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  1. 03-15-2015, 10:50 AM #21
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    Sell on Ebay as potato cannon ammo!

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    4 d cell batteries weigh a little more than a pound! 68,000 of them is over 17k pounds
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    If you go the scrap route there is a buyer up here in Canada that buys alkaline batteries
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    Quote Originally Posted by logansryche View Post
    Actually he might have luck if he sold them on ebay himself. 0.20/battery x6800 = $1360. Better then nothing.
    According to the title, there's 68 thousand not hundred. Evan at a dime each that would be $6800. Not a bad profit, just have Gorven arrange trucking for shipment.
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    We ended up finding a buyer on ebay. They paid .15 each, we had to deliver them, was definitely worth it.
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