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Originally Posted by greenstar
I think one factor also is that electronics etc may be sold to a scrap dealer under the condition they are treated as metal for recycling, so that the item cannot be resold as a complete thing.
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That's certainly true of much 'prototype' or 'development' stuff - the cost-of-development can be credited against your corporate tax-bill but you can't then go on to actually sell-for-a-profit the direct prototype-things (whether still complete or disassembled) on which you've claimed the tax-credit.
[It's not just electronics this applies to: it's also the case for cars, software, some medical/pharmaceutical-sector things, and lots of aircraft-components]
So a lot of 'prototype' stuff gets trashed.