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[ferrous]

Has anyone seen this one? woohoo!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/301366724926?_trksid=p2047675.m570.l4456&_trkparms=gh1g%3DI301366724926.N8.S1.M487.R1.TR3

THIS IS CRAZY :roll:

 

[edsikes]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gold-recovery-14-cell-phones-Scrap-CPUs-look-at-pics-please-/321667330558? another wonderful world of ebay joke... i dont know what planet he is on but the smart phones that have been destroyed are supposedly worth a 100 dollars????? talking about hyping up your product...

 

[jason_recliner]

I've started checking eBay for scrap; one never knows what might lurk within.

So I found this and sent the seller an unsolicited offer. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/SCRAP-COMPUTER-MEMORY-RAM-CHIPS-FOR-GOLD-PALLADIUM-RECOVERY-/261772558906?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_15&hash=item3cf2dc423a; I make 920g of RAM to be worth about 300mg of recoverable gold. How do my numbers stack up? I'm a little inexperienced in yields and have only previous forum posts to go on. Is ~ 300mg a reasonable expectation for finger plating plus bond wires?

FWIW, at Au = AU$50.70/g, this means less gold than the quoted postage.

 

[kurtak]

At 920 grams it's a little over 2 lb (896g/lb) at boardsort scrap price of $12.75/lb = scrap price of $25.50 for 2 lb

(had to figure in my head so threw out the extra 24 grams)

Kurt

 

[kurtak]

Has anyone seen this one? woohoo!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/301366724926?_trksid=p2047675.m570.l4456&_trkparms=gh1g%3DI301366724926.N8.S1.M487.R1.TR3

THIS IS CRAZY :roll:

Gaylord - $12/lb (plus as its under 1000#)

whats under the top couple inches you can see (brown boards or????)

1000# of ALL gold finger RAM = $12,750 at boardsort scrap price

sounds like a good deal to me :lol: :roll: :mrgreen: :twisted:

Kurt

 

[edsikes]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LOT-of-12-AMD-K6-1-K6-2-10-K6-III-1-Processors-for-Scrap-Gold-Recovery-PM-/251693204370?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a9a158392

 

[edsikes]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-of-8-Ceramic-Computer-CPU-For-Gold-Scrap-Recovery-/261750659707?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cf18e1a7b

 

[edsikes]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CYRIX-GXI-180BP-2-9V-CPU-PROCESSOR-LOT-OF-100-FOR-GOLD-RECOVERY-OR-SCRAP-/271784259079?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f479aae07 and yet another one thinking these cpu's are made of solid gold...

 

[edsikes]

holy friggen wow!!!!! these must be solid gold!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-of-500-Sim-Cards-for-Direct-Gold-Scrap-Recovery-Aprox-5lbs/261645069225?_trksid=p2060778.c100277.m3477&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D29172%26meid%3D41835e9563c24c69a6ddac83fef9fff7%26pid%3D100277%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D171692445382&autorefresh=true

 

[Palladium]

holy friggen wow!!!!! these must be solid gold!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-of-500-Sim-Cards-for-Direct-Gold-Scrap-Recovery-Aprox-5lbs/261645069225?_trksid=p2060778.c100277.m3477&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D29172%26meid%3D41835e9563c24c69a6ddac83fef9fff7%26pid%3D100277%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D171692445382&autorefresh=true

IN MOST SITUATIONS, PROBLEMS ARE ALWAYS SOLVED, BUT IF THE BUYER LEAVES A NEGATIVE WITHOUT CONTACTING/EMAILING THE SELLER-CIRCUMSTANCES WILL BE LOOKED UPON DIFFERENTLY. EVERY SITUATION IS DIFFERENT AND IS HANDLED DIFFERENTLY.

I don't think threatening you prospective customers is really a good business model. Seems kind of provocative.

 

[edsikes]

i hadnt even looked at their profile. i was blown away by the fact that they had the gall to call that five lbs of sim cards for recovery when it was 4.6 lbs worth of plastic. not to mention they priced it at 999 dollars. i sent them an offer of 25 dollars with minimal shipping. because thats roughly what they are worth. via ebay prices. there is one guy on ebay that sells a thousand of them for 60 dollars. not sure where his page is right now... i will look it up though and send it to them. it baffles me some of the things that people will price items at...

 

[goldenchild]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/12-oz-14k-GOLD-Filled-28g-28-gauge-Square-Jewelry-Wire-priced-at-scrap-/191529102876?#ht_4330wt_1238

I've notified the seller about the error in their calculation. Lets see if they correct it (highly doubt it).

 

[patnor1011]

That will make your head spin... 2.8 pounds of IC with some worthless BGA included for 150$ with p&p charges included.
:shock:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-8-Pound-Scrap-IC-Chips-for-Gold-Recovery-High-Grade-Electronic-Scrap-/291401309659?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43d8df1ddb

 

[FrugalRefiner]

Looks like they lowered it to $125.00. Then again, math isn't their strong suit. According to the description, "2.8lb exactly. 1250 grams total." Hmmm... about 453 grams per pound... 2.8 * 453 = 1268.

Dave

 

[Beirdo]

Looks like they lowered it to $125.00. Then again, math isn't their strong suit. According to the description, "2.8lb exactly. 1250 grams total." Hmmm... about 453 grams per pound... 2.8 * 453 = 1268.

Dave

Blame their scale which rounded off the mass to 2.8lb 1250g = 2.75578lb. Close enough. It won't show any more accuracy on that scale, which is why they should have just used metric and left it at 1250g. They are off by about 1% one way or the other. Still a flaming ripoff though....

 

[patnor1011]

Lets see for how much this one will go: 291412370799
I estimate that 1/2 of them do have black part removed, question is if they are inside that pile or just taken off. I guess I may see that in 3 hours :mrgreen:

 

[resabed01]

Lets see for how much this one will go: 291412370799
I estimate that 1/2 of them do have black part removed, question is if they are inside that pile or just taken off. I guess I may see that in 3 hours :mrgreen:

I estimate 15% are duds.

 

[MarcoP]

My guess would be 1.5-2 lbs are good one.

Edit: Maybe 2.5 lbs

 

[maynman1751]

I wrote the guy and he said about 10% had no black tops.

 

[patnor1011]

I will say that 40% will be worthless. I have seen many kilograms and many piles of this type of material. If you look very carefully you will even see BGA with slicone die, those with no black top at all and where there is one there may be more. Quite a lot of them do have black top removed and I have seen only one separate black top on that picture. For the price it sold buyer did not gained anything. He will break even and get back gold to cover purchase, shipping and chemicals involved.
Whoever bought it actually bought himself some extra work.