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    Unhappy platinum sparky?

    Hey All,
    Lucky with a question... i have been saving platinum sparkplugs for a cool minute,and don't even know where to attempt selling them, Is there a market for such an item? The scrap yards around here look at me like i am crzy,n say ,Yeah throw them in with your steel, that seemscrzy cause they have plat. in them, right? somebody let me know,
    Thanx, Lucky Lucky's Recov. Ent. Okc.,Ok.



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    I haven't heard of any market for them

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    i read on some thread somebodies friend had a shop drawer full of them and said he was saving them for when they find a way to remove it

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    I don't know anything about this company. They state on their website that they purchase platinum spark plugs.

    http://www.cashforyourgold.com/page/...atinum-we-buy/
    If it wasn't for the $ in $crap, it would just be.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by RustyDollars View Post
    I don't know anything about this company. They state on their website that they purchase platinum spark plugs.

    http://www.cashforyourgold.com/page/...atinum-we-buy/
    I think that's the company that someone from here sent a big box of computer stuff to them and got a check back for $3.80 or something like that.
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    Those cash for gold stores are a rip-off. Hold on to them for a rainy day, or at least until you can find an outlet for them that will pay you a fair price.

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    I don't bother separating them. All plugs go into the shred bucket. Not worth it to me to waste space on something that maybe, someday it might be worth a few extra cents

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    thats what eveyone used to say about converters now look at them i say if u have the funds and time to hold on to them then do so you have nothing to lose.

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    I would send them a box of them just to see if you get more than shread steel price!

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    I've heard of guys who sit around watching TV while they cut the tips off the plugs. I'm not sure exactly where they cut though.

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    Its not just the tips. The core has some aswell. I bust them open and that thin blackish looking stem inside the ceramic has platinum aswell. However I have not found a buyer for the whole plug and the return is minimal at best.

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    Google is your friend. http://www.silversmetal.com/services.html

    I've never used them - so this isn't an endorsement. They do say that they crush the plugs and extract the metals though. From what I can see, it's all spark plugs, not just the platinum ones they take.

    If someone calls them up, let us know what they say, ok?

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    I sent them a mesage on thier web site. I'll let you all know what they say


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