Yesterday I made a quick $20 at a car/lot auction buying a pallet of medical equipment. The auctions in my area sell discarded equipment from hospitals, schools, local government, etc.
So I bidded on a pallet of medical equipment just for grins and giggles. I got it for $1 plus a $10 buyer's fee. The scrap yard let me drop the whole 500 lbs of "miscellaneous metal" on their scale which paid out a little more than $30. I probably could have gotten more from dismantling everything and separating the copper and other precious metals but I really didn't have the time or space. Next time I go, I'll probably clear out some space in the garage to work.
But overall I am learning that what looks like "junk" to everyone else is really free money. I just have to bring a bigger truck so that I can take advantage of the bigger pallets.
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