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  1. 01-30-2013, 03:37 PM #1
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    hello fellow members...new to the scrap business.. well getting ready to get started.. looking forward to learning the business.. welcome any suggestions on what items I should start with... thank you!!

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  3. 01-30-2013, 04:46 PM #2
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    Welcome from Indiana...
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    Noob to noob: welcome!
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    Hello dj, ya might wanna start with a magnet Welcome to SMF

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    Welcome to the forum. My best advise is read the old threads and you will gain a serious education in scraping. Mike.
    "Profit begins when you buy NOT when you sell." {quote passed down to me from a wise man}

    Now go beat the copper out of something, Miked
  8. 01-30-2013, 09:12 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bear View Post
    Hello dj, ya might wanna start with a magnet Welcome to SMF
    Definitely Bear; great suggestion; and when you can afford it definitely invest in an aluminum magnet. Welcome from NJ
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    looking forward to learning the business.. welcome any suggestions on what items I should start with... thank you!!

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    Hi from N.E. Kansas, start with a truck, gas, sum basic handtools & tell everyone you meet that you'll take any kind of junk off their hands for free", & good luck & be safe and honest out there.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CentralCellar View Post
    Hi from N.E. Kansas, start with a truck, gas, sum basic handtools & tell everyone you meet that you'll take any kind of junk off their hands for free", & good luck & be safe and honest out there.
    Network with everyone you meet, print up some business cards, flyers, and start covering ground.

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  16. 01-31-2013, 12:42 PM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by miked View Post
    Welcome to the forum. My best advise is read the old threads and you will gain a serious education in scraping. Mike.
    welcome from GA...im new to the forum also but I agree with what mike said, there is a wealth of knowledge in this forum...Good Luck with your business...
  17. 01-31-2013, 12:56 PM #12
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    welcome from kansas city
    I buy and sell all types of scrap and escrap. I buy specialty and hard to sell escrap. I buy resale items. PM me or contact me at jghilino@hotmail.com
    I AM ACTIVELY BUYING ESCRAP OF ALL TYPES. BOARDS, RAM, CPUS AND MUCH MORE
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