Is wire still defined as wire if it is chopped up in a granulator and now takes the shape of the container it sits in? What if it is smashed flat, and has no actual 'diameter'? Is it now a ribbon? The reason is the state of Arizona among others restricts the buying and selling of 3/8 inch or greater aluminum or copper wire to registered contractors and dealers if the insulation has been stripped off. So a private citizen in possession of valuable stripped copper wire can't sell it legally here. Can't sell wire legally.....but could one sell what used to be wire?