They left their "emergency gas money" in their case. USD $10, when I saw it I assumed this meant that if the owner never bothered removing this, it probably still had an iCloud on it. I did so I had to backup and restore activation records but other than that, great find!

It is carrier locked to AT&T but can't complain given everything else

Just recently, I went to my local electronics recycling center, where I found this Panasonic PV-M1357W CRT TV VCR combo unit! I bought it, took it home, and plugged it in. It works perfectly, even the VCR!

Fmi off (texted owner) but it's marked as lost on T-Mobile so no cellular but 128gb 97% battery

still works and has original ribbon and printwheel in it

They passed the audio and display test as I played my favorite scene from Transformers in honor of Peter Cullen - RIP.

RYZEN 5 LAPTOP AND A MATE 40 PRO WHAT

Idk yet if the iphones are ic locked (probably) but 4 Nokias and this cool blackberry with a trackball!

All of the computers are completely non functional. Just going to strip these down for scrap and add it to my metal recovery stockpile.

I've been wanting to go to an ewaste recycling place forever. but I can't really tell if any of the locations near me allow you to enter and pick through things. so I'm looking for tips or ways to figure that out.

(im in the Pacific Northwest)

A perfectly working Samsung galaxy A03 phone that has cracks on the screen. (Sorry I have nothing to say)

MacBook Air A2681 (M2 2022) probably has Activation Lock. Cropping the pic since there's some distinctive features that should stay hidden. I've never found anything this new, so I don't even know if these laptops have a "Find My" feature activated. I kinda think some investigative news crew deliberately put it there as bait. I'll risk Internet Recovery much later

Hi guys! I haven't been doing this for long but in around 4 months of doing this I've made roughly $2000. I now run a small business doing e-waste and refurbishment! Here's my playbook for success

A. Advertising.
You need to be proactive! Facebook groups, flyers, door to door, business cards, word of mouth. Everything counts, especially if you live in a small town!
B. Transport/labor
It's the inevitable truth that if your adventure grows enough you will be forced to do heavy lifting and have a vehicle capable of transporting materials. My most recent haul totaled in at just over 1100lbs, so you NEED to be willing to lift and transport everything.
C. Refurbishment
You need to decide what's worth it to refurb and what isn't! I personally don't refurb anything older than 4th gen Intel. It's just not worth it for me. Laptops are big in this regard- is it too old, and no one will buy it, or can it still be saved?
Chromebooks should almost always be refurbed or parted out. It isn't worth it to scrap them unless you have a steady supply of them.
D. The money making!
Again, be proactive! the money comes from labor! I made roughly $500 on the 1100lb load i mentioned, and I paid my yard 12c/lb for the breakage. You have to be willing to work. Have to be willing to put in the effort. I use sellyourboards.com to get rid of my waste. Zac is very helpful. They also buy working CPUs, ssds, and ram. Their prices are a bit worse than boardsort, but they will sort it all for you at no cost.
E. Essential tools!
You will probably need:
Dikes
An Impact drill with a socket set (most notably T15 for HP products, PH2 for everything else, and 5mm for VGA/DVI/whatever standoffs.)
A precision screwdriver set (i recommend the 29pc set from Hyper Tough, has most bits you'll need for small electronics)
Gloves and eyepro
Pliers
Bins or barrels to sort your stuff!

That's my general guide. Ask me specific questions and I'll try to anser!

Somebody is telling people that no matter what kind of a hard drive or what kind of RAM you have in whatever old computer, it’s worth more on its own than it is if you leave it in the computer. So now everybody is stripping those items out of these old computers, and trying to sell them all separately. It’s Ludicrous. DIMM sticks from 15 years ago are not worth anything unless you put them back in that 15 year-old machine along with that 500 gig hard drive you’re trying to schlep, and sell it as maybe a whole machine that somebody can use just for the web. This is just going to end up with more e-waste going to the landfills instead of machines that could still have a bit of a life being purchased at reasonable prices by people that don’t have a lot of money to spend. Not everything is a commodity just because the bigger, better things are commoditized by people who have more money than you’ll ever have. Not sour grapes here - I have more computers than I know what to do with, but when I sell them, I put a reasonable version of Mint or something else that’s easy to run on them and I sell them as whole computers that people can actually use I don’t strip them for parts like a 67 Chevy sitting up on blocks on my front lawn. No one is buying your parts pile or your skeletonized Asus machine from 2011.

as the title says, im in the stafford area and i cant for the life of me find any way to get e-waste. Im quite interested in older phones and literally just e-waste in general and idk where to go. Any help is greatly appreciated, thank you !!

model 1769

Has anyone had any luck on finding ewaste in Denmark?

All of them work

This one even has wrap on the antennas

First piece of advice I heard about going to fb deals for parts was always ask if there's more. You'll be surprised the deals you might find. I've perhaps just had my best score of the year, and this has been a really good year for me, so thought I'd share where this can lead

Working on a media server. Saw someone had three quadro p1000s listed originally at $40 each, but they'd now been marked $20 each. Sat thinking about it for a week, then messaged and asked if he'd take $50 for all. He agreed! Took a little extra cash just in case. When I got there and asked about other parts, you won't believe what I scored. He brings out an i7 10700, wanted $5, two 16gb ddr4 3200 kits, $15 for both, and two 256gb nvme drives, another $5 for both. Ended up getting it all for $80, all the cash I had on hand at the time.

Messaged after getting home because he had mentioned drives, so I go back today. Pick up a 4 bay nas with FOUR 4tb hdds still in it, an Intel 480gb sata ssd, a Samsung 250gb sata ssd, two r5 240s, an i7 4790, and one 4 x 4gb ddr4 3200 kit, all for $200! He actually offered $150 for all, but at the rate of the deals, I bumped it up for him. He gets this stuff through work, and it aounds like this can be a semi consistent arrangement. Let him know to reach out when he has something else. Also a good reason to treat sources well