Less than 48 hours after posting my HTC Evo E-scrap phone (the broken LCD which is still 80% readable), the ebay bids are up to $130. That's just $69 less than the new HTC EVO 4G I can get at Sprint, if I upgrade one of the company's older phones. The replacement LCD, if I do the IFIXIT repair myself, is about $65. Plus I need tools, shipping, etc. The ebay method seems to be proving the efficiencies of free-flowing commerce.But will pollution result? I have allowed international bidders to place ebay bids on this auction, which was listed for 5 days. By the end of the week, we may know whether I am to be arrested by Interpol for violating the MPPI Mobile Phone Partnership Initiative. You might recall it, BAN has publicly stated the white paper MPPI diagram (which calls for non-working parts, like the LCD, to be removed prior to export) not only applies to cell phones, but the text of the Guidance Document actually trumps the Basel Convention Annex IX explicit description of CRTs.
