Is collecting alum. cans really worth the trouble? What about other metal scrap?
I just so happen to have 2 large brass boat props that belonged to my ex-boyfriend (now mine since he left them and he's been gone for almost 5 yrs!) and that's what sparked this question since I saw them in the basement yesterday.
Is it worth the time and trouble to collect and recycle money metal items for money?
I printed out a list from a local scrap yard of what they take and the list is long but prices change so not sure what is worth saving and what isn't.
Jennifer in North Carolina...the Tar Heel State
1|1|We do..I think it is great...the prices will vary from time to time...At one time cans were .80 per lb...has went down now...But, brass and copper is still pretty good...YES, you should save it...very worth it in my opinion...|freebiejunkie|joelpoole@msn.com|12:47:05|02/11/2009|
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2|2|Wow, $.80/lb on Alum cans. They only offered me $.50/lb on my pure brass props, I just called.|bluh2oeyes|bluh2oeyes@yahoo.com|13:17:11|02/11/2009|
I found a coupon on the local scrap yard site that I can get a whole whopping $.03/lb more with the coupon. Whippie do!
Jennifer in North Carolina...the Tar Heel State
3|3|yeah, that was a great price, now the cans are down to .30 pr lb....I would just save it all(if you have an area) and call from time to time and check the prices...wait until they are higher to take in|freebiejunkie|joelpoole@msn.com|13:20:16|02/11/2009|
"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant."
- Robert Louis Stevenson
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Any fool can count the seeds in an apple. Only God can count all the apples in one seed." ~Robert H. Schuller
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"Live in such a way that those who know you, but don't know God, will
come to know God because they know you"
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"If we ever forget that we’re one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under."
~Ronald Reagan
4|1|I do lots of this stuff pices are down now may go up a little as we hit springtime.|tollman62|thebossatnight@yahoo.com|14:59:18|02/11/2009|
I recycle all of this stuff. I pick up the cans when I walk my dog and the deposit ones I take back for the five cents in NY and any ones that are not deposit or aere flatten out I throw in a barrel in my garage and take it back when the barrel is full. I do newspaper also but the market is in negative dollars right now so not taking any. I take apart dead appliances and strip out parts for metal office paper and envelopes with the cellophane removed gets around 2 cents a pound.
I am looking for offers in concealed cash ayor ppef or make an offer in????
I mail all my trades from the post office and get a receipt.
you always hear noises in the dark when you work at night 5|1|my husbad goes to garage sales and buys copper|crazymomx2|crazymomx3girls@hotmail.com|15:11:25|02/11/2009|
he got $75 for a 1/2 a 5 gallon bucket worth of brass odds and ends ,i think its worth it we recycle cans and plastic we usually donated the palstic to the kids schoola s they ahve collection bin every bid helps teri 6|2|I sell cans|angNC|memawang@embarqmail.com|22:47:29|02/11/2009|
it has gotten us by many of times. I will even pick them out of trash cans/recycle bins.
I guess I'm not to proud. But the price has gone down.
7|1|wonderboy does|ppe1952|MATWELL3@ROCHESTER.RR.COM|06:59:06|02/12/2009|
he walks around town before recycliong and cuts the cords off appliances. they are jacketed copper and deppending on the market get a decent sum of $$$
Remember your manners: when god answers your prayers----- say thank you. 8|1|I would think.....|zydeco|kimr@alador.com|11:16:51|02/12/2009|
They would be worth more being sold as brass boat props rather than scrap. 9|2|They are old props that were taken off, new ones were purchased (M)|bluh2oeyes|bluh2oeyes@yahoo.com|11:45:09|02/12/2009|
The boat yard that sold him the new props did't even want them as an exchange because they were no good as props...only good for scrap as they are quite old and dinged up pretty badly. That's why they are in my basement. I just haven't scrapped them yet. They only thing they would be good for other than scrap is decoration.
Jennifer in North Carolina...the Tar Heel State
11|3|Well then........|zydeco|kimr@alador.com|19:30:00|02/12/2009|
Call an antique dealer. It's just that, I'm thinking, they are worth more to someone than that what scrap pays. Isn't that why the ex dragged them home? Just curious........why did he bring home? Did they follow him? 14|4|{Grin} He did drag them home to "cash" in on them some where sometime later.|bluh2oeyes|bluh2oeyes@yahoo.com|20:02:35|02/13/2009|
Good idea...I'll call around or ask at the flea market.
First I have to figure how much they weight, gotta get my bath scale...so I know scrap value. Figure that would be my min. price then.
Thanks,
Jennifer in North Carolina...the Tar Heel State
10|1|we haul scrap all the time we have a car trailer loaded down now ready to haul off tomorrow as scrap is 4.00 a 100 pounds but the price is to drop next week at the place we go|lydzkydz|lydzmcss@yahoo.com|19:00:43|02/12/2009|
we save cans also was 30c last time we sold but had a coupon so 35c a pound got 22.00 out of 60+ pounds
but we had to get rid of them they were in the way
we save scrap aluminum stored in building
we save copper car batteries radiators wiring it is stored in building
we have hauled cars
we now have a car on the trailer that we are hauling off that used to be a monte carlo ss and is now in small parts and we have appliances and other junk on there ready to go
i am soo sore today i can't move now
this week has been move this or that
eeekkkss
most work i have done in a while
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i appreciate all the trades made in the past.
THANKS!! 12|1|well for our scrap metal we hauled off today we had 4200 pounds and got 166.00 so any we got helps out |lydzkydz|lydzmcss@yahoo.com|18:43:12|02/13/2009|
so maybe that would answer question on saving metals
and prices depend on your location too
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i appreciate all the trades made in the past.
THANKS!! 13|1|I found $5 walking my dog and still picked up a few cans|tollman62|thebossatnight@yahoo.com|19:00:50|02/13/2009|
When the snow melts you start finding lots of stuff over the last 3 years we have picked up over $20 in change off the street and we walk the same 4 blocks every day.
I am looking for offers in concealed cash ayor ppef or make an offer in????
I mail all my trades from the post office and get a receipt.
you always hear noises in the dark when you work at night 15|2|LOL, that $20 you mentioned made me remember a time I was about out of gas and no money - Praying to GOD to help me get the kids to school. It was raining outside, had to stop at STOP sign, saw something in street (looked like a dollar bill) I jumped outta my car and ran in the rain - fetched it up.. got it car - it was a $20 bill... I was like WOWZA.. wonder how that got away from someone.|car_mont|car_mont@hotmail.com|03:19:07|02/14/2009|
>Posted on Feb-13-09 at 07:00 PM (Eastern)
>by 74.70.243.72When the snow melts you
>start finding lots of stuff over
>the last 3 years we have
>picked up over $20 in change
>off the street and we walk
>the same 4 blocks every day.
>
>I am looking for offers in concealed
>cash ayor ppef or
>make an offer in????
>I mail all my trades from the
>post office and get a receipt.
>
>you always hear noises in the dark
>when you work at night
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