What Grade are they, & What's It Worth In Your Area - I've listed what it came off from and what I Cashed them in for today. Back Story Below.
In case you can't see the image:
1997 Explorer Cats (2) $50 ea
1997 Taurus Cats Pre-$35 Regular $50
2002 Jeep Liberty - $20ea Pre & $40 for the Main
1997 Altima - $90
So today I brought in a small load of Catalytic Converters I had been collecting up over the last few weeks. I have been dealing with the same cat buyer for the last year or so. I made the switch to him to based on he was also a younger guy, and seemed to give the highest prices around. But I have noticed over the last month or so he has started to be mildly deceitful, like not giving me straight up answers when I ask about prices. Instead he avoids it and has me drive a half hour away to see him, weighs and piles away my metals before he announces that I'm gonna take a $40 hit of what I normally would expect. This one example was on aluminum rims, and I understand the markets going down and business is business. But be upfront, and clear about things and I will respect the fact everyone has to make a living and the market fluctuates. I still consider him to be somewhat competitive, and I haven't shopped around to find out if its true or not.
Today I brought in this small load, he gave me the price of $350 for everything, and started to scuffle them away, I said OK, break it down so I know how much each one is, and he sort of stumbled for a second about what he was going to say, and then listed off an amount totaling $360.00 - the office lady interviened and asked how much to put on the check and he said $355.00 now. I think where its winter here in Maine he is scaling back his prices and maybe he's not being upfront because he is scared to lose my business? Maybe he's just bad at math..
I know people here have discussed cat prices, and I'm new and I've read enough to figure I'm getting more than other people on here, but I'm going to a cat buyer not a yard. I have dealt with people in the past giving me far less than what he is, or they lure you in with high prices and then scale you back significantly if they don't think you know what your doing. How do you feel about the prices being offered to me, based on the east coast? Ideally I would run them down to Boston, which is no problem, and I think I will collect as many as I can fit in my trunk before I cash them in again, I'm not liking his attitude lately.
But on the bright side, I used the money to buy myself some new tools for Christmas!Yay!!
I got a 18V Dewalt Sawzall, and 18v 1/2 Impact Gun (300ft lbs!), 2 Lithium Ion batteries, and 1 nicd, 2 chargers and a dewalt Duffle bag large enough to carry it all and some more. I also got a set of wrenches, worth $100.00 but reduced to $25.00 at lowes! Combo pack has 8mm to 18mm and 1/4 to 15/16!
Thanks,
-J
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