You have two options with this design of PCB. Which is about as low value as it gets.
You can ask Chris about it. Trim or don’t trim. Doing so sets your board grading in stone.
You can trim the connector off and hope the person who takes the order in and processes it is having a good day.
This is experience on my part. If you stripped the ICs off I’d give you junk rate. A penny per pound. The board is heavy because it’s literally 99% plasticised cellulose. And a thin copper layer. Or, in organics recycling it’s considered plasticised wood. And contaminated at that. The value here is the finger and Low end ICs. The more valuable quad bga has me personally willing to trim. But I’m human. But I’m human. I make mistakes and sometimes things just are what they are regardless of my being correct. Chris and I have had some interesting discussions over the years on fence sitters. And you’ll find I’ve changed some views over the years based on the realities of commodities recovery over actual science.
I do buy such junkable boards in my own business if your an existing customer or bring something else with it. Because I toss them in a brute bin and send them in to boardsort, trimmed, twice a year. The week of New Years and the week of Valentine’s Day. Hoping whoever takes it in is happy on that day. =)*
Obviously I pay less than Chris does. A LOT less. I only have three classes: low, high, and WTF. I’m more interested in repairing and tinkering than scraping. The risk is yours to take. Hint: Chris doesn’t spend much time here on the forums unless someone emails him a link. I take the risk. And have lost on occasion. But more often than not trimming these boards works in your favour. Just don’t bet the house on it.
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