10 dollars each, more if it can be proved to me that it takes a lot of effort or special supplies or something.

E: 20 for a tower since that's significantly more work.

I would not pay anyone for doing this at any point in time. It is not a question about money.
It is more the thing, that I want to do stuff on my own. Too easy just to pay for stuff being done for me.

Keep in mind that you can still buy brand new in box AT cases sometimes for $40-$50 that will have no yellowing at all, so the amount you can charge to restore yellowed cases has a definite upper limit.

I would do that sort of thing myself.
Even if the cost of the service was dirt cheap the two-way shipping costs would kill the deal for me.
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I agree with the others about not wanting to pay for such a service. I'd rather do it myself. BUT, I think what you're getting at is "What's a fair cost". IMO, I think $30 for for a PC, monitor, speakers, mouse, etc. So $30 for a whole PC set. $45 for extremely yellowed/weathered (at your discretion).

Another question would be how much more value does a non yellowed version of anything hold over a yellowed one.

brostenen wrote:

I would not pay anyone for doing this at any point in time.

That doesn't quite help the topic at all. It's like walking into a bike shop and saying to the clerk "I don't want to buy a bike" , then leaving .

On most old machines I like the yellowing - It's like patina for plastic 😀 Of course, some cases really do look better when bleached, but I prefer my late 80's early 90's stuff some measure of yellow patina.

emosun wrote:

brostenen wrote:

I would not pay anyone for doing this at any point in time.

That doesn't quite help the topic at all. It's like walking into a bike shop and saying to the clerk "I don't want to buy a bike" , then leaving .

No it is not. You asked:

emosun wrote:

How much would you pay someone else ......

"Nothing" is a perfectly valid answer - whether you like the answer or not.
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I could see maybe $30 per item being reasonable, but that is including shipping. Doubt it's going to make much sense cost wise.

PCBONEZ wrote:

"Nothing" is a perfectly valid answer - whether you like the answer or not.
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Not really as it wouldn't be done for nothing. There's no possibility of someone doing it for free so it's not a valid answer. Clearly I should have stated that if you wouldn't want this service then you need not respond because it's not directed at you.

It's 100% my fault for overestimating the intelligence level some people use when reading a post , determining if they qualify for a response , and then responding with something constructive or helpful. To those that actually did give a reasonable response thank you , and sorry for the others that are trying very hard to belittle something they have no part in.

emosun wrote:

PCBONEZ wrote:

"Nothing" is a perfectly valid answer - whether you like the answer or not.
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Not really as it wouldn't be done for nothing. There's no possibility of someone doing it for free so it's not a valid answer. Clearly I should have stated that if you wouldn't want this service then you need not respond because it's not directed at you.

It's 100% my fault for overestimating the intelligence level some people use when reading a post , determining if they qualify for a response , and then responding with something constructive or helpful. To those that actually did give a reasonable response thank you , and sorry for the others that are trying very hard to belittle something they have no part in.

You over estimate your own intelligence...
Clearly you think you have grand business idea and you don't want hear the truth.
To explore your idea you asked people: "How much would you pay someone else ......"
Thus far 6 people have responded...
4 basically said they wouldn't pay for it at all.
1 said $10 which wouldn't even cover shipping.
1 said $30 including shipping so that's probably less than $10.
-- Very clear if you do this you will not be doing it with a significant (if any) positive cash flow.
-- Very clear you don't want to hear it.
So, you go right ahead and try. More power to ya.
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My 10 dollar thing was assuming this was local, heh. Like- anyone in %CITY NAME% want this done?

Yeah, I reckon doing it locally is the only way it could work.

Well.... If you look for the answer, to why I do not want to pay for it. Then it's all there. Answer plus reason.
It seems as my answer was not fully understood. And yes. I know people who thinks that computer tech are
some sort of black voodoo magic. Perhaps you know where I am going with this. 🤣

I think this thing of de-yellow'ing stuff, applies and speaks to those indeviduals, who are afraid of chemicals,
are all into this "Three hugging organic we love the earth" stuff, who just happens to be right out scared of
the word "chemical" it self. You know... Anyway... Salt can be considered a chemical anyway...
Or it applies to those who only knows how to use a computer, not how to manage/build one.
Or it applies to those who are temporary into "retro-gaming", because it's the new kind off cool for them.
Or perhaps just someone who knows he's or her's way around computers, wich just happens to work too much.

If you own/work at (or know) a shop that sells old complete systems for retro-gaming-specific, then this is another
way of making it happen. You know. Part of the process.

Funny about the bike question. The answer is somewhat the same.
I will only pay for fixing my bike, if I don't have any knowledge of what I am doing.
And that would be, when I have to change... Well.... I know my way around bikes. 😉
It was all learning by doing baby.... All learning by doing. And I have busted a lot off tools in the process. 😁

^Same. I only farm things out to others if I absolutely can't do them myself. Even when I don't know what I'm doing I usually learn and try to do it myself.

emosun wrote:

PCBONEZ wrote:

"Nothing" is a perfectly valid answer - whether you like the answer or not.
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Not really as it wouldn't be done for nothing. There's no possibility of someone doing it for free so it's not a valid answer. Clearly I should have stated that if you wouldn't want this service then you need not respond because it's not directed at you.

That statement right there... It is hilarious.

That's like making a poll with only one option on it. By that logic one could make things appear however they wanted, example;

Am I really, really awesome? Only reply if you are going to say yes, if you want to say no than you shouldn't reply because I don't want to hear that.

Edit: Speaking of stupid polls, this guy probably ranks as the worst mod ever; http://s26.postimg.org/id83dm37d/MOD_POWAH.png (If you are over-sensitive to things, don't click the link).

Yeah... In my childhood, my father newer understod why he, himself, allways busted his own tools....
I was kind of like a bad kid on this front. For my part, I can only say, that I wanted to see how stuff worked and how they were build.
At least, he newer knew that his belowed turntable (record player) was dismanteled and put together again.
I was like 10 or 8..... Everything tech' had to be taken apart and reconstructed in my world.

Pretty much how I learned everything I know. I didn't always get things right the first time, sometimes I had a handful of spare screws, but it paid off in the end. Right now, I don't know anything about how kitchen cabinets are assembled but I have two which need removing, so I will probably soon know the intricate details of assembling/disassembling such things... Or I might get bored and just use my wrecking bar, but that's my last resort and I would rather do it properly, can't understand when people do a half arsed job of things. Further reason I do things myself, I know I will do the best job I can. If I call someone else, they will have no sentiment towards the object in question and might cut corners to save time and earn more money. I used this argument with my bicycle, where if I wanted to spend 15 minutes cleaning the threads in each nut I could. Did I have to do it? No. The wheels, cotters and saddle would have worked fine anyway, but I'd know I'd done a sloppy job putting them back on and it didn't cost me any more to make sure I did the best job possible. Said wheels and stuff still seem to be working anyway, impressive anyway given the bike is almost a century old now, but I feel happy when I am around it because I know everything was done properly - because I am the one who did the work.

brostenen wrote:

I think this thing of de-yellow'ing stuff, applies and speaks to those indeviduals, who are afraid of chemicals, are all into th […]
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I think this thing of de-yellow'ing stuff, applies and speaks to those indeviduals, who are afraid of chemicals,
are all into this "Three hugging organic we love the earth" stuff, who just happens to be right out scared of
the word "chemical" it self. You know... Anyway... Salt can be considered a chemical anyway...
Or it applies to those who only knows how to use a computer, not how to manage/build one.
Or it applies to those who are temporary into "retro-gaming", because it's the new kind off cool for them.
Or perhaps just someone who knows he's or her's way around computers, wich just happens to work too much.

Or people who've done it before and know what a pain in the ass it is with certain items, and the difficulties/expenses incurred with small amounts of (legally restricted) chemicals that keep for a limited length of time. 😀