Didn't want any of you bidding against me so I didn't put in any particulars yesterday. There were approximately 200 towers, mostly Dell OptiPlex 790, with about 100 of them Optiplex 790 SFF, in pallets of 33 or 27. There were smaller lots of 18 each of the Dell 790 towers. In previous auctions, the similar computers had no harddrive and some even more stripped. A couple months ago, someone had paid several hundred for what amounted to empty shells, so pre-bidders were leery this go-round. I had checked on the lots in person, and noted that most or all were complete with harddrive and at least a couple sticks of memory. I max bid most lots at $2 per tower, as I could not be online to bid live if outbid. Do I need to say it? I was outbid. The 790 SFF went for $3 to $5 per unit. The three pallets of 18 OptiPlex 790 went for $2.50 more per pallet than my max bid. Of course, had I been able to bid live, I probably still would have lost out, as I would not have gone over $3 per tower. But then again, I possibly could have gotten 54 complete towers for less than $120. There were several gaylords of assorted boxes and some electronics and electrical, etc, that went for just a few dollars more than my max prebid. The good news is I did manage to snag 17 towers for $27. This time, I intend to record exactly how much scrap value is in each one...previously Lost had said that a tower buy was good at 4 to 5 each, but I think those were of older models with gold pin CPUs and large socket MB. So there you have it: Another lesson from Meowpher, on How to Quickly Amass Poverty . Afraid to lose a little, you may never win big. Wait a minute. I think I am confusing scrapping with playing the stock market and buying lottery tickets. I have always said the stock market is the second fastest known way to quickly amass poverty, behind only the lottery. Anyone care to guess what the final scrap value of 17 assorted towers will be, using Boardsort payouts, although I will sell the steel locally, since I am hundreds of miles away.
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