So long story short, I was bored one day a year ago and wanted money, so I started looking up ways and found out the literal government is throwing away old electronics for a small price and Facebook marketplace. Welp lo and behold this is me one year later as a senior in highschool working out of my basement 24/7. 90% of the stuff I got for free. Some from Facebook rest from governments.
Items I can’t fix I take the boards out and get the gold, and scrap the metal at a yard that pays me decently. If I can fix it, I sell to people who are typically low income and can’t afford something as nice for a cheap price while I’m still making an OK profit. I also do auctions on eBay for stuff that power on but don’t function as intended. And I started other businesses as well. I finally bought a car as well after so long and so far everything is good. And I’m 95% finished with my gaming setup (not pictured).
(Yes the Home Depot boxes are full of monitors and everything I got in those pictures was under $500) this may be your sign to start doing this with your government. Who knows?