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    New one for me

    So a private client hit me up to come pick up some auto scrap as he was cleaning out this garage after working on his Audi. Was a little tin, a little cast aluminum, a little No 1 iron, nothing remarkable but a pleasant little pick-up from someone who lives close by that cost me just two bottles of beer (Note for fellow new scrappers reading this: originally met this guy after answering a first come, first serve ad on Craigslist. I was not first come that day but left a business card and now I'm always first come because he just calls me. Even failures can be opportunities if you're prepared!). I also had a GM converter I'd picked up a little earlier in the day and not unloaded yet. Immediately after that I answered an ad to come pick up some scrap at a private residence. They were offering 40+ hard drives, a working HP tower and then a bunch of tin. But for 40 hard drives and a working machine I'll make the trip! So the guy sees I've got some car parts in the truck and asks what they are. I tell him a bunch of random used Audi parts and a camaro converter. He says, "How much you want for them?" I was only gonna make about $10-15 on the scrap - all the parts were removed, not new - and the converter cost me $40, figure I'd get $65-70 on it minus a little shipping. So I said, $75 and he gave me $80 instead. First time I've ever sold scrap on a scrap pick-up! Cleared $40 before even thinking about the new-ish HP tower and hard drives.

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    Once I had done a pick up from a matress store. Picked up a bunch of old bed frames. Later in the day i was doing another pick up at a hotel. A bunch of old computers. The hotel bought 12 of the bed frames off me for $20 each. Best steal run ever

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    what can i say, sometimes u just have one of those days ....

    ive had something similar happen to me as well.
    a friend called me last year to pick up a few items- just 2 small extinguishers & 2 batteries.
    i was going that way for some other work so it was worth it

    anyways, i turned into the wrong housing complex bcos the entrance looked similar to the one he lives in
    i went down to where i remembered his house is and there was about 4 towers & some hard drives & lots of parts from a car that was parked there.
    it seems the owner was trying to fix the car but gave up at some point.

    so an old lady comes out & im thinking that somethings wrong bcos his mom doesn't live with him & she certainly does not look like this lady.
    after listening to why i came there- she says i have the wrong house(which i realised by then)
    but she goes inside & phones her son & he says i can take everything there
    i ended up filling my van before i could even get to my friends house.

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    Msmoorad that's amazing! Picking up a better load by going to the wrong house! Incredible! [disables gps on phone in hopes of good wrong addresses]



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