Quote Originally Posted by corycouch View Post
george she went up in a attic to carry that stuff down and load it herself?? i understand it has to be worth your time i really do, i try to read every thread on this site and ive got a long ways to go to get where i want to be. my eventual goal is to quit my full time job (which is really good by the way) and just do this. first of all what im about to say isnt intended to offend anyone. there are guys on this forum that i read about every night digging thru dumpsters(im even guillt of it myself done it the first time last week alum storm doors) running around on trash nite, you could get in 30 minutes what it takes them a week to do and not even break a sweat. we all have different goals here and thats understandable, some are retired, do this for extra money some its a full time job and others its a business. this is for me and whoever else it relates to, for me to reach my eventual goal i get out there and hustle ive yet to lose money yet mainly because i try to take advice from ALL the guys and gals on the forum, anyway my advice go get it like i say you can work on it a t your leisure whenever you get ready. hope you get it and make bunches of $$$$
I am not or wasn't saying that what she did, wasn't good. However, her situation is obviously more different than this one. Her thread was describing her day, and what she was able to accomplish out of her day.

This thread was regarding a craigslist add for some free escrap, and me asking for other's opinion if it would be worth it. Just because it is free, doesn't always equal it is worth it.

Before I changed my company name, I did everything for free. I never charged no one for pickups. Unfortunately, after 6 or 7 months, I was realizing that I wasn't making any money. Seemed like I was, but after calculating in all my costs, and then what I made at the yards, sometimes I was out of pocket in the negative.



That is when I had to decide, whether to start charging or quit. This is one of the fewest companies I have started that I actually enjoy doing. I am able to charge a decent price for pickups, even junk jobs, and save my clients plenty of cash, and actually be making cash now myself.

I used to do dumpster diving myself. I don't throw the idea in the trash. Unfortunately, over the last 2 years there has been so many scrappers joining the scene that it is **** near impossible to get anything anymore, unless you have that relationship with the dumpster owners.

Plus, I started hearing about all the theft, and didn't want to get caught in the middle of all the drama. So now, I only deal with people who contact me or that I am able to contact.