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Went to the yard today with some cans. I never go to this yard cuz they rip everyone off. But today they gave a decent price for cans. Took my 4 batteries in and only got 4 dollars! Never again! I asked what they paid for electric motors and the guy says "I'll give you a dollar each".....HAHAHAHA keep dreaming.
Experienced Scrapper
sounds like a crook!
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Were these automotive-type batteries? At the LOWEST point, I've never been under $3.50 in more than three years and that's for me coming to you to pick them up.
People may laugh at me, but that's ok. I laugh all the way to the bank.
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Yes they were car batteries. They usually are crooks here.. My problem that I always have is I never look at the price I got till I am driving.....I have gotten better. but....man I gotta stop that. This yard was sold a couple of years ago and the prices have definitely gotten worse. And business has slowed waaaay down for them. I bet they resell soon.
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I wouldn't be back. I just called and checked prices yesterday. Batteries were 0.18/lb or $6.20 for the average car/Lt trk battery.
Might be a good idea to put all the scrap yards in your cell phone, then when you are ready to haul some stuff in, give each a jingle to see what they're paying.Originally Posted by Hypoman
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i have a guy that picks up my batteries and pays me $10 each
Experienced Scrapper
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Woah! I wonder where he's taking his. I don't think you can get rich on lead.
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
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My last load I took in all the batteries I had lying around. I got 10.00 for car batteries, 8.00 for lawnmower, 5.00 for one of the motercycle batteries and 2.00 for the rest of motorcycle and dirt-bike batteries.
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
I pay 10-15-35$ on batteries picked up from my customers
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
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This one yard here near orlando had a sign on the scale Once it.s on the scale it's ours. Then go to the pay window around the corner where they give you the bad news. The price they pay. Then try to get it back cause it was too low. extruded dirty etc. Then the scale guy get real mad and says he already dumped it. I don't think he works there anymore.
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I would think you could sell used batteries as cores for $10 each. Like on CL.
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
My closest yard CHARGES YOU $ 5.00 to leave a car battery
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That IS a joke. Is it a scrap yard or a landfill/dump?
Experienced Scrapper
im lucky that i have 7 scrap yards all within about a 10 minute drive of me, well kind of. i have the 3 that i deal with stored in my phone and if i have a big load i call and see what they are paying. having the amount of yards we have here makes it hard getting in with companies though, how can i compete with the guys im selling to when it comes to getting stuff? lol.
New Guy
That's insaulting. I pay 10 bucks for a normal car battery and I'm getting .40 per pound from my yard turned in 6000lbs in last 2 days
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Here in Indiana, I have a core-buyer who pays for batteries by weight. Last one I took in- it was .81/lb So I ended up with $12.54, earlier in the fall prices were up and I got $17.64 for a battery out of a Chevy Malibu.
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You should have handed him the smallest transformer you could find and asked for a dollar.
I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a-hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” John Wayne-- The Shootist
NEWBS READ THIS THREAD ABOUT REFINING!!!!
http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/off-t...ning-read.html
.30/lb here in Chico, CA. Average battery 38 lbs=$11.40. Price has fallen lately it was .35/lb just a month ago.
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