Picked up a pile of batteries... Now what?

They are small gel type lead acid batteries. You can tell because they say Pb, the symbol for Lead. Sell them with your car batteries.

Some yards are by the lb. while others are by the batt. You'll have to call yours to see how they roll.

Around here they go for about 25 cents per pound. Wear gloves: they contain sulfuric acid, either liquid or gel.
I like them: They always make a good payday when I take them in.
They come not only in emergency lights, but computer UPS units as well.
I guess you could say I get a charge out of scrapping batteries....

Look to see if you have a CORE BUYER in your area. Yards pay puny. My Core buyer would buy them at .38/lb Look to see if you have an automotive CORE BUYER near you!

Hmm hmm HMM

I called my three yards and they were .25, .25, and .26 per pound. I did my best googling to find someone in the area here. I live in the Minneapolis / St. Paul metro area so I would really hope there is a core buyer somewhere. I found one company that looked like they bought cores, but after emailing I found out they are only at .28/lb

OH! Anyone have a guesstimate at how many pounds I would need before I would ask for any different pricing? 100 pnds? 250? 500? 1,000?

What sort of companies do you guys get the .35+ at? I am going to throw a CL out there to see if that will help me find a better buyer on them. When googling for a core buyer I am using "core" "lead acid" "battery" recycling, reuse, refurbish". Are there any keywords or strings anyone could suggest?

You can also try places that recondition car batteries.

let me apologize in advance of any hurt feelings. This is not aimed at any one in particular, BUT. Every now and then we all need a wake up call. I understand the desire for quick easy answers. (part of whats wrong with Amerika today) Every now and then the forum gets clogged with innate or common sense questions this thread is a great example. If some one dosen't have the common sense to know what to do with batteries, two things come to mind.

One, they read, no, none, nada, old threads, or used the search function, or even googled it. Two they have no common sense and will run into trouble scrapping. THE #1. TOOL IN SCRAPPING IS YOUR BRAIN.

Why is it fair to us who give thousands of hours of free time to this forum trying to help others advance their knowledge of their craft, be it chosen or out of necessity, when some wont spent one minute on the search function.

Sry it's raining today so your stuck with me.( }:<{) >.

Originally Posted by olddude

let me apologize in advance of any hurt feelings. This is not aimed at any one in particular, BUT. Every now and then we all need a wake up call. I understand the desire for quick easy answers. (part of whats wrong with Amerika today) Every now and then the forum gets clogged with innate or common sense questions this thread is a great example. If some one dosen't have the common sense to know what to do with batteries, two things come to mind.

One, they read, no, none, nada, old threads, or used the search function, or even googled it. Two they have no common sense and will run into trouble scrapping. THE #1. TOOL IN SCRAPPING IS YOUR BRAIN.

Why is it fair to us who give thousands of hours of free time to this forum trying to help others advance their knowledge of their craft, be it chosen or out of necessity, when some wont spent one minute on the search function.

Sry it's raining today so your stuck with me.( }:<{) >.

I agree 100% with Old Dude on this. What we do is a business and I have been doing it for 20 years now and it frustrates me that the Internet has blown up this business so anyone and everyone is doing it. I refuse to contribute to most posts because people are lazy and just looking for the quick fix or the easy way out. If people want the quick fix or the easy answer maybe they should inform us on all the ins and outs of their business or trade...

I will also add this....dude this is the CLASSIC case of "a nickle holding up a dollar"....you got 3 friggin prices on batteries... .25/lb is what they are going for....even if you have 100 pounds (and you MIGHT if you have the 5 or so I see in the pic), you will get $1 (YES ONE WHOLE DOLLAR) per .01 someone else pays you....1000 pound of them is a WHOLE $10 more.....just take them to your yard and get on with it. These are nothing special (lead acid batteries just like car batteries)....I probably have 200-300 pounds from the last set of power backups I picked up last week from a client....just take them and get you r money TODAY, and go buy more stuff that you can flip again in a day or 2....THAT is how money is made...not fighting on a $1 here and there.

Sorry, but someone just needed to tell you. If you got like 1000 pounds a week, then by ALL means shop it or squeeze your yard for a higher rate (ie get into their next payout bracket based on amount your bring in)....but it just isn't going to be much higher than what you were quoted in your area based on the 3 quotes...

Originally Posted by olddude

This is not aimed at any one in particular, BUT. Every now and then we all need a wake up call. If some one dosen't have the common sense to know what to do with batteries, two things come to mind.
One, they read, no, none, nada, old threads, or used the search function, or even googled it. Two they have no common sense and will run into trouble scrapping. THE #1. TOOL IN SCRAPPING IS YOUR BRAIN.
Why is it fair to us who give thousands of hours of free time to this forum trying to help others advance their knowledge of their craft, be it chosen or out of necessity, when some wont spent one minute on the search function.

olddude... If I hadn't read many of your posts from the pasts and seen the knowledge you have helped spread I would have taken this the wrong way. We all have bad days and maybe your having one =/

I know many of you have done this for 10+ years and I appreciate every one of you taking the time to share the knowledge you have gained during that time. I myself have done this for 6 months, BUT I plan to do it for the next 15+

Prior to this load of batteries I had never had a reason to go out and research them. Once I got this load I got online and was able to find out they were Lead Acid and that they were worth some $$, but also encountered people taking them apart - stockpiling pallets full - bringing into scrapyard as is - etc. I currently have 100+ pounds and I assume I will encounter MANY more of these in my next 15 years. Many people on here told me to find a CORE BUYER to get a better price. If that difference is .38 instead of .25 and I already have ~150pnds I think it would be very worth my time to find a CORE BUYER and establish that relationship for the future. I think ignoring these facts and just bringing it into my first scrapyard would be an amateur thing to do...

Again, I genuinely appreciate the help I receive here and thank everyone that helped point me in the correct direction on this, but if someone doesn't want to respond... then don't...

Originally Posted by manchvegassalvage

I agree 100% with Old Dude on this. What we do is a business and I have been doing it for 20 years now and it frustrates me that the Internet has blown up this business so anyone and everyone is doing it. I refuse to contribute to most posts because people are lazy and just looking for the quick fix or the easy way out. If people want the quick fix or the easy answer maybe they should inform us on all the ins and outs of their business or trade...

Sorry... for me its a hobby. Its fun. If you had any questions regarding the hospitality industry, where to go for the best rates, how online booking systems work, how our target market currently is, what determines a daily rate, etc I would be more than happy to share the knowledge I have gained.

Originally Posted by webuyselltradestuff

I will also add this....dude this is the CLASSIC case of "a nickle holding up a dollar"....you got 3 friggin prices on batteries... .25/lb is what they are going for....even if you have 100 pounds (and you MIGHT if you have the 5 or so I see in the pic), you will get $1 (YES ONE WHOLE DOLLAR) per .01 someone else pays you....1000 pound of them is a WHOLE $10 more.....just take them to your yard and get on with it. These are nothing special (lead acid batteries just like car batteries)....I probably have 200-300 pounds from the last set of power backups I picked up last week from a client....just take them and get you r money TODAY, and go buy more stuff that you can flip again in a day or 2....THAT is how money is made...not fighting on a $1 here and there.

You obviously didn't read my whole post... I stated in the first post I have over 100pnds+
Getting a better price on the items you already have sure seems like a better plan than getting rid of it cheap just to move on.
My pickup locations will always have more in the future now that they know I want them.

Originally Posted by hobo finds

Nothing wrong with trying to find a better price... But in all reality how long are you going to hold on to them? If you can't find a core buyer, and many of us can't then what's left go for the best price you get!

Thanks! Longest I would hold them is until Weds morning since that's the next free time I have to get over to the yard.

yep missed that you had 100 dd pounds...again I stress the math on this $1 gained per .01 you get paid and you aren't even factoring in the time you spent to find the extra .01/lb...I would tell you to just go sell to your nearest yard (just like a load of steel) and move on...that money gained can be used to buy higher grade scrap and flipped by the time you find someone paying .30/lb for batteries....the point is to work SMARTER not harder and trying to get an extra few bucks while wasting valuable time doing it is not smarter....it's just advice...but time is what you need to value FIRST when doing this for a living or a hobby...how much is it worth to mess with it? For me, $30-40/hr but YYMV....if I wanted to work for $8/hr then there is McDonalds for that....that is what I meant...treat it like the time IS valuable, because it is...