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BUYING old computers
Posted by:
Stephan
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Date: November 20, 2010 12:56PM
I saw a post on here and if anyone has old computer scrap it is not trash it is worth a pretty penny...if you have any of it I will buy it pay for the shipping of the "scrap" items.
your more than welcome to e-mail me at harz@easyrecycles.com and or call me at 469-464-9073
your more than welcome to e-mail me at harz@easyrecycles.com and or call me at 469-464-9073
Re: BUYING old computers
Posted by:
how much
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Date: November 20, 2010 01:00PM
just give us a ballpark idea what you will pay for towers, monitors etc.
Re: BUYING old computers
Posted by:
spaminator
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Date: November 21, 2010 03:00AM
pssst: Craigslist
Re: BUYING old computers
Posted by:
Just Easier To
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Date: November 21, 2010 03:43AM
Places like Best Buy accept old computers for free and they'll recycle them for you. Just ensure you remove you old hard drive and smash it into bits with a big ol' hammer before dropping the rest off.
I can't imagine a person willing to pay much above the shipping costs for a 6-year old computer nowadays.
I can't imagine a person willing to pay much above the shipping costs for a 6-year old computer nowadays.
Re: BUYING old computers
Posted by:
golddigger
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Date: November 21, 2010 08:06AM
> ...for a 6-year old computer nowadays.
See that 1/100th of an ounce of gold on those chips/card fingers?...
See that 1/100th of an ounce of gold on those chips/card fingers?...
Posted by:
chuckhoffmann
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Date: November 21, 2010 08:52AM
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 03/08/2013 10:11AM by chuckhoffmann.
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 03/08/2013 10:11AM by chuckhoffmann.
Re: BUYING old computers
Posted by:
stephan
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Date: March 08, 2013 10:10AM
Just Easier To Wrote:
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> Places like Best Buy accept old computers for free
> and they'll recycle them for you. Just ensure you
> remove you old hard drive and smash it into bits
> with a big ol' hammer before dropping the rest
> off.
>
> I can't imagine a person willing to pay much above
> the shipping costs for a 6-year old computer
> nowadays.
Each computer is worth around $10 to $14 each. Now its not worth it to only send one but if you go and get a few of them and ship them all at once its very much worth it. IF you get to the point where you are shipping by pallets we will cover the freight costs as we move freight all over the USA and will just have our broker pick it up and get it moved.
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> Places like Best Buy accept old computers for free
> and they'll recycle them for you. Just ensure you
> remove you old hard drive and smash it into bits
> with a big ol' hammer before dropping the rest
> off.
>
> I can't imagine a person willing to pay much above
> the shipping costs for a 6-year old computer
> nowadays.
Each computer is worth around $10 to $14 each. Now its not worth it to only send one but if you go and get a few of them and ship them all at once its very much worth it. IF you get to the point where you are shipping by pallets we will cover the freight costs as we move freight all over the USA and will just have our broker pick it up and get it moved.
Re: BUYING old computers
Posted by:
eesh
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Date: March 08, 2013 01:38PM
Just Easier To Wrote:
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> Places like Best Buy accept old computers for free
> and they'll recycle them for you. Just ensure you
> remove you old hard drive and smash it into bits
> with a big ol' hammer before dropping the rest
> off.
>
> I can't imagine a person willing to pay much above
> the shipping costs for a 6-year old computer
> nowadays.
Yes, I have done this several times, taken electronics to Best Buy for free recycle.
You don't need to smash the old drives, just install Ubuntu on your old computers. Linux does an awesome job of genuinely deleting Windows, not just setting the values at zero.
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> Places like Best Buy accept old computers for free
> and they'll recycle them for you. Just ensure you
> remove you old hard drive and smash it into bits
> with a big ol' hammer before dropping the rest
> off.
>
> I can't imagine a person willing to pay much above
> the shipping costs for a 6-year old computer
> nowadays.
Yes, I have done this several times, taken electronics to Best Buy for free recycle.
You don't need to smash the old drives, just install Ubuntu on your old computers. Linux does an awesome job of genuinely deleting Windows, not just setting the values at zero.
Re: BUYING old computers
Posted by:
Olde Farte, II
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Date: March 08, 2013 02:35PM
eesh Wrote:
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> You don't need to smash the old drives, just
> install Ubuntu on your old computers. Linux does
> an awesome job of genuinely deleting Windows, not
> just setting the values at zero.
If I had something on a disk drive that I REALLY didn't want someone else to ever EVER have a chance to see I would not rely on Ubuntu to erase it; I would minimally require a proven standalone overwriter that sector by sector multiple-overwrites the entire drive (the problem with this is there could be no-longer-accessible sectors - or, minimally, data regions - on many hard drives that are hidden even from such a program - and who KNOWS what old partial-data could be lurking there).
But smashing the drives is a lot more guaranteed and a lot more fun.
[actually, I would take the drives apart, save the cool parts like the screws, remove the platters, and individually use ex-speaker magnets as well as, say, a propane torch on their surfaces...THEN bend them into 'U's or cut them into pieces with shears or by bending. We're talking thorough here...]
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> You don't need to smash the old drives, just
> install Ubuntu on your old computers. Linux does
> an awesome job of genuinely deleting Windows, not
> just setting the values at zero.
If I had something on a disk drive that I REALLY didn't want someone else to ever EVER have a chance to see I would not rely on Ubuntu to erase it; I would minimally require a proven standalone overwriter that sector by sector multiple-overwrites the entire drive (the problem with this is there could be no-longer-accessible sectors - or, minimally, data regions - on many hard drives that are hidden even from such a program - and who KNOWS what old partial-data could be lurking there).
But smashing the drives is a lot more guaranteed and a lot more fun.
[actually, I would take the drives apart, save the cool parts like the screws, remove the platters, and individually use ex-speaker magnets as well as, say, a propane torch on their surfaces...THEN bend them into 'U's or cut them into pieces with shears or by bending. We're talking thorough here...]
Re: BUYING old computers
Posted by:
Scavenger
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Date: March 08, 2013 02:39PM
Old computers are the best place to find prime amature pron.
Re: BUYING old computers
Posted by:
ReverendPorn
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Date: March 08, 2013 03:52PM
Scavenger Wrote:
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> Old computers are the best place to find prime
> amature pron.
Years ago my wife bought an old Apple at a church sale. It was full of old black and white porno pics. Whoever donated had excellent taste.
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> Old computers are the best place to find prime
> amature pron.
Years ago my wife bought an old Apple at a church sale. It was full of old black and white porno pics. Whoever donated had excellent taste.
Re: BUYING old computers
Posted by:
Pete Townshend
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Date: March 08, 2013 04:14PM
Tell me about it. Let my love open the door.