total cost $140.00.theres still 10 units to be torn down. there was a 55 gallon drum of mother boards and a 30 gallon drum of PCI cards and a huge pile of CD and disk drives and power supplies.

 

[Claudie]

Nice! :mrgreen:

 

[Palladium]

Happy B'day Claudie.

 

[Harold_V]

From me as well.

Harold

 

[joem]

I received a pm from a member asking how I do what I do, so I sent him back this response. I then realised that it would benefit many newbie members.
I have worked out a system ( with the ability to grow in the future) that lets me profit on anything I pick up or is given to me.
The 1st thing is to find an outlet for anything I get. What I mean by this is whether I get it for free or pay for it I must be able to get money for it and I figure this out before I accept any type of ewaste. With the exception of small items ( memory and CPUs) all items must leave my gargage in a week. I only rip down towers and desktops, all the rest goes to others for quick profits. (The higher paying place gets the items)
Here is a breakdown of where my scrap goes, each outlet pays me
( based on a tower for example);
Steel cases (with plastic still attached), CD roms, Floppy drives, Power supplies (no wires) - Scrap yard
All wires ( trimmed connectors off) - Scrap Yard
Trimmed ends ( sold as coppper bearing) - scrap yard
ALuminun, stainless, or Aluminun / copper mix - Scrap Yard
Ram - saved and sold to recycler when price is high
Lower end CPUs sorted - saved and sold to recycler when price is high
Gold top/bottom and ceramic CPUs - Send to Glondar for gold recovery
PCI cards and motherboards - saved and sold to recycler when price is high
Batteries - saved and sold to another recycler, or my private buyer.
Visible gold plated bits - Trimmed and Send to Glondar for gold recovery
Gold fingers ( if on an odd card here and there) - Trimmed and saved for A/P - just for my fun
Also
Low end ewaste - Printers, scanners, monitors, flat screens, TVs tube or anything electronic that can be plugged in - Sold to recycler
Laptops - first offered to a laptop repair guy and when he is done visible small valuables removed ( plated items, battery, cpu, memory, modems, hd) and then sold to recycler.
Stereo equipment ( 70' 80' 90's) sold to a flea market reseller guy. And what he does not want sold to recycler.
LCD / plasma tvs - sold to a TV repair guy. And what he does not want sold to recycler.
All this extra money goes to reduce my bills, special events when needed, or just for fun.
Marketing your service.
Yes you must truely believe you are offering a service to people. They want this stuff gone and you magically make it go away for them. Talk to everyone about what you do. Make connections with charities and when people see you helping other people they see this a way of helping too.
So essentially here is my system.
1 Find a way to get paid ( or profit) for what you have. Do not take it if you can not move it out of your house quickly.
- Make those calls and ask. If you never ask the answer is always NO.
2. Buy only what you are sure you can profit from quickly.
- I have built a good reputation with my recycler that when I need cash to buy a load they spot me up front, so no out of pocket.
3 Learn to refuse items, you are not a scrap yard.
- That big wood flat screen TV an hour away is more work than is necessary.
4 Have a way people can bring items to you or you can pick up and still profit.
- ask before picking up if neighbours also have items so you can make one bigger trip.
5 Network, free advertise, and talk about what you do.
- Talk, talk, talk, and then when you are done talk about it again.
6 Associate with non profits, help them and in turn it will be repaid many times over.
- They will give your more items and appreciate any cash you give them. The cash they get can usually have them buy 3 times the value of the needs ie: foodbanks. People also will give you more if they know they are helping as well. ( with little effort their part)
7 VERY IMPORTANT - Only take 1/3 of your profits for yourself. The rest must go back into your business.
- You will need it for costs and as well as be ready to buy that huge load that will come your way. It will grow and then allow you to grow.
Feel free to add your comments and ideas to my little system