Please help: Scrap Value List - Mowers, Grills, Stoves, exc - Page 2

^^I totally get that part, I think what the OP was asking was, on average what can you expect and also how to maximize the profit from a particular item and how much one might weigh. I've searched for the thread that had this idea tossed about in and can't find it but I do recall one of the members here suggesting this very thing (it was mentioned in a thread for a different topic but batted around nonetheless). Like some of them do with the computer breakdowns - show how and the weights/prices of each item/part of the computer (ballpark estimate). I admitted that say fridges, will all be different weights but on average you can expect such and such a price. Heck, I have no idea how much the metal bottom of a grill might weight (the steel) but I can rough estimate the price for different sizes based on the cast tops as well the OP will be able to do once they have more experience under their belts and know the prices for their area. My yard I can call for the prices of the day but they aren't going to know or tell me how much an individual item is going to weigh and I think thats what the OP was after. I was just trying to be friendly and help is all.

ETA: If it weren't for easy-recycle and a couple others I'd never have known about the value of computer towers beyond scrapping them for their weight for example.

Thanks to the OP for posting this. It's yard sale season here, and I was hoping to get a ballpark idea of what some random items are worth in scrap. I fully understand that prices vary widely, but if I know that a washer brings $15 on average, then I know that I could pay $5 and still leave some wiggle room. For example, I saw several computer monitors today for $10/ea. I see the average scrap value posted above for monitors was only $5, so now I know that $10 is too much to pay.

How about a link to a list that updates on the prices each month on a national level? I'm sure there has to be something out there. Add that to the spreadsheet/yard idea per city/state and the "ballpark" prices can be a little more precise.

Just a thought.

Sounds to me that the noobies on this forum want everything handed to them. It's been stated on this thread to call your local yard and ask for the price of what your selling. After you get some experience you'll get to know what's what. No way can someone tell you what something is worth unless that person uses the same yard as you do. What do you think the ones on this forum did before we had a forum, we learned the hard way, trial and error. I threw away a lot of money learning this business and after 5 years I'm still learning but I make alot more money now than I did when I first started. Go out and get some scrap, break it down. I think it's better to break something down more than you have to than not brake it down enough. If yard says clean aluminum or clean brass they mean no steel.

Originally Posted by happyscraper

Sounds to me that the noobies on this forum want everything handed to them.

Originally Posted by happyscraper

What do you think the ones on this forum did before we had a forum, we learned the hard way, trial and error.

So then what's the point of the forum if not to benefit from the collective knowledge of others? Of course I CAN go it and do it all on my own, but I found this forum and figured that it would make more sense to learn what I can from others and shave some time off the learning curve.

As we said in the Army, "work smarter, not harder".