A dryer is worth around 10 bucks in scrap here. I see a few advertising that they will buy broken down (newer) appliances for 5 to 15. If I had to guess, they are buying them up, fixing what can be fixed, then reselling.

I recently picked up a newer dryer. Guy said it squeaks. After some Googling and youtube videos it leans towards it being the idler pulley or rollers. When I get some free time I'm going to see if I can fix it and sell it.



That "metalscrap" is a censor for cursing.