----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerhard Lenerz" <mail at g-lenerz.de>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 6:33 PM
Subject: Re: Selling things with lots of gold in them... (natsemi)
Tuesday, June 27, 2006, 8:01:05 PM, you wrote:
One interesting fact is that if you refine your
lot rather than
selling it and take your end product in gold and silver you do not
have to pay taxes on it and your refining cost is an expense.
So we end up scrapping our collections as a tax deductible expense?
Won't work over here...
That aside i'm surprised that noone is stepping in with good ideas to
find good homes for unwanted gear on this list.
There are not that many people who would pay to ship mainframes or minis
(which would have the most gold scrap value) across the country in one piece
(and most would be on this list). Besides most people tend to die before
they part with the collection, leaving people who are probably not much into
the hobby to dispose of the equipment one way or the other.
I think the whole thread is just to show people what you are up against
money wise when you try to get vintage chips for a working machine that have
a decent amount of gold in them. Coin collectors have the same problem when
the gold,silver, nickel, and copper is worth more then the collector value
of the coin so they all get melted down.