Cash Crop

Though I will try to remain from flaming
with the wrath of Lord Inglip.

This is not a blag post meant to entertain.  


 I would like to address a question recurring within our youtube videos from subscribers [and not subscribers alike], regarding the selling of gold scrap from Austin Cyber Shop.
Some of which, are quite harsh.

• First question -

YES, our boss is aware we sell gold scrap.
Now then, that has been taken care of.. 

• Second off, and more importanly--

Do you people have any idea how much time and effort it takes to refine large amounts of gold?
To isolate and remove it from all those boards?
No?

Well, we are continually asked by youtube users why we don't just take all the gold off and sell it that way, or keep it for ourselves.
Allow me to explain, dear reader.

Gold refineries are huge.

Dangerous?

Places where gold is scrapped and melted down are hot, sweaty, dangerous environments, and require many trained workers.

We simply don't have the labor for that. 

Yes, we could probably sell this office and move into a warehouse and melt gold all day long, but we simply don't have the experience for that. We sell and play with electronics, not molten metals.

We're not simply going to do away with the whole business, hire talented and skilled workers, and then become the world's largest distributor [or hoarder] of gold, instead of pens.

Do you have any clue how much work it takes to refine elements all day?

Look, gents, the fact of the matter remains that it is dangerous to spend all day in hot warehouses and in tight, enclosed spaces with lots of hydrofluoric acid and various vapors and extreme temperatures.

Not to mention that it is also quite profitable to sell gold scrap to people.

We leave the dissolving and reverse electrolysis and the melting to the consumer, while we find the faulty electronics to distribute.

Granted, 85% of the people sending us messages about gold scrap are complaining and trying to get the scrap from us for lower prices,

but the 15% that don't complain are the returning customers who know what they're doing and continue to buy from us.

Have a nice day.

--Austin