Got screwed again by the local scrap yard....:(

**sledge** · 03-26-2014, 07:22 PM

Originally Posted by gravygrabber

Everything was clean. Frames broken down. Some were painted some not but they insisted they only have two grades of aluminum clean and dirty. My reciept says clean aluminum 140 lbs or something. The kicker is I had 43 lbs. of cans and they paid me .45/lb for those.

Yup.. Find a new yard! Sounds like a "We got a monopoly on this market and do what we please" yard. There are a few around here like that.. but luckily for me- there are PLENTY of other options for me. I learned my lesson- hopefully less experienced recyclers will too and seek out an alternative as I and many others have!

As far as the aluminum.. cans must be in a different league for a reason I do not know. I get .50 for cans.. and .40 for sheet aluminum.. Makes ZERO sense to me!

**happyscraper** · 03-28-2014, 08:09 PM

Originally Posted by sledge42

Yup.. Find a new yard! Sounds like a "We got a monopoly on this market and do what we please" yard. There are a few around here like that.. but luckily for me- there are PLENTY of other options for me. I learned my lesson- hopefully less experienced recyclers will too and seek out an alternative as I and many others have!

As far as the aluminum.. cans must be in a different league for a reason I do not know. I get .50 for cans.. and .40 for sheet aluminum.. Makes ZERO sense to me!

Aluminum cans are food grade aluminum there for pay more, it's a more pure aluminum and is easyer and cheaper to use recycled aluminum.