scrap metal price of a computer tower...?

[joko]

is there any value in a computer tower for scrap metal?

i have 7 of them

thanks

[EDDIE51]

No not unless you have enough to weigh in as scrap metal , scrap steel is about £200 a tonne , so you would need a few to get any cash back.
Very old mainframe computers used to have a significant amount of Gold in the connections and were worth money but not modern ones .

[mightyWBA]

Here's a video made by a Dutch chap..Hope it helps.


Think you'd need quite a few and plenty of time to make any serious money.

[joko]

thanks eddie, as i say i have 7, but nowhere near a tonne.

incidentally would you have any idea what the average scrap price would be for a baby belling oven?

[Mick-Talbot]

I have just sold 4 old knackered laptops to the local computer shop for £45
They had Ben in the loft for years.

[Mick-Talbot]

Been.....

[Davethedog]

As the people here have stated with common metals the price is in the weight.

A baby belling doesn't weigh very much, and whoever took it would have to break out the component parts, so again one probably isn't worth a lot.

[coccinelle]

There must be something to be had as when I was putting my knackered tower out last week for the 'monster bin men' to pick up it was immediately picked up by a passing van (they do the rounds to see if there's something worth picking up). I should have asked him...

[sinderella]

put them on ebay.
99p start.list as pc computer spares or repairs no reserve

[fender62]

if you cant sell them join freecycle in your local area and give them away

[EDDIE51]

Apart from non ferous metals eg Copper Aluminium other scrap metal is just classed as Steel scrap and the price is around £200 per tonne. I now see 'rag and bone ' men coming round again and collecting scrap metal. A day of going round the streets can mean over a tonne of scrap , £200 a day tax free !beats working . plus they will get some Copper Aluminium,Lead (old car batterys) to increase the income.

[dotty.]

my eldest son takes bags of electric cable (unstripped as the yard won't take it if you've burnt the plastic off the copper) and he does quite well as a side line. the best is coaxle cable,

[EDDIE51]

Yes my brother is an electrician , if he gets a rewireing job he can get an extra £100 or even more from selling the old Copper cable to the scrap yard. A lot of customers have realised this now and insist on the old cable being returned to them.