interesting trip to scrap yard

Originally Posted by nutpie

I am often dumbfounded with the things I see in the shred pile at the scrap yard. Recently I saw 4 or 5 big, clean aluminum alloy rims in the pile of light iron. Really? Walk 20 yards and get paid 10x more. But some businesses do clean outs and scrap is just a bonus on the side. And some people just don't know the difference. It irk's me nonetheless.

Out here the people who add that stuff to the pile seem to be the ones that don't want to have to show id, give fingerprint and so on. Aluminum cans and steel at most places no id needed for your cash, but some places are collecting the information anyway...