What do you do with broken stuff?

[Keatah]

I used to try and sell it or give it away, but got tired of the litany of questions, so now I just throw the shit out. No time to mess with it.

[icemanxp300]

If it is something I can fix and is worth my time I will fix it. If it is something I can't fix and/or is not worth my time I sell it on ebay and let someone else deal with it If it is not worth selling I offer it for free or toss it in the garbage can after awhile.

[discgolfer72]

nothings trash until its a bare pcb

being in the arcade repair biz I have to save everything (never know when ill need some obscure chip to fix someone's game)

as soon as i toss , give away something i get someone coming in the shop needing it uggg! lol

my rule is

try and fix it with minimal cost (usually do)

if I cant fix it then it goes into the parts bins

 

sucks I have sooo much arcade ,and modern console stuff so I can almost always scavenge the parts I need to fix things

but 8bit and classic computer stuff kills me i just started messing with it

and so I'm at that point of buying complete broken consoles for parts , and then ending up fixing the parts machines lol

 

 

I'm fighting right now i need some 2732 eproms for burning demon attack for the trash 80 , and every one i have scavenged so far wont blank (might need a new eraser ive had this one for a long time )

Edited March 1, 2018 by discgolfer72

[Osgeld]

nothings trash until its a bare pcb

 

 

this is how you end up with a warehouse full of useless shit

 

some custom chips I get, but yea I see people spend significant amount of time salvaging crap that cost a penny brand new, like that 35 year old electrolytic cap with 200,000 hours is really worth the time it took to pull it, and hope it doesnt shit the bed on the next thing you use it on

 

if its not custom its in the garbage