How do you make the most money scrapping?

Do you guys make more money scrapping and recycling metal, or do you make more money reselling trash items you find and listing them on the internet? I know you guys are reselling metals on the internet, but no one here is talking about other items besides metal.


Here are some trash items I found today on peoples curbs:

a WindTunnel vacuum in perfectly good condition and still works(had to fix the wires). Resellable?
A used teachers guide to preschooling children. Resellable for 5 or 6 bucks?
A perfectly good cd , orchestra music(10 bucks worth? Resellable?)
5 pound bird feed bag that was half used




I also found some scrap steel, a couple motors with copper in it.

"How do you make the most money scrapping? " By reading all this good information here! Many people make money around here, some scrap, some sell... It all depends on what you have and how you process it!

There's actually plenty of conversation here about non-metals and selling.

So what you are saying is that its not just wood, glass, metal, plastic and cardboard that people are reselling, but people are reselling

trash items like used electronics, used books, dvds, suitcases, clothing, etc?

Yes. Please use the search feature and you will find many interesting conversations.

Vacuum cleaners are the best. Seem to be available in abundance and 1/2 + seem to work just fine. I sell them at garage sells for $15 and up all day long. Strollers also seem to do well. Shoot, any half-way decent baby and kids stuff seems to do well for that matter.

good point alekwb...

this week is bulk pickup for my neighborhood..obviously I go after the metal, but I have my gf with that points out the nice resellable items..mostly baby stuff...when she was pregnant w our son we luvvvved garge sales..lookin forward to a chunk of change from a garage sale come May when it isnt friggin SNOWING..grrrrrrrr

net work as much as you can....i go to yard sales , auctions , and flea markets all summer long...i talk to anyone and everyone...not just about scrap...find out what people do.....find out what they sale, what they buy,,,and if they have waste they need hauled off....get business cards...get business cards....the bigger a circle you have the more money you can make...try and get as many outlets as you possibly can for different items...once i find out something new i can make money from i just start another pile....

at least that is how i do it...it has worked good for me so far...ps...GET BUSINESS CARDS... one more thing ... GET BUSINESS CARDS

How do you make the most money scrapping?

wellllll it's like this. I work my rear end off, applying what I have learned, READING READING AND READING the forum, for over two years. Then, I apply it again and READ READ READ more, than I post. That...is the big secret.

Yes, baby items sell well. People are always looking for good deals on baby cloths and there seems to be alot of them arond if you keep an eye out for them. Babies grow out of their cloths before the cloths waer out.