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    Thanks for having me on the forum

    Hello to all. My name is Dave, I live in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. I've been a casual scrapper for years, non-ferrous stuff only. A few months ago, it slapped me in the face that finding a good score of scrap and processing it for the best money is something I really ENJOY! I decided that if I could do something I like to do, and get money for it, I'd be in a win-win position. I'd never dealt with steel/iron (I always threw that out for someone else to "bother" with) or e-scrap. I thought I'd learn how to deal in those areas and that's how I found this forum. All I can say is WOW! I'm floored by the amount of knowledge/advice that is available from all of you. I've spent almost the last week, since I joined the forum, reading post after post, in all of the threads. Thank you all for sharing your advice/experiences. I've had many of my questions answered just by watching the forum and I'll wait to ask my other questions until I've read through more of it. Thanks again for having me!


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    Welcome Dave, it is amazing at the info here. Lots of people have spent numerous hours breaking the stuff down and are willing to take the time to share their knowledge with others.
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    Welcome from the Hoosier state,, Your doing exactly what we urge a lot of the new-bee's to do, just take some time and do some reading and "most" of your questions will be answered. People like you we do not mind answering some questions as our search feature is kind of hit and miss sometimes. Thank you,,
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    Thanks for the intro and welcome to the forum.
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    Welcome, Dave! Look forward to getting to know you. BroJer

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    Hellava intro. Welcome.

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    Welcome from Chi as well.

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    So very happy to welcome you to the forum. It is great when a new member takes the time to read the old threads. The knowledge here will lead you to profits you might have otherwise walked past. Mike.
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    Welcome to SMF.I agree with the above,nice intro and kudos on taking time to read the old posts!

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    Welcome from south of the city

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    Thank you all for the warm welcome.

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    Welcome to the forum Dave, We have something in commin, my name is also Dave and I'm also DWJ but I'm down in florida. Again welcome aboard.


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