It was all different kind of computerparts Maureen,
You know motherboards, graphiccards, harddisc, covers, keyboards, speakers, everything.
I personally was working with the swap procedure of the Philips monitors in Scandinavia. And the thing about the scrapped parts are that the money we got from the manufacturer: We got paid to scrap AND recycle these parts. That means sorting plastic, metal etc. And then if if the parts were given away we sort of took money from the manufacturer.
If you look at computerparts many parts that earlier were repaired like keyboards, powersupplies etc. nowadays are scrapped directly in the systems, as soon as you recieve it back from the customers, who say these don´t work. There are no economy in repairing these parts, because of the time it takes and the price on the new ones. And off course many of these parts are working perfect. I guess you know there are a lot of things besides the keyboard that could be the problem if it doesn´t work. Software, wireless connections, many times the person using the computer
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etc.
Off course I didn´t buy any computerparts at all when I was working there but I always made sure I had a paper from the company that it was OK to bring parts home.
But it is very easy for some people to take thing home and telling that it is for personal use only and then selling them on ebay or to friends. And that is the problem. It is no problem if you keep them for yourself.
For example the BASF-smurfette. Is it OK for a employee to ask the company for one or maybe two, saying that you are giving these away for free so why can´t I get these. And then he or she is selling them on Ebay. How many should they then give to the employees. ?????
It is very hard to know if people are keeping them for themselves or actually making money on the parts.
/André