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skholinnlast Thursday at 7:45 PM1 replyview on HN

We’re building a robotics system that recovers reusable electronic components from retired hardware. To run experiments we’re looking to buy electronics that are *retired or obsolete but still contain valuable components*.

Examples:

* servers, networking gear, routers, switches * laptops / workstations * telecom / industrial / embedded boards * lab equipment electronics * obsolete or end-of-life hardware with populated PCBs

We’re especially interested in hardware that *is no longer useful as a system but still has valuable chips or components on the boards*.

Typical pricing depends on the hardware, but we often pay *$20–$200+ per unit* for things like servers, networking gear, or laptops depending on what’s inside. Happy to buy bulk lots.

Based in the Bay Area; we can arrange pickup locally or pallet shipping within the US.

If you run ITAD, recycling, refurbishment, repair, or have retired hardware sitting around, email:

[email protected]

Even rough descriptions like “a pallet of old switches” are helpful.


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girvoyesterday at 11:16 PM

This is very very cool :)

And is _way_ better than when I'm forced to do this by hand, I'll say that much haha

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