Today I unloaded 437lbs of tvs and monitors(5tvs and 4 monitors) at...
0.12#!!!! What!? Never seen TVs go for more than shred price. 2 floor model TVs could land you 50-60 alone.
Anyone else gettin paid this?
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Today I unloaded 437lbs of tvs and monitors(5tvs and 4 monitors) at...
0.12#!!!! What!? Never seen TVs go for more than shred price. 2 floor model TVs could land you 50-60 alone.
Anyone else gettin paid this?
Whaaaaaaaaaaat...where do you go that friggin BUYS TVs? It's like pulling teeth just to get a yard or dump to take them for free!
My yard refuses tv's , the landfill here disposes of them free of charge . Just my personal situation. If I were you I would ride that train till it stops because I don't know of a single yard that buys them . I would have been rich if my yard did by them . I made a nice contract with a man who clears out old stock from the big screen store . He offered to bring me a box truck a month for free. But to recycle these properly after gutting leaves no room for profit . Sadly I declined the offer after receiving only one load.
Oh I plan on it. The price actually went up. Last weekend it was .10# I guess they found a buyer for the glass? I dunno cause there sure isnt 5-10 bucks worth of copper in a TV.
How much is the lead in cathode ray tubes worth if someone found a way of getting it out?
Would you be willing to tell us the source? Nobody in south Texas will pay for tv's. Thank goodness for Best Buy's recycling program, I unloaded 8 stripped tv's this week.
For that you would simply multiply your weight in lead by the going rate for a lb. of said lead at your local yard .....Quote:
Originally Posted by Evan
I have never researched all that would be involved . I'm not a big fan of sharp glass , but I would imagine doing that safely and legally would cost a lot more than the lead recovered. I may have read somewhere that the recovery rate would be about 8% of said tubes weight . Don't hold me to that for some reason I believe it's less than that . The only lead I own is in my tackle box.
Check the buyers section there is a buyer who purchases CRT's if you have alot of them that is.
Whatever do they do with them?Quote:
Originally Posted by gorven
Love to know who that guy is I'll take all he has as long as they are intact.Quote:
Originally Posted by Metalbestos
jord0609 what state u in
Yeah delivered to your door is great but it took me a week just to get through the beasts . The box truck was about 26 ft had a 73 inch beast Mitsubishi and a few sonys that were over 400 pounds a piece . I can't show up at the landfill with a truck load of tubes . They don't recycle the glass they just dispose of them . Plus it is about $120 a load if they think your commercial or if they see you more than 6 times a year. I couldn't find a recycler that would make the time involved profitable considering I'm dealing with thousands of pounds of wood, and paying to dispose of tubes.Quote:
Originally Posted by junkfreak
If you know of a local place to take tubes please let me know ,I just wanted to make sure that they were being recycled and not just disposed of .
If could make only 50 cents off of TVs and tires i could be a qabazillonaire lol. I have to pay to dispose of both of them. Re treaders are so dang picky I just charge to pick up and pay the disposal. My oldest son is only a sophomore and just passed physics. I'm hoping he finds a solution! Maybe turning tubes and tires into a machine that solves global warming. :)
I have a PDF somewhere that talks about the process being done in new York State to remove lead and glass. My understanding is that it is so far a heavily subsidized barley break even deal. It was well beyond my ability to even follow the engineering and chemistry in the article. When I get home I can try and post a link. If they ever get the power back on :)
He's in Canada, and I think that makes a BIG difference...Quote:
Originally Posted by pawpaw
I'm not too far from Canada...maybe I'll just chuck them over Niagara Falls ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by ScrappinRed
Just unloaded 75 tube tv's and monitors as well as 75 printers and I gave the guy $100 to take them. Got paid from pick-ups for half the tv's. Get the stuff out of my way I don't make much money on.
Near Ottawa here, getting .08 cents a pound! They must have their wires intact or else its .04 cents! I used to cut the wires off them. I've got a big pile of TV's at home, my wife decides to help me so she cuts the wires off!
Not her fault, but she cut my profits in half.:mad:
Im in Barrie Ontario. Its just a local yard. They only have two locations so its not even a massive company. They dont care if the wires are cut or not.
They MUST have found a buyer for the glass and plastic. Or sell to a recycling facility who has buyers for em, cause i cant see getting more than 5 bucks in copper even from a large TV.
Hate to break it to ya but we get 0.80 per tire. Just unloaded 260 of em in march and are back up to over 200 tires.Quote:
Originally Posted by beardo
Actually Jord the gov. in pitching in on the recycling giving kickbacks to the recycle companies. Guess we are sort of lucky...Quote:
Originally Posted by jord0690
Ugh if I were just a LITTLE bit closer, it would be worth getting my EDL and hauling all those TVs over the borderQuote:
Originally Posted by SuperDave
jord I'm so jealous, I even bought a cheap jigsaw to make some of those tire swings that look like saddles.
Feel free to ship any TVs and or tires up any time ;)
has anyone state side hauled TVs up north? what's all needs to be done with customs?
This is actually a great question...I hope someone can chime inQuote:
Originally Posted by saturninin
Matty,
If you have room to set up a shop and store 44 pallets of electronics (tvs and monitors included), I can give you the name of a company in Buffalo. You have to act as a free electronic drop off site. They come pick up when you have a trailer load (44 pallets). They quoted me 4 cents a pound last fall, with a 1 year contract.
We have a buyer here already who will buy CRT's and the like in Toronto they will work out all customs and shipping to them they have there own broker. One of my customer has already sent a few loads to them and has had great results.
Govern,
In the buyers section?? Are you talking full truck loads or LTL?
Thanks
It's insane to think you get paid the same for tires that my yard pays for insulated wire . It's really interesting to hear the group of older gents talk of days past . Where ya got .45 # for copper. And .04 # for shred . There is a few guys i know who are very friendly and always share stories or advise .
Im getting .15 cents a lbs for TV's, monitors e-waste 9doesnt include computers I break them down for more) here wires cut or not. in Whitby Ontario.
Sent you a pm , see I am a nice guy ! Hope he provides you with what you want .Quote:
Originally Posted by junkfreak
Nevermind .04 cents for shred. I know a guy that started to haul in the late 50's. He had his own scrapyard. He was getting $20 a ton and driving 100 miles to drop off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Metalbestos
im only 34 years old and when i started junking,,,shred was .85 cents per hundred, cars were 1.35, short iron was 2.25... copper stayed between 60 to 80 cents per pound ....i remember cars jumped to 5.00 per hundred and i thought i was going to be rich.....
there was very little competition back then....when the prices rose it created a bunch of new scrappers .....not to mention that lots of folks think there scrap is worth way more than it is now..
I am in Oshawa and would be curious to know where you take them for .15/#Quote:
Originally Posted by hemi81
yard closest to me is paying .12/# tv's and monitors and they don't say that they have to be complete
I wish I was getting $0.15/lb. Here in Norcal I am getting $0.05/lb. Can be stripped of components and does not matter what the bezel/frame is made of. Only requirement is that the tube be intact.
Amazing...they pay for them in Canada an in Cali, but everywhere else in the US people want you pay them to take'm.
Gorven I'll be touch once I gather a crap load of tvs, to let you ship up north for me. ;)
Sirscrapalot - I must say I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a good book. - Groucho Marx