I am a yardsale scrapper and I hit a bonanza

[Bassmaster96]

usually only 10-12

Is that all of the yard sales that you go to a day? Do people normally come out with them if you ask?

 

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[RustyRelicHunter]

Hey Dan, is Jack at Relectrocycle still in business?

Rusty

 

[cyberdan]

Hey Dan, is Jack at Relectrocycle still in business? Rusty

Yes, but he no longer buys cells or greenboards. The market has dropped out of that product.

His website says he still buys but I guess when he picks up shipping he loses $$.

 

[RustyRelicHunter]

Thanks! Are you sending cell phones anywhere else for recycling?

 

[trdking]

Places all over. Where are you located?

 

[RustyRelicHunter]

I am in the upstate of SC. I also have some working laptops, monitors, cables, etc. The Relectrocycle website seems to indicate that they are under different ownership/management.

 

[Bassmaster96]

I've got some stuff I need to go through and try to sell too, I guess. The market fell so I quit doing escrap.

 

[tamrock]

In what way do you go about finding enough of this e-scrap to make it worth your time outside of a big score like this? I hardly ever see and of it around anymore. We've got a big recycling center here in my country for this kind of stuff, but you ain't gonna get any money out of it taking it there.

 

[cyberdan]

In what way do you go about finding enough of this e-scrap to make it worth your time outside of a big score like this? I hardly ever see and of it around anymore. We've got a big recycling center here in my country for this kind of stuff, but you ain't gonna get any money out of it taking it there.

Before I retired I would go to 30-40 yardsales every saturday. I asked for coins, jewelry and cell phones/computers. Most of the time I would get 3 or 4 computers, sometimes more. But I had a guy that would get me 400-500 cells a month. He could not explain how he got them (no english, no green card) but I know they were not stolen because they were trashed. He probably dumpster dived behind cell phone stores.

A regular recycling center will not be interested in e-scrap. They want metal and plastic.