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1985.s.christner
 Post subject: Need advice
PostPosted: Thu Oct 15, 2026 1:21 pm 

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So I contacted a guy online that has 31 HP Chromebooks for sale. Only thing he says about them is that they are in need of batteries for most of them. He's asking $200 for all 31 laptops...
Think I'd still make money scrapping these out or is that just way too much to spend for them?
I know I'd basically have between 31-62 of them half size RAM (or might be the M.2 sticks) and then all the motherboards.. i just dont know what weights are for individual items to be able to rough out some math myself.

Thanks for any input y'all can provide me. I'm thinking of offering the guy $125-$150 but feeling like that may be too much also.

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 Post subject: Re: Need advice
PostPosted: Thu Oct 15, 2026 2:05 pm 
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If they work that’s money. Batteries cost about $20 in bulk packs.
These usually flip for 50-150 depending on specs.

If they partly work but are trashed, assuming the ram is removable and the wifi card is removable you’re still in the $15-30 range on parts.

If they don’t work, you’re looking at about $5-$10 per netbook in scrap, on the better side. But as low as $2-5.

Honestly it depends on what exact Chromebooks you are buying. Some are full real world laptops. Others are single board units with nothing removable. Some or not much more than a literal tablet board with a bunch of wires plugged into screwed-down ports.

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 Post subject: Re: Need advice
PostPosted: Fri Oct 16, 2026 9:33 pm 

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lostinlodos wrote:
If they worry that’s money. Batteries cost about $20 in bulk packs.
These usually flip for 50-150 depending on specs.

If they partly work but are trashed, assuming the ram is removable and the wifi card is removable you’re still in the $15-30 range on parts.

If they don’t work, you’re looking at about $5-$10 per netbook in scrap, on the better side. But as low as $2-5.

Honestly it depends on what exact Chromebooks you are buying. Some are full real world laptops. Others are single board units with nothing removable. Some or not much more than a literal tablet board with a bunch of wires plugged into screwed-down ports.



I believe the seller told me they were all from 2021 and that they all are completely intact and should work if supplied power. He says he hasn't removed anything from them.
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lostinlodos
 Post subject: Re: Need advice
PostPosted: Sat Oct 17, 2026 1:06 am 
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If they are telling the truth: you have printed money at that price.
Worst case is you have low end single board units and flip them for $25-$50 on the low end.

Best case they are full fledged AMD or atom netbooks with otherwise standard boards. Removable memory, wifi, usb cards, ssd, that’s xlose to a hundred a unit with time and effort. A pair of 2GB ram sticks can fetch $25-30 on ebay moment. WiFi ABCN card $10-20 ssd over 512 $25-50+

Don’t even worry about selling the units, I wouldn’t. Syschk is free cross platform on gethub

Personally, honestly, I’d buy a 10pk batteries, test every system with SC, pull every part for ebay, and send the mobo and screen partial to boardsort. (I can’t do anything with a screen under 16” and have a pallet of them smaller in the garage for TerraCycle.
I’d sell the 10 best, part out the rest, and send the shells to Boardsort.


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 Post subject: Re: Need advice
PostPosted: Mon Oct 19, 2026 1:28 pm 

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lostinlodos wrote:
If they are telling the truth: you have printed money at that price.
Worst case is you have low end single board units and flip them for $25-$50 on the low end.

Best case they are full fledged AMD or atom netbooks with otherwise standard boards. Removable memory, wifi, usb cards, ssd, that’s xlose to a hundred a unit with time and effort. A pair of 2GB ram sticks can fetch $25-30 on ebay moment. WiFi ABCN card $10-20 ssd over 512 $25-50+

Don’t even worry about selling the units, I wouldn’t. Syschk is free cross platform on gethub

Personally, honestly, I’d buy a 10pk batteries, test every system with SC, pull every part for ebay, and send the mobo and screen partial to boardsort. (I can’t do anything with a screen under 16” and have a pallet of them smaller in the garage for TerraCycle.
I’d sell the 10 best, part out the rest, and send the shells to Boardsort.


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