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  1. 01-24-2013, 11:23 AM #1
    Conservlandpro
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    Question Finally decided to join...

    Hey guys I feel kinda strange cause I've been doing research on this forum for months and haven't joined.But I finally got the motivation and joined. I have a full time 50hr a week job so this has been a very part time hobby but recently I've been taking it more seriously and now I'm here. My main question I've always wanted to ask is why so many buyers prices are so vastly different? I've seen price fluctuations for the same product of like 60% up and down. How is that possible?

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  3. 01-24-2013, 12:05 PM #2
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    Welcome to the forum,
    As far as prices being all over the place you are correct, a lot of it has to do with what kind of profit margins a buyer are willing to settle with and the other part is that some buyers are really regional and then resale to the buyers with better pricing. Before I moved I had a buyed within driving distance of me, he didnt pay as much as as some of the buyers here but i didnt have to pay for shipping. Now that my only option is to ship I will search uot who pays the best for different items and start shipping my items.
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  5. 01-24-2013, 05:49 PM #4
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    Welcome to the forum. I'm not a big time buyer so I can't answer your question but maybe some of the buyers could.
  7. 01-24-2013, 10:31 PM #6
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    Welcome aboard. Some of the buyer here sell to the buyers here and the prices they are offering are for people in their area who don't want to ship. Look at it this way. You can go to one Chevy dealer and a brand new Camaro is x amount and go to another lot and the same car is y amount.
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    Jonniebrass i would like to have a PM with you but dont quite know how to do it. We are somewhat close as the crow flies so I would like to talk with someone experienced in this forum and in recycling near my location. conservlandpro@gmail.com or preferably call me 518-414-4379 Andy. If you think this is out of line a no response is absolutely fine.
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    Jonniebrass i would like to have a PM with you but dont quite know how to do it. We are somewhat close as the crow flies so I would like to talk with someone experienced in this forum and in recycling near my location.
    Click on Jonnie's name and the 2nd thing down says Private Message. Click that and it opens up the PM form, simple as pie.

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