approaching an HVAC contractor( whos a neighbor sorta)

Originally Posted by waredu

Am I missing something here? You can sell them to the yard for $0.30/lb - but you're going to buy them from him at $0.35/lb? Wouldn't you be losing $0.05/lb?

I can only assume he plans to break them down for the copper.



I would start at the same price as the yard. I imagine there is some value to him selling it to you, versus packing it up, going to the yard, waiting, weighing in/out, etc.