weedeewee wrote on 2022-03-31, 19:59:
Well, other option, take post outside of the center, and ask anyone going in if they have electronics and are willing to donate them to you.
I already thought of that but that facility has a huge influx of all kinds of crap, mostly bulk waste like old furniture. Then, two in three who enter will speak neither German nor English. Translated into minimum wage, I'd be better off just buying surprise stashes on the bay.
Also, I'm serious, everything that's there is considered their property and if you were to remove it under any pretext and get busted for it: A certain type of lawmen here don't know the idea of "minor offense not worth prosecuting." At the least, you're risking three figures for the lawyer and a similar pay off to get the charges dropped. (so, not a misdemeanor or felony, it just sets you back half a grand.)
weedeewee wrote on 2022-03-31, 19:59:
and, no belgium isn't this laid back country you assume just because I made some comment, which in some cases has been known to work, though you can't use it with the same people or at the same place every time.
No, of course, there won't be that much of a difference. Old friend works in Brussels and well, no country is perfect.
Maybe I'm just too old to get in any kind of trouble over a vintage pentium.
Also, apart from the reasons I gave in my last post: The people there will send you away because they don't want any treasure hunters there. Partly because they're German and partly because this part of town has a rather high density of obnoxious idiots.
weedeewee wrote on 2022-03-31, 19:59:I recently found out how much about 5m³ ( 1 ton / 1000kg )of that recycled electronics stuff comes to, and what happens to it.
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I recently found out how much about 5m³ ( 1 ton / 1000kg )of that recycled electronics stuff comes to, and what happens to it.
It's a f'n joke if you figure how much that amount could bring you if you could sell it all on fleabay.
If that one photo would be a 1000€, that 5cube would be...? what? a 100x? maybe more, that would be >100000€ (if all gets sold)
But... It all gets shredded to bits, sold off for the cost of the raw materials.
Yeah, well, that is a bit of a catch-22.
If all the nice stuff would be sorted out for ebay and the classifieds, it would be everywhere and not claim those prices.
Also, what's expensive to buy used is in many cases what's valuable to recycle. There really is about 50 € of Gold in a Pentium Pro. And more than 10 in older mobos of the "10,000 for a modern rig" era.
So, scrap in bulk may be nothing but whoever was to rummage through it would make sure to get most of the gold.