Scrapping question - Large lots of cell phones

Originally Posted by m00nshin3

Thank you all for the advice. The lots we receive range from 15k to 45k pounds. I just want to make sure we are making the right decision. We have received/flipped 4 loads. Currently we get $6-$6.40 per pound of handsets w/o back or battery.

15-45K# would probably be in a range to get a refiner talking to you directly.

Weird how someontimes some people post on here how they have these MASSIVE quantities of an item that they don't know how to get the most out of. 99% of us on here DO know how to get the most out of those items but will not see that kinda amounts of those commodities in our lifetimes, much less every week. Seems there was a guy on here awhile back that had someone call him wanting to get rid of a warehouse full of 6000 old computers. He "called up some buddies" with 18 wheelers... (?)... and hired 4 newby temp workers & got them all disassembled in 3 days ...(?)... but didn't know what to do with the boards. Don't make no sense, I tell ya!!

Weird.

Originally Posted by m00nshin3

Thank you all for the advice. The lots we receive range from 15k to 45k pounds. I just want to make sure we are making the right decision. We have received/flipped 4 loads. Currently we get $6-$6.40 per pound of handsets w/o back or battery.

Paul

If your getting those types of numbers then read some of Noble's posts about refiners, the what's and wherefore's.
You'll just have to approach them as the "big boys" don't frequent here a lot. Unless they do it as guests.
You seem to be getting a fair price by my guess.
In this case, seller beware.

EXAMPLE; http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/elect...ast-buyer.html

http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/intro...rap-buyer.html

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Originally Posted by m00nshin3

Thank you all for the advice. The lots we receive range from 15k to 45k pounds. I just want to make sure we are making the right decision. We have received/flipped 4 loads. Currently we get $6-$6.40 per pound of handsets w/o back or battery.

Paul

Getting $6-6.40 a pound @ 45K per week, while asking how to get more = enough to make me wonder, how many days would it take for Noble to answer that question in a Tweet? Almost fries the mind, don't it! ; )

Originally Posted by Bear

Getting $6-6.40 a pound @ 45K per week, while asking how to get more = enough to make me wonder, how many days would it take for Noble to answer that question on a Tweet? Almost fries the mind, don't it! ; )

Haha, very funny. Just wait Bear, I'll getcha back for that!

Yeah I know, walls of text, I apologize. I'm always afraid I'm not explaining myself well so I barf up words all over the computer screen, and surprising do so without getting my fingers too tongue tied.

I get texts sometimes, and start to answer a question or and realize that it's probably not the best way to respond, and end up calling.

It's kind of ironic, I don't tweet, I have tried, but I never can microblog my mind and get frustrated trying to.

Scott