> That's interesting, my local recycler sells boards to me at $1-$3/lb
> depending on some notion of scrap metal content, so I'm usually looking at
> around $2 per card (untested). I wonder if it's one of those things where
> there's a huge amount of regional variation?
Age of the boards, probably
On 11/8/18 12:48 PM, Electronics Plus via cctalk wrote:
The problem with trying to get these any cheaper is that the gold value, by
the pound, exceeds what I think an untested card should go for. They want to
charge me $7-10 PER CARD, and that is untested. Then I have to pay shipping,
and labor t
Ive been kinda debating setting up a web store and stockpiling the nicer
pci, isa and agp cards that would be otherwise scrapped out at the shop. If
you are in need of a card, let me know and i can set you up with a deal,
tested worKing.
just send me an email with what you need and i will let you
> $7-10 to sort out and carefully handle (vs usual strip for gold recovery),
> seems pretty reasonable to me. I'd expect the cost has more to do with
> labor than gold being recovered.
Yes, probably half of the asking price is the metal, the rest is
labor, shipping and handling, and just a plain o
$7-10 to sort out and carefully handle (vs usual strip for gold recovery),
seems pretty reasonable to me. I'd expect the cost has more to do with
labor than gold being recovered.
Pat
On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 2:17 PM William Donzelli via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> > That being said, I
> That being said, I
> think anyone under the illusion that there's a worthwhile amount of gold
> in a Sound Blaster has been spending too much time huffing mercury fumes.
That, or they might actually understand how the scrap industry works.
--
Will
On Thu, 8 Nov 2018, Electronics Plus via cctalk wrote:
The problem with trying to get these any cheaper is that the gold value, by
the pound, exceeds what I think an untested card should go for. They want to
charge me $7-10 PER CARD, and that is untested. Then I have to pay shipping,
and labor t
you guys.
Cindy
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Subject: ISA sound and video cards, and PCI? AGP?
My recycler in Chicago will hunt some down
My recycler in Chicago will hunt some down for me. Tested and working, they
will be about $25 each. Sound reasonable? May have slight cosmetic defects
due to coming from recycler, bit I will test all the functions. I knew there
must be some reason I saved all those old floppies!
Do you guys wan
