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hobo finds
Penny Hoarding Member
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 Posted - 12/29/2008 : 21:33:39
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cans are down as we all know. Dose anyone have prices for other items such as stanless, copper wire, auto batteries>
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Computer Jones
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 01/01/2009 : 00:51:25
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Ask at your local scrap yard(s), call 'em up.
The prices vary wildly depending where in the USofA you happen to be. |
There's profit if you melt things!!
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bruce hylton
Penny Pincher Member
USA
102 Posts |
Posted - 01/05/2009 : 10:49:37
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| Just got off the phone with scrap buyer. They raised Clean cast iron to $100 ton and #1 prepared to $120 ton. If I work my buns off I can make a few dollars after expense. Would't you know gas is going up again. |
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RyanAKL
Penny Pincher Member
USA
224 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2009 : 21:46:12
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| i have about 200 lbs of cans and scrap aluminum, should i wait to scrap this? |
Edited by - RyanAKL on 01/08/2009 21:47:29 |
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Computer Jones
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1112 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2009 : 22:48:30
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How bad do you want/need FRN's?
Do you have space and can you sit on the Al until the price goes up?
(Gaze deeply into your crystal ball to find when Al will go up and peak.)
Al has been at beter prices than today...
Ultimately it's your call, if I knew the answer I'd probably be picking Loto numbers instead of sorting.
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There's profit if you melt things!!
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redneck
1000+ Penny Miser Member
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Posted - 01/09/2009 : 06:04:23
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RyanAKL Posted - 01/08/2009 : 21:46:12 i have about 200 lbs of cans and scrap aluminum, should i wait to scrap this?
The question is, whether or not you can parlay the money from the scrap into more money. Putting the money from the sale in the bank and earning 1-3% a year is a joke. Where as waiting for the price of scrap to go up even as little as .10 cents would net a much better return. Or you could sell it and invest in some thing like food that has been going up at a average of 10-20% every year.
Just my 2 cents worth...
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B-Power-B
Penny Pincher Member
USA
111 Posts |
Posted - 01/09/2009 : 12:40:54
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Originally posted by Computer Jones
How bad do you want/need FRN's?
Do you have space and can you sit on the Al until the price goes up?
(Gaze deeply into your crystal ball to find when Al will go up and peak.)
Al has been at beter prices than today...
Ultimately it's your call, if I knew the answer I'd probably be picking Loto numbers instead of sorting.
Lol... Very well said.
It really does come down to whether or not you have the space to store it. If space (and food) is not an issue than I personally would wait. Its a gamble but how much do you have to loose? |
Those who trade liberty for security have neither.
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RyanAKL
Penny Pincher Member
USA
224 Posts |
Posted - 01/09/2009 : 19:07:33
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| Well i have a pole barn i store all my stuff in and food is not an issue so i guess the smart thing to do would be just to hold on till the price of aluminum goes up? |
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AGgressive Metal
Administrator
USA
1937 Posts |
Posted - 01/10/2009 : 23:54:00
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You could always hedge your bets by taking in half and saving half.
Anyway, do you really dumpster dive? Care to share any stories or how/where/why you do it? |
And he that hath lyberte ought to kepe hit wel / For nothyng is better than lyberte / For lyberte shold not be wel sold for alle the gold and syluer of all the world.
-Caxton's edition of Aesop's Fables, 1484 |
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RyanAKL
Penny Pincher Member
USA
224 Posts |
Posted - 01/11/2009 : 11:57:13
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| yea i dumpster dive all the time, i go to kmart, not too long ago i found 10 brand new baby strolers, 2 brand new in the box tredmills, a mini fridge, and lots more. i would like to hear what you have found and where? |
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RyanAKL
Penny Pincher Member
USA
224 Posts |
Posted - 01/11/2009 : 11:59:15
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| also found a brand new elliptical machine in the box |
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AGgressive Metal
Administrator
USA
1937 Posts |
Posted - 01/11/2009 : 12:13:19
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| I have never dumpster dived but I saw a guide book about it once. Have you ever gotten into trouble? |
And he that hath lyberte ought to kepe hit wel / For nothyng is better than lyberte / For lyberte shold not be wel sold for alle the gold and syluer of all the world.
-Caxton's edition of Aesop's Fables, 1484 |
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RyanAKL
Penny Pincher Member
USA
224 Posts |
Posted - 01/11/2009 : 21:29:41
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| no not yet. but i dont do it all the time, just when there is a good opertunity or im just bored, also look in construction dumpsters they throw away alot of copper, brass and alum. trust me its always worth it just to look, i bought a new gun just picking copper out of dumpsters. |
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - 01/12/2009 : 06:15:58
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Originally posted by RyanAKL
no not yet. but i dont do it all the time, just when there is a good opertunity or im just bored, also look in construction dumpsters they throw away alot of copper, brass and alum. trust me its always worth it just to look, i bought a new gun just picking copper out of dumpsters.
Most excellent my friend!
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Live free or die.
Plain and simple.
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your council or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen."
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B-Power-B
Penny Pincher Member
USA
111 Posts |
Posted - 01/13/2009 : 22:07:56
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When I was a kid we used to dumpster dive for snowboards at a snowboard manufacture. We would find usable boards with graphic and other cosmetic flaws. We were chased by security one time.
I'm gonna keep an eye out and try my luck with construction dumpsters. |
Those who trade liberty for security have neither.
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hobo finds
Penny Hoarding Member
838 Posts |
Posted - 01/14/2009 : 17:24:15
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| where i am from the city charges you $12.00 per month for trash and recycling services. Included in this is 2 times a year you can put out large bulky items. This is a great time to pick up scrap metal. i figure if the city is going to charge me $144.00 a year i might as well make some money off them and help my self to a little scrap! What they say one mans trash is anothers treasure! |
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B-Power-B
Penny Pincher Member
USA
111 Posts |
Posted - 01/15/2009 : 00:01:16
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| $12 a freaking month for garbage AND recycling? Dang, I would hate to know what you would do if your city charge you $32..Like some people's cities. |
Those who trade liberty for security have neither.
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RyanAKL
Penny Pincher Member
USA
224 Posts |
Posted - 01/15/2009 : 08:43:43
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| I would take a day off work, take my pickup and load it to the rim, once someones stuff is on the street its free to the public. |
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RyanAKL
Penny Pincher Member
USA
224 Posts |
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