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[patnor1011]

Little brainstorming if you have time. What is realistic value or gold content of this one? Price seems to be way too high for what he sells.
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Scrap-Gold-Recovery-Computer-Memory-Fingers-CPUs-Header-Pins-1-5-kg-/251046163298?pt=UK_Coins_USA_RL&hash=item3a73847362#ht_1160wt_1270

Break up is:
692g of mostly fiber cpu (I see only 2 ceramic there) 1,52 lb
402g low grade ribbon cable pins 0,88 lb
325g motherboard pins (mosly from slots where ribbons are inserted) 0,71 lb
115g not very clean cut fingers 0,25 lb

Maybe I am wrong but I see something like 0,3 from cpu, 0,3 from ribbon pins, 0,5 from other pins 0,5 from fingers so like 1,6g Au at absolute unrealistic maximum, I would be safe to assume that you cant even get more than 1g from that lot which is about 40 euros worth on auction where buyer want 5x more. Am I right or I had one beer too much tonight?
*edited numbers and added pictures

 

[macfixer01]

Hmmm... So if an amorphous blob of metal you dig up has shiny bits that look like platinum then it must be platinum? I'll have to remember that! And oh look he's donating the auction proceeds to PITA. I like pita bread. It makes great sandwiches, especially along with meat from animals.

This guy has had several "interesting" auctions, make sure you look at his completed auctions too. He just sold a gold box with two broken pieces of charms and a diamond he supposedly found inside it when he dug it up. But wait, in two earlier auctions he shows the same box and says he dug it up with a gold ring inside it marked 10k but he has no time to test any of it and it could be real or fake. He tried to sell that twice along with a gold watch but had no takers.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/180872516120

 

[joem]

Hmmm... So if an amorphous blob of metal you dig up has shiny bits that look like platinum then it must be platinum? I'll have to remember that! And oh look he's donating the auction proceeds to PITA. I like pita bread. It makes great sandwiches, especially along with meat from animals.

This guy has had several "interesting" auctions, make sure you look at his completed auctions too. He just sold a gold box with two broken pieces of charms and a diamond he supposedly found inside it when he dug it up. But wait, in two earlier auctions he shows the same box and says he dug it up with a gold ring inside it marked 10k but he has no time to test any of it and it could be real or fake. He tried to sell that twice along with a gold watch but had no takers.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/180872516120

Yeah it's detected so it must be preciuos metal. I wonder if his video games were also detected?

 

[Geo]

that is a one owner piece of platinum that was only driven to church on sunday by a little old lady that must have lost it among all the other lumps of platinum that you can only find in a church yard.

 

[Oz]

The guy sure does find a lot of gold boxes out metal detecting. Too bad he does not sell metal detectors, I could use one like he has.

 

[MMFJ]

Wondering if I should put my latest 'info product' on eBay.....

http://MakingMoneyFromJunk.com/RefineGoldandSilverfromANYTYPEOFMETAL.html

:lol:

 

[Smack]

hehe

 

[Palladium]

Wondering if I should put my latest 'info product' on eBay.....

http://MakingMoneyFromJunk.com/RefineGoldandSilverfromANYTYPEOFMETAL.html

:lol:

Sad part is i actually clicked the paypal link just to see and it's $20. :shock:
https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_flow&SESSION=netbH0E9HBZdZhIJiU2K4_NrsLs9NRxJXC1zYxXRJ5VY0ifV48FUFBGQlDu&dispatch=50a222a57771920b6a3d7b606239e4d529b525e0b7e69bf0224adecfb0124e9b61f737ba21b081989d37bd8af37ad97044704c4bc4311ce7
Rotfl....

 

[MMFJ]

Wondering if I should put my latest 'info product' on eBay.....

http://MakingMoneyFromJunk.com/RefineGoldandSilverfromANYTYPEOFMETAL.html

:lol:

Sad part is i actually clicked the paypal link just to see and it's $20. :shock:
https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_flow&SESSION=netbH0E9HBZdZhIJiU2K4_NrsLs9NRxJXC1zYxXRJ5VY0ifV48FUFBGQlDu&dispatch=50a222a57771920b6a3d7b606239e4d529b525e0b7e69bf0224adecfb0124e9b61f737ba21b081989d37bd8af37ad97044704c4bc4311ce7
Rotfl....

You should say ONLY $20 (actually, it is only $19.95 - what a bargain - after all, look at all the gold you will get with just ONE use!)

Then, you should try buying it - you really will get a laugh! (and me, too!) :lol: The 'Thank You' page is something very 'SPECIAL'!

 

[goldenchild]

I would put that exact listing on ebay (minus the paypal links) for a buy it now price of .99 cents. Once the purchase is made you have already fulfilled your obligation.

 

[MMFJ]

I would put that exact listing on ebay (minus the paypal links) for a buy it now price of .99 cents. Once the purchase is made you have already fulfilled your obligation.

Almost.....

Not surprsiingly, eBay has rules against that sort of thing (as with just about everything else, including your right to make a decent living..... - oh, another topic....) http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/downloadable.html

Digital products (i.e., "electrons", of which this 'content' certainly qualifies!) have to be followed up with something in the mail (it is a credit card rule - we had a lot of trouble with it when we had dozens of e-books out there...) Funny thing, though, Paypal has no such requirement! We've had 'disputes' a few times on some of the e-books and every time, Paypal sides with us as we have delivered the product, they have read it (or how else would they have anything to say that it doesn't fit advertising, etc...) and they can't "send it back" - it was delivered, and no refunds! Gotta love that (if you write e-books, which I think everyone should!)

So, you are very correct in the obligation being filled, but only with a Paypal purchase.

If put on eBay, since you have to mail something "physical" (or put it in the 'Classifieds' only - I've had only a couple calls on anything I've put there - craigslist is MUCH better than eBay classifieds!), minimal cost is ~$.50, plus the eBay listing and final fees (~$.20) and Paypal fees (a minimum of $.30 plus 3% of the sale price), you are already in the negative at $.99......

However, just for fun, I may put it there anyway!

 

[goldenchild]

I've only sold on ebay a few times but I remember the cost of doing business through ebay and paypal was about 13% of your sale price(shipping cost included). So I thought you would end up with about 82 cents. Also, could you not sent them an email that says "Nothing". This is all theoretical and with no intent to do actual harm. It sure would be fun to see how many people would bite though. :lol:

 

[jimdoc]

This one was posted on Coinflation.com today;

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=221015973377+

 

[joem]

This one was posted on Coinflation.com today;

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=221015973377+

Incredible. and I never new there were $500 dollar bills.

 

[publius]

This one was posted on Coinflation.com today;

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=221015973377+

Incredible. and I never new there were $500 dollar bills.

There is a $10,000 but they were not in general circulation. Just used to move funds from one federal reserve bank to another.

 

[maynman1751]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_denominations_of_United_States_currency

There used to be a $100,000 bill!!! :shock:

 

[jimdoc]

This one was posted on Coinflation.com today;

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=221015973377+

In his feedback is another crazy lot he just sold;
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&item=220977610167&nma=true&rt=nc&si=NGBN%252BLkojd2JPvc3y%252F07g2OQX98%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

 

[MysticColby]

I like how they have stacks of bills flayed out, with a 500 on top and what looks like 5's and 1's barely visible below. sneaky

 

[macfixer01]

I like how they have stacks of bills flayed out, with a 500 on top and what looks like 5's and 1's barely visible below. sneaky

Of course, just like every auction picture you see on Ebay for mixed processors. The Pentium Pro's and nice ceramics with gold plates are on top, and the other 75% consisting of crap green fiber processors are hidden underneath.

 

[macfixer01]

Mister Metal Detector is back again. He's thrown in everything else this time, even a video game. What no kitchen sink?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/180882104345#ht_500wt_1413

macfixer01