Christmas lights

Took down 80 lbs #2 ins wire, in that 80 lbs was about 10 pounds of Christmas light wire with bulbs and plastic bulb holders cut off. Guy says that Christmas lights pay same with or without bulbs and I should turn them in whole for $.20 a pound. I tell him that I cut off alll the bulbs so it is now #2 wire $1.00 a pound. I have not had any problem with Christmas lights in years, could be the time of year and that they are getting alot of them. And for .20 a pound with lights it may be better to turn them in as is, instead of having them lower the $1.00 a pound stuff! They did pay me #2 ins price for it all! We will see what next time brings!

The best I ever got for christmas light wire (no bulbs or sockets) is .50#. I found a yard that pays .30# with the lights, so thats how I sell them now. I think once I calulated the bulbs and sockets wieghed about 1/3 off the total wieght.

Ive come across about 50lbs the last few weeks. i cut the bulbs off and usually mix them with the No.2 wire, But I got a big box of mess with all that green wire so im ganna keep it seperate from the rest and see what the yard says.

I cut off the sockets get 1.00 a lb for #2 and throw the sockets w/ bulbs in a shred bucket for .10 a lb. There is still some metal in those sockets and bulbs.

Originally Posted by jghilino

You can lead a horse to water but you cant make them drink. Like i said earlier sell the bulbs as replacement bulbs on ebay, $8 pound is alot better than 10 cents pound, if you have already done the work you should get paid properly for it. Or just box the bulbs up and ship them to me.

Are you talking about the cheap little push in bulbs or the nice vintage screw in's?

Good to know, thanks Jghilino. I got a bunches of christmas bulbs, as I strip my lights. My yard pays me a $1 for my insulated, so nice to know i can do something with these bulbs besides have them sitting around taking up container space.


Sirscrapalot - Off to count bulbs.

Originally Posted by jghilino

The cheap little push in ones. If you google mini replacement bulbs you can see what i m talking about and what they sell for.


have t.p. handy before you open this link:
200 Clear White Replacement Mini Glass Bulb Incandescent 2 5Volt Xmas Light Base | eBay

I can tell you that even the used bulbs go for about the same money.

Cool. I guess I'll have to add those to the list of things I resell instead of scraping. It is already amazing how many things I sell on CL instead of scraping out.

Well I guess you were right: You can lead a man to knowledge, but you can't make him think.

Jghilino, if I send the bulbs to you how much will you pay me for them? Also I don't know if they all work or not, you'll have to buy as is, I don't test them.

Well then to the scrap yard they go.