Making Money Selling Circuit Boards -Moose Scrapper

[@jd771]

You are very cool bro ,thanks for all the information👍👍👍

[@silverado708]

I have a local dealer I take scrap computer stuff to I don't care much for there prices so I've been sitting on them. long story short I learned of cash for computer scrap from this video sent a small load to them got more than I thought. thank you moose for the info.

[@RuneChaosMarine]

i appreciate the time you took and put into this video, very good information.

[@linc859111]

Thanks for this review moose I've been researching for a few months looking into where to ship my boards for the best price and ease of use. This definitely helped me make an informed decision!

[@dmanmaui23]

I just started scrapping metals here on maui , I watch all of your videos which I find very helpful. thanks for doing these videos. Mahalo from Hawaii moose!

[@hardcor3prid3]

Another very informative and helpful video

[@cringo1800]

that video was very helpful in determining weather or not to sell boards or try to scrap myself sounds like selling would be more profitable, a whole lot less time consuming and less stress. trying to tear off the gold and silver from boards is a long process for not much metal then you have to process i think i will stick to my pins. thanks moose

[@jonesbluesandjam]

Thank you for doing some of the leg work for beginner like myself. Local I have not been able to find a place that will take my electronic scraps. If any of your viewer know let me know. San Francisco, CA

[@scrapmetalhauler8315]

I am from nh and I have watched all ur vids that u have posted and the videos have come in handy for me while I was tearin stuff apart

[@moosescrapper5928]

+Scrap Metal Hauler Awesome! Fellow New Englander!

[@flyzep8941]

Just starting at this your a big help Moose 🔥🔥

[@missionscrapprwill7530]

Yo Bro Moose - Stay Encouraged; if not for yo sake then Stay Encouraged for yo Fans sake, we need this type of research, this wz a Good 1.

[@nickhouck4309]

Moose, would you please consider doing a video on sorting lower grade boards away from mid grade. Like how many ic chips and stuff does a board need to be mid grade? And what about the mid grade boards where the power board is part of the mother board

[@lee-eb2cn]

Extremely helpful. Thank you.

[@cb5011]

Moose, do you think it would be useful to recap the amounts you got either in the description or using annotation at the end when you recap the content?

[@kyresearcher]

How much did the packages weigh? That's kind of important to the video I would think

[@roymason8567]

Should have taken your advice about the Keurig and ran.I added up the amount of material you sent to boardsort and it looks like 26lbs. Is this correct?Did you send 26lbs more or less to electronic scrap?Great videos.Keep them coming.

[@moosescrapper5928]

Roy Mason I only sent a couple pounds of material more to boardsort.

[@willielittle8144]

Thanks for the info. I like your honest answers

[@scrapmetalhauler8315]

Hey fellow New England scraper I do a lot of scrapping and I'm a 3rd generation scrapper. I was wondering how you would go about scrapping an electric deep fryer?

[@moosescrapper5928]

+Scrap Metal Hauler With a sledge hammer...... lol. No, probably a lot of stainless steel, I would take it apart bolt by bolt and then if need be get down and dirty with the bigger hammer (Kenny Chumpsky style)

[@julissa2409]

Thanks for video and info.

[@zackcat276]

Hey Moose, I've been doing a lot of Ewaste scrapping lately. My biggest thing that I'm stuck on, is whether or not to depopulate components off the boards or not. I know that can devalue boards. For things like tantalum capacitors,especially on hard drive boards, I'm at a standstill on my decision. Any opinions would be appreciated!

[@moosescrapper5928]

+zackcat276 Well, here is my opinion.....lol.... I take what I want off every board except hdd logic boards and PCI or peripheral boards. Those are the only ones that I can make more money off of mailing them to a refiner. My local yard only buys "green Boards" meaning that all circuit boards are the same in their eyes and they pay 16 cents per pound (still waaaaayyyyy better than steel!!!). So I have a sorting caddy that I have in my living room for when the Walking Dead is on I sit on the couch with some boards I collected that week and pull off the following, in order of my most favorite:IC CHips, MLCC's, IDE or other gold plated pins, flat packs ( which is still technically an IC), Tantalums, Crystal oscillators, SMD LED's, and then any other randome items with gold plating on them or silver. The boards, especially mother boards, still have a lot of stuff on them so I sell them to the scrap yard as is.

[@zackcat276]

Ok so your opinion is to leave the hard drive boards as is? Just wondering because I came across a few that have a couple tantalums on each one... Also, you sell to refiner? As in you send those boards out and do you receive money or precious metal in return?... I'm also in the same boat with you on what my yard buys, they only pay one set price for whole computer, laptop, and boards. My plan was to accumulate a very large quantity of mid to high grade and then find somewhere to ship them to, or drive to even if it's a few hour ride. Thanks for help and your opinion is greatly appreciated!!

[@moosescrapper5928]

+zackcat276 In my opinion, I think its best to leave the HDD logic boards alone. They are perhaps one of the most valuable boards in a computer per pound. For a hobbyist to try to recover the gold from them would require a mastery in sever different techniques of gold recovery and refining. I find that there is plenty of other material there to play with and selling the logic boards to a refiner for cash is a lot easier and can be sued to purchase equipment, tools, chemicals, what ever you need to keep the hobby going.

[@zackcat276]

Thanks again! I'm all about doing things whatever way that will bring the most money but it will be hard to see those tantalum capacitors on the hdd boards and not want to pull them haha. Great channel and thanks for the help always!

[@robbyboy9793]

Hey moose I got a quick question I'm planning on selling to board sort but there's so many types of cpus iv collected over a year or so how do I differentiate the types

[@butchjones3828]

Great info Moose. Thank you.

[@af8775]

Greetings I am looking for ideas and suggestions on what circuits I should niche towards; how should I approach the circuits in my mind (3D printing electronics) how I should approach companies to sell to ect.

[@cr2486]

Good video moose 👍

[@luckylinda63]

Great video Moose!

[@Anthracite31]

Thanks Moose!

[@ericchamber1614]

what was the weight of the boxes you sent in?

[@joefurb1560]

Hi I have 2 old looking CPU chips. Can't seem to find anywhere online.gold pins on the bottom and 49 holes on top. If I post a video later can you take a look ? Thanks!!

[@robertjackson6509]

great video. great info thanks Moose

[@mnelson10000]

Good video! "Comparing online board buyers" or something like that would be a better title though... I'll never find this one again next time I need to send a box out lol

[@deewetzig7702]

moose, should I take the time to remove all the chips off boards and send in separately?

[@moosescrapper5928]

That's something that only you can answer. Can you make more money, sure, slightly more, but what is your time worth to you? If you have nothing else going on, are just relaxing in front of the tv or something, then sure

[@deewetzig7702]

Wow. THE MOOSE SPOKE TO ME! !!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU MOOSE! AND yes I have NOTHING to DO AND hardly any knuckles left. LOVE your videos and scrappy-ness. Are you married?

[@moosescrapper5928]

lol nope not married anymore

[@deewetzig7702]

Well I think you are precious and we should spend some time together. I'm in west Texas. ...what part of oregan are you in?

[@deewetzig7702]

Hi MOOSE

[@charmcfarland8320]

SUPER USEFULL TY!

[@udanbug]

Thank you for this review.

[@williammcquiston2820]

thanks for the video.really great information.

[@muraticacid1338]

hi moose nice vid thanks for sharing and knowledge is power

[@dwightwinterhawk7501]

moose.........like watching all your videos....kudos man. i have some yellow boards that have gold strips all over the board. how would be a good way to get the gold from the board plate? Also I have tried sand bath, heat gun, tearing, ripping boards apart and have not found a good way to get any board clean. any suggestions ??

[@moosescrapper5928]

+Tracfone/straighttalk subscribers that are angry!!! Yellow boards are often not gold bearing. Very often it is a yellow solder mask. If the boards are free from other things like ic's, mlccs, caps etc then you can try soaking them in AP. If it is gold, it will come off.

[@LeonardGreenpaw]

Where is the best place to easily receive scrap? Could you do a video about electrolosis gold recovery?

[@moosescrapper5928]

Leonard Greenpaw If you are looking for easy I think you may have the wrong place...lol. Scrap sources vary from community to community so thats kind of hard to answer. I would suggest placing free ads where ever you can, print small flyers for grocery stores etc. I am thinking about doing a video on reverse electroplating but want to make sure I have a few pounds of pins before I invest in the acid, power supply, etc. Thanks!

[@dutchscrapper2317]

Great vid again. The difference in payout is huge (91 VS 46). Any explanation for that?

[@muriaticacid7004]

Hallo dutch scrapper kom je ook uit nederland

[@dutchscrapper2317]

muriatic ACID Ook uit Nederland ja. Maar ik volg al jaren de Amerikaanse, Canadese en Australische youtubers als het om deze onderwerpen gaat. Groetjes. Fred.

[@moosescrapper5928]

Dutch Scrapper The only thing I can think of is a difference in volume. If CJE gets a lot more volume they can likely offer more money for the scrap.

[@johnzeimetz6983]

This really seems to be a no-brainer. Yes, every aspect and process you compare these two companies on seem to be basically even EXCEPT payout. Isn't maximizing profit what this is all about? Seeing that you sent Boardsort a lil more scrap, I think it would be safe to say we are comparing $40 to $91. Now, without pulling out my calculator I would have to say $91 looks a lil better here. If this test is as authentic and accurate as you describe, there is no confusion here!

[@scrapmetalhauler8315]

moose scrapper thanks for the help

[@es4forty892]

would it be better to send the boards in with the gold fingers attached or remove the gold fingers and send them in separate? I don't have a safe space to do the chemical treatment on and gold pieces.

[@moosescrapper5928]

+Kyle Smith I think that you will make the most money if you cut the fingers off and sel them on ebay as the market seem sto be way over inflated there for gold bearing stuff like that. The rest can be sold to online refining companies like boardsort, cashforcomputerscrap, etc.

[@sipe2106]

hey moose can you still sell your bords if you break them taking off the copper motors and aluminum

[@moosescrapper5928]

Jason Sipe Yes you can. Most will be considered low grade.

[@theoutlawpreacher]

Moose the boards out of the satellite dish that’s covers in gold what’s it called and how do I find out how much they are worth

[@rumplover1]

Wait. "silver plated brass". I shudder to think how much of this I have most likely thrown out. Do you have examples please?

[@moosescrapper5928]

lost in the tundra yeah, mostly silver plated spoons and butter knives.

[@rumplover1]

OH! So not in the e-scrap than? Good to know. Thank you!

[@gamerofftopic5774]

I was taking apart two different green motherboards today(July 19th) and i barely saw any connections that were gold. Are they coated(because they are a shiny silver colour), or are they not gold?

[@moosescrapper5928]

GamerOffTopic If they are not gold in color then they are not gold plated at all. There are boards out there that have little to no gold plate on them, mostly the newer ones.

[@moosescrapper5928]

Moose Scrapper but there is still gold in the IC's etc.

[@Scrapgamegamescrap]

Cool video !

[@tysonwalsh8193]

Thers a place Manchester NH it called Phoenix automotive cores there on the I scrap app

[@raymondchow2828]

awesome thanks for making this video!

[@jeffgilland6985]

where can you sell the plastic cases from tvs and computer monitors

[@UneasiestDaisy]

thanks for the info dude

[@moosescrapper5928]

Thanks for watching!

[@submarinepainter]

very nice video !!

[@EthanLeroux101epicplayer]

Hi there is there any safety hazards that i should watch out for because i am young and want to be safe. i do have a outside place to take stuff apart

[@moosescrapper5928]

+Ethan Leroux THe biggest issues with taking things apart is the risk of shock. If you are able to discharge the items especially things like TV's monitors and microwaves, you should be good. Mike the scrapper has a great video on discharging electronics.

[@EthanLeroux101epicplayer]

ok unfortunately thats the stuff i am not alloud to take apart beacuse crts can implode and the big cap in the microwaves

[@johnbackes2266]

Do you sell your refined gold locally or do you send it off

[@moosescrapper5928]

I dont sell it at all. Its a hobby for me, something I do for fun so its not a crucial part of my budget causing a need to sell it. Maybe someday I'll make something fun out of it..

[@nicodemob3069]

Why would you ever use boardsort for items that CJ Environmental also buys after this experiment? More than twice what boardsort paid! Chris is a consummate professional, and customer education is great but the payout tends to take priority in my book---I don't know about you folks. Great googly moogly do I regret sending those two boxes to boardsort last month...

[@stephenp4553]

are you not on facebook anymore?

[@moosescrapper5928]

stephen p Account was hacked and I have not been able to get it back

[@derija100]

just watche your vid on getting gold from plates andwould liketo no how much crockery it woyld take to make it worth while thanks in advance

[@moosescrapper5928]

derija100 It takes a lot. and I mean LOTS. I have a video coming out Friday on just that. Stay tuned!!

[@derija100]

Moose Scrapper thanks for replying i will be watching friday keep up the good work much apreciated

[@joedumpliljo]

if I take off the gold ide pins, mlcc's, tantalum caps. will boardsort still pay the same?

[@moosescrapper5928]

if someone took the tires, bumpers, doors and windshield off a car, would you still pay the same for it? lol. no they don't, at best low grade board when stripped.

[@joedumpliljo]

Lol. what I thought. Just wanted to make sure. So far they don't notice when I take the caps off. Wasn't sure if they had a different price for pinless cards. Kinda like fingerless cards do.

[@perryseay480]

i just got cj environmental price sheet and its horrible, they. only have a range of price they pay like this str8 from price list. motherboard 1 - 3$ and hard drive boards are only 1 - 3.50$ come on hard drive baords should be around 7.50 and up right now

[@Omaruv]

please can you tell me how much of gold can i get from 10000 sim gard? please answer me if you know.

[@cr2486]

Proberly few grams depending on what size SIM cards I know someone who got 1 gram of gold from 1000 SIM cards and they were the big old ones ,nano SIM cards probably 2000 SIM cards for 1.5 grams . Depends on size of SIM cards

[@cb5011]

I had 5 boxes of motherboards sent in to cashforelectronicscrapusa.com. The measured weight. including at least 6lb of boxes. was 114lb. I got $73. I'm pretty sure I got a third of what I was due but I didn't pay shipping so I'm a bit unhappy but not sure what I'd do about it.

[@moosescrapper5928]

+C Bolton That is a tough one.... with others you would need to pay for shipping. five 20lb boxes would most likely have cost quite a bit to send in though...

[@cb5011]

+Moose Scrapper That's why I tried them out with just this. USPS quote on shipping was like $90 so if I had gotten $2 a pound elsewhere, I'd still be at over $110. This was disappointing but I'll deal with it. I've got a lot of HD boards, CD-Rom boards, and PCI cards to send out, I'll just try someone else I guess.

[@silverado708]

so brother and I sent two bigger boxes of e-waste to a company which we've been doing business with for a few months now I feel there honest, but we sent it through the post office one package has been lost no one knows about this package we shipped almost a month ago. wtf no matter who we talk to no one knows any thing. that's 200 bucks I'm screwed out of. I've got local people I can stay with. I get paid far less but I'm getting paid. i'm sure ups or fed ex would love getting my money for delivery. I'm pissed

[@moosescrapper5928]

Yeah, tracking is cheap and totally worth it. So is insurance on the package. For the bigger stuff, I have been dealing with fedex, they seem to have their act more together than USPS sometimes.

[@silverado708]

there is no insurance on the package which is my fault I wanted to be cheap that day and it bit me in the back side. there is a ups location about 3 miles from our pad and we've had good luck there and will do business with them again. as far as fedex to me they seem so expensive on shipping that and being a Minnesota resident the closest location for fedex is 8 miles away and its located in fargo,nd so yeah that's my thing. have you tried cash for computer scrap yet? prices went up two days ago I like them

[@TheWomblemaster]

you got banned from facebook?

[@moosescrapper5928]

TheWomblemaster Banned? no, I think someone hacked my page. Now they want me to send them photo ids and stuff and I wont do that. I have just as many people who really don't like me for these videos as I do fans and don't want my personal info out there.

[@missionscrapprwill7530]

Thnx That Wz Needed Info

[@poosmate]

Great video, lots of useful info. Keep them coming. Poo

[@941jays]

yu jumped offmy facebook...its all good

[@moosescrapper5928]

Jay Stevens Yeah my account got hacked and I hav enot been able to get it back yet.

[@941jays]

damn, sorry brother. Hate that shit. Hopefully we will see you back soon.