spoolthirtytwo

spoolthirtytwo t1_jacxaz9 wrote

If OP is in the US, it's likely that 'scavenging' parts is not allowed at all. Dumb rule, but PCs are usually depreciated assets, taxed as having no value, and destroyed. They can't be donated or given away under any official policy without running the risk of a taxation issue.

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Usually the situation is that they're "left" somewhere that everyone knows about, and whatever doesn't walk off while the corporate back is turned gets recycled. I'm guessing OP wanted to get the jump on the scavengers by grabbing something good, and got burned. Policy as written is "nobody can have this stuff, under any circumstances" even though the de facto situ is that people can grab what they want as long as they're lowkey about it.

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