Why is it so hard to look for aluminum scrap buyers?

**JvSwag** · 12-18-2010, 05:06 PM

Originally Posted by nbuena

Mick,

I don't own a scrap yard. I am looking for buyers as an agent.
Yes I am talking about emailing foreign buyers, the scrap is from Spain and I'm in the Philippines.

Oh man I know what you mean...it seems like every buyer I come across is from the UK but when I do an IP check on them they're from nigeria. Hmmm...lying before we even think about trading together? Not a good move.

**Mick** · 12-18-2010, 05:53 PM

Originally Posted by JvSwag

Oh man I know what you mean...it seems like every buyer I come across is from the UK but when I do an IP check on them they're from nigeria. Hmmm...lying before we even think about trading together? Not a good move.

I see these ads from foreign entities all the time looking for "agents". Doesn't make sense. If there was anything to it, why aren't the scrap yards hooked up with them?

**JvSwag** · 12-18-2010, 06:18 PM

Yeah, you've got a point there. I learned after the whole nigeria incident. No way am I dealing with buyers or sellers that won't let me go down there to check up on things. Neither am I going to get anything outside of the US because if something happeneds with the merchandise then I'm just SOL.

**nbuena** · 01-07-2011, 02:11 AM

Hey JvSwag,

There's a lot of Nigerian doing that. They use .uk email addresses and all, they even act like a buyer first and in a couple of days offer their products "if they have any". That's what I did too... I looked up their IP's, that time I knew they're from Nigeria.

Originally Posted by JvSwag

Oh man I know what you mean...it seems like every buyer I come across is from the UK but when I do an IP check on them they're from nigeria. Hmmm...lying before we even think about trading together? Not a good move.