Save 'em up and sell them on eBay. I saved up about 40 pounds of boards from old computers, printers, phones, etc. and sold them as a lot for over $100 (there were a lot of older boards with gold plated pins and I took lots of detailed pictures). I'm filling up another box and will auction it when I get a decent amount.
Nate, I'm curious. Do you get $1 a pound or more? What category would you use?
I used Business & Industrial > Manufacturing & Metalworking > Metals & Alloys (and I thought the category went one layer deeper to the type of metal but it doesn't seem to anymore). The winning bid worked out to about $2.85 a pound.
Keep in mind, I had a lot of older boards with lots of gold-plated pins and I included over 50 photos in the auction (thumbnails of course with the option to click to enlarge).
did you ship it all or was it for local pickup? I have "a bit" more than that that I am looking to get rid of right now. If anyone here is interested...
"99% of all lawyers give the rest of them a bad name"
did you ship it all or was it for local pickup? I have "a bit" more than that that I am looking to get rid of right now. If anyone here is interested...
Populated Computer Boards is worth $1.50 a pound in PA. The cordless phone board above would fit that category. natsb88 - The reason your lot went so high was because of the processors and ic chips. Ic chips and memory go for $5.00 a pound, but processors go for $18.00 to $80.00 a pound depending on the gold content.
This is great info. I spent some time this weekend clearing out a space and building shelves to organize my scrapping efforts. I can't wait until the space is complete so I start scrapping in earnest...
simplicity... could you send me some info on places in PA that pay these rates. I live in MI and cant find anyone to buy this locally and am sitting on a few hundred pounds of boards and several pounds of memory and ic chips.
Im new to computer boards, is this worth anything?
Forum Locked
Posted - 08/09/2008 : 22:28:08
