📋 How to Cash in Your Box of Old Cables and Cords (AARP Article)

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FROM THE ARTICLE.

How to find what might be valuable in your tangle of cords.

By Chris Morris, AARP. Published October 06, 2025.

Somewhere, maybe in your garage or attic, there’s a box containing a Gordian knot of old cables, the remnants of the electronics you’ve owned over the years.

You may think these cords are useless, but before you dispose of them, check to see if you can mine them for some cash. Fans of classic tech have created a market for missing cables. “There are cords that will only work with those old devices,” says Chris Olson, test and repair manager at Repowered, a Minnesota-based non-profit that recycles and refurbishes electronics to keep such material out of landfills.

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https://www.aarp.org/home-living/cash-for-box-of-old-cables/

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Might be time to clean out the attic & basement. I donot have either.

I had an uncle (now deceased) who grew up tearing things apart (electrical) & inventing something else.

I bet if he was still alive he would have had a gold mine = never threw these out. His parents (my grandparents) ended up with his stash when he got married & moved out.

As a child I was totally fascinated with his stash. I guess when they passed, everything went to the junk yard of electronics.