Ebay horror ...

From: joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Wed Jun 13 15:18:43 2001

At 06:50 PM 6/13/01 +0100, Tony wrote:
> >
> > At 11:23 PM 6/12/01 +0100, Tony wrote:
> >
> > >That depends on the amount of gold plating, I believe. Certainly I've
> > >seen surplus PCBs in the UK which have had the gold-plated edge fingers
> > >cut off, but where the rest of the board is intact. I assume this is
> > >because the gold-plated parts are worth recycling.
> > >
> > >I find this annoying, BTW. I don't know exactly what the gold on a card
> > >edge is worth, but it can't be more than a few pounds.
> >
> > Just as a rule of thumb, the edge connectors USED to be worth about 1
> > cent per contact however the price of gold has dropped
> > considerably. Makes you sick doesn't it?
>
>Yep... Most of the cards I saw were S100 type things (so figure on $1's
>worth of gold). Perhaps $1.50 for a DEC quad-height card...
>
>You know, I would have gladly paid that much extra to have the cards in
>useable condition. I think most people here would as well....


    I know that I would. I've tried to explain that to the scrappers
around here but they're just plain nuts about gold!

    Joe


>-tony
Received on Wed Jun 13 2001 - 15:18:43 BST