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    I got .60 a pound. I am friends with the owner of a local yard and once it's all said and done they done they pretty much break even on cans after you take into account buying bags water and so on.


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    Oh man am I getting robbed! We have the .05 deposit here so I get that for most cans, but all other cans (iced tea, etc.) only pay .16/lb. Seems criminal to be that low.

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    $2.15 here, lol. It's pretty competetive here for aluminum cans...i just bought some scales from a CRV center that went out of business.

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    Here in the UK Sims quoted £0.35 ($0.55)per KG or £0.16($0.25) per lb , was £0.75/Kg a year ago!!!
    So i will be checking with some other yards.

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    aarons metals
    5lbs and under $2.05
    5-20lbs $2.05
    20lbs and up $2.05
    and they match competitor coupons!
    although they dont take glass crv, plastic crv or #2 plastic, I have to go to snitcher steel for that
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    .55 last week in concord nc. luckily i live at corner of 2 interstates and have a major road out front that people use as their aluminum can redemption center. lol

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    $2.20 for aluminum cans, that's the best ever. Normal is about $2.10/$2.15 I deal with three different scrap yards. One of the yards I haven't been using for CRV gave me the $2.20 rate yesterday. Don't know why 5 cent raise but no complaints, I do 8 to 12 LBS. in cans and 10 to 12 LBS. in CRV plastic ($1.15/LB.) every week. Ever little bit adds up to real $$$$.

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    What is a case of beer or pop in CA???

    Just curious with those prices..thx

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    i was picking up 30 packs of kodiak ridge light for 7.99 but that was at grocery outlet

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    Quote Originally Posted by bluemeate View Post
    i was picking up 30 packs of kodiak ridge light for 7.99 but that was at grocery outlet
    $7.99 a 30 pack? Wow!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jarred View Post
    I got .60 a pound. I am friends with the owner of a local yard and once it's all said and done they done they pretty much break even on cans after you take into account buying bags water and so on.
    I asked one day why the yard pays more for cans vs. other aluminum. They told me that they get quite a bit more for the cans because companies like Budweiser have machines that recycle the old cans into new cans and pay quite a premium for the cans. I'm not sure they "break even", that doesn't make much sense. It would seem they would just adjust their price to be in the black.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jarred View Post
    I got .60 a pound. I am friends with the owner of a local yard and once it's all said and done they done they pretty much break even on cans after you take into account buying bags water and so on.
    Our yard they rip open the bags and dump them into a mesh hopper where the small trash/rocks/etc. can fall out and the cans go up a conveyer past a large magnet. They drop into a large mesh hopper that can be offloaded into the compacter. They make 3'-4' banded square cubes out of them. They stack the cubes along the wall until they get a semi load. That's where they get the better price.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Phantoms001 View Post
    I asked one day why the yard pays more for cans vs. other aluminum. They told me that they get quite a bit more for the cans because companies like Budweiser have machines that recycle the old cans into new cans and pay quite a premium for the cans. I'm not sure they "break even", that doesn't make much sense. It would seem they would just adjust their price to be in the black.
    I think Inbev/Budweiser purchases lots of UBC's every year! Metal markets, scrapyards and recycling centers know this. The price is high as the demand for UBC's are high. If they could make a cheeper product from virgin sources they would.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hobo finds View Post
    $7.99 a 30 pack? Wow!
    +1. Up here, about the cheapest stuff you can find is about $18-20 for a flat of 24, and it's pretty rank stuff.

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