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[silversaddle1]

Here is a load I brought into the shop yesterday.

10,580 pounds of servers and networking gear.

Total cost -$0.00
I'd say Ga. Surplus did real good on that pile they sold.

 

[Ocean]

Looks like fun!

 

[darshevo]

Silversaddle, I am not a man often given to envy but..... :mrgreen:

Nice load to be sure

-Lance

 

[escrap]

Silversaddle,

Where do you find most of your material. Would love to find some places close to home that are just throwing this stuff out.

 

[silversaddle1]

Silversaddle,

Where do you find most of your material. Would love to find some places close to home that are just throwing this stuff out.

Longtime scrap contracts with a few large data companies. There is a lot more to it than meets the eye, it's not all gravy, but there are times!

 

[martyn111]

3oz Australian Nugget for sale on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Australian-3-Ounce-Gold-Nugget-/300471915635?pt=UK_Coins_Bullion_Bars_SM&hash=item45f5859473

Too rich for me but may be of interest to someone else on the forum

 

[hfywc]

hi guys,

i am just wondering if this is the amount of gold that can be recover in a ceramic intel cpu....
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220631419385&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

what do you think? is it really necessary to pulverize the ceramic casing to leach the gold out?

 

[macfixer01]

Just curious here, how is this related to Ebay? :|

Read 2 posts up

Yeah, I remember reading that now. Sometimes people have to explain jokes to me too. :roll:
There is a gold mine on that ebay site, if you're a seller. How did that old saying go, a fool and his money....

A fool and his money..... soon find a great deal on some gold on Ebay!!!!

The one I like is "A fool and his money were lucky to get together in the first place".

macfixer01

 

[jimdoc]

The one I like is "A fool and his money were lucky to get together in the first place".

macfixer01

Yes,and fools with money seem to be in abundance,especially on Ebay.
I guess that is where some sellers come into their luck.

Jim

 

[macfixer01]

Here is another auction for your viewing pleasure. For only $880.00 several square inches of very thin very shiny gold plating could be yours...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370426599996

And likely he will have no clue why it doesn't sell.

macfixer01

 

[patnor1011]

That is hilarious. He even shoot a video ad... Beautiful, beautiful gold.... lulz

 

[goldsilverpro]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370426599996

At 10 millionths thick on the plane areas, I would guess the total value of the 7 boards to be about $25. At 30 millionths - $70. And, I'm being liberal with my guess - it might be 7 millionths and I may have over-estimated the area. I sure wish that each of those listings had a comment section. Of course, if they allowed that, EBay would be broke.

 

[macfixer01]

At 10 millionths thick on the plane areas, I would guess the total value of the 7 boards to be about $25. At 30 millionths - $70. And, I'm being liberal with my guess - it might be 7 millionths and I may have over-estimated the area. I sure wish that each of those listings had a comment section. Of course, if they allowed that, EBay would be broke.

Very true, I've often wished I could comment on auctions. I just had to email this other seller yesterday who had measured his boards with a micrometer and did elaborate calculations of the surface area, figuring the whole trace thickness as solid gold of course, and came up with some outrageous figure that these boards should be worth almost $8600.00. I pointed out the boards are coated with copper then only plated with a few millionths of an inch of gold, and to his credit he changed the auction to a $0.99 start with no reserve. However he still has his flawed and totally misleading math in the description.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190449884732


Anyway what's funnier yet is the other guy I posted about earlier with the $880.00 HP boards apparently increased his start price to $1100.00 in the last couple hours. He must have thought he was being too generous?

macfixer01

 

[goldenchild]

Here is another auction for your viewing pleasure. For only $880.00 several square inches of very thin very shiny gold plating could be yours...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370426599996

And likely he will have no clue why it doesn't sell.

macfixer01

Yup and you even save a whopping $220 from the original price :lol: Sad part is it will probably sell. I see this seller is always selling stuff at ridiculous prices. Lets keep an eye on it and see what happens.

At 10 millionths thick on the plane areas, I would guess the total value of the 7 boards to be about $25. At 30 millionths - $70. And, I'm being liberal with my guess - it might be 7 millionths and I may have over-estimated the area. I sure wish that each of those listings had a comment section. Of course, if they allowed that, EBay would be broke.

I suppose we could keep a look out for these outrageous auctions and ask the seller the hard questions but it probably wouldnt make a difference.

 

[goldsilverpro]

I suppose we could keep a look out for these outrageous auctions and ask the seller the hard questions but it probably wouldnt make a difference.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190449884732

I emailed this guy and gave him the figures to show that the value of the the 512K board he listed was only worth between $5 (probably) and $15. He had valued it at over $1300. He emailed me back and said he was going to pull the listing and put the boards in the trash. I invited him to join the forum. I got the feeling that he's an honest guy that made a wrong assumption. I told him that he's not the first person to assume the traces were solid gold. They do look that way to the uninformed.

 

[silversaddle1]

I suppose we could keep a look out for these outrageous auctions and ask the seller the hard questions but it probably wouldnt make a difference.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190449884732

I emailed this guy and gave him the figures to show that the value of the the 512K board he listed was only worth between $5 (probably) and $15. He had valued it at over $1300. He emailed me back and said he was going to pull the listing and put the boards in the trash. I invited him to join the forum. I got the feeling that he's an honest guy that made a wrong assumption. I told him that he's not the first person to assume the traces were solid gold. They do look that way to the uninformed.

Sure were some nice looking boards!!

 

[jimdoc]

Rare IBM M15 split ergonomic keyboard hits eBay, bidding war pushes it over $1600

http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/ibm-m15-split-ergonomic-keyboard-hits-ebay-bidding-war-2010101/

http://cgi.ebay.com/IBM-Lexmark-M-15-hyper-ergonomic-keyboard-VERY-UNUSUAL-/310256262813?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item483cb6de9d

 

[qst42know]

Liabilities for sale!

This might seem like a bargain, but not really. This style of tank is being phased out and are no longer being accepted for refill.

I can't imagine what the cost of proper disposal might be. Someone scored a warehouse full and are now trying to pawn them off on the unsuspecting.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Linde-Style-5-Acetylene-Cylinders-approx-350CF-/270560441563?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3efea8b4db

 

[goldenchild]

I dont get it.

http://cgi.ebay.com/14k-gold-filled-93-5-gram-rope-necklace-wear-scrap-/290484196972?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43a235166c

 

[Oz]

I do not get it either, but although he/she says gold filled the hallmarking looks like karat gold. They have had 2 offers.