| Author | Message | ||
| thomas flocks (Taflocks)
Registered Member Username: Taflocks Post Number: 379 Registered: 9-2009 Posted From: 67.253.124.108 Rating: N/A |
i called the metal recyclers today as i had 3 aluminum bay door bottoms to get rid of and my best offer was 25 cents a pound, when the spot price is $1.04 per pound. i then called my old home towns recycle center and was offered 5 cents per pound but if they were coke cans they would give $1.55 per pound. how can the price be so low? | ||
| Jack Fids (Jack_fids)
Registered Member Username: Jack_fids Post Number: 194 Registered: 1-2009 Posted From: 69.171.161.116  Rating: N/A |
Here in Tucson the price was .55 last week but it is a commodity & as such the price changes all day every day. I'll have to take a walk thru Wonderland tomorrow, I'll post a SitRep in the afternoon PDT. Generally 50% of Spot Price is the price paid for CLEAN Aluminum. | ||
| David Evans (Dmd)
Registered Member Username: Dmd Post Number: 517 Registered: 10-2004 Posted From: 173.77.223.202  Rating: N/A |
Save it. my son gets emails from the local yards when the prices are up or down and when the timing is right we take the scrap in.(we get alot of scrap copper). When business is slow we seperate everything and get the clean sorted out. way big $ difference. | ||
| Jack Fids (Jack_fids)
Registered Member Username: Jack_fids Post Number: 196 Registered: 1-2009 Posted From: 69.171.161.228 Rating: N/A |
The price PAID for clean Alum. at 11am was still .55cents a pound, cans pay a dime less, the same a dirty or painted alum. | ||
| Brian Elfert (Belfert)
Registered Member Username: Belfert Post Number: 90 Registered: 7-2006 Posted From: 75.72.107.232 Rating: N/A |
I recycled a bunch of sheet aluminum two or three weeks ago and got around 55 cents a lb. I got a little more for cans. | ||
| Kyle Brandt (Kyle4501)
Registered Member Username: Kyle4501 Post Number: 618 Registered: 9-2004 Posted From: 65.23.106.193  Rating: N/A |
The thief that stole my bay doors got ~20 cents/ pound. The recycler said it had some steel in it & that was why. He also didn't like any paint on it either. My experience has also been that I get one price quoted over the phone, but once there they come up with lots of reasons to discount the quote. . .  |