Thrown in with other non insulated or taken in separately. Does any one know price per pound Approx? Thanks!
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Thrown in with other non insulated or taken in separately. Does any one know price per pound Approx? Thanks!
Every yards differs. Some won't eve take em. "Call your Local Yard".
.25 to .35 cents lbs. here
Depends on how much "work" you want to do.
As is .15 - .20 a lb
cut off bulbs they go as #2 ins and it is .85 - .95 a lb by me
AGAIN, it depends on the yard....I cut off bulbs and put in #2 and my yard took them out and put in what they call communication wire at approx .25.
Yeah we have been buying at .35/lb with bulbs on.
Are you or any other buyers on from the forum currently buying Christmas lights from members on the forum?Quote:
Originally Posted by Escrap
We personally do not purchase this kind of material online, reason being is shipping is so detrimental that it make the stuff almost worthless after you get done shipping it. Now if you had a couple thousand lbs and wanted to drive up to us then we would love to buy it.
Shipping is detrimental ? Can you please elaborate Escrap. I've never heard that before.
cost of shipping compared to profit made isnt worth it for the lights to be shipped is what hes saying i think. everything your gonna make by sending it to him ur just gonna loose paying usps or fedex.
I get that Dune....what I missed was "this kind of stuff". I would never consider shipping lights unless I had 1000 lbs, but I just couldn't understand the "damage" part. 1000lbs could be damaged also.
ah my bad
I cut lights and in with my #2 insulated. .85-1.10 depending on which yard I go to.
I was just saying it would not be worth it for someone to send me Christmas lights. Like dunemaul says, the cost of shipping would outweigh the cost i would pay.
I called my yard and they told me $0.31 with bulbs and 0.75 without bulbs. I have never seen anyboby scrap these while unloading at my yard before, so I think I will start looking for them. Lots of people just throw them away and buy new ones every year.
that's great asandahl, wish mine did, I have a big pile of them !
As I strip the wires, I find mostly bare bright, with gradual transitions to other colors, such as purple or black. I have sometimes wondered why is there a difference of color. My best guess is more weatherproofing against moisture that leaks in at the bulbs, but I don't know if that can actually happen.
You strip christmas lights???Quote:
Originally Posted by charn
I once stripped a 50ct box of xmas lights, waist of time. After that I now clip the bulbs and it goes in the No2. Ins tote
one of the newer buyers buys christmas bulbs go poking around, or maybe he will post in this thread
Most scrap yards will buy christmas lights in a separate #2 Ins. category or low grade #2 Ins. Our yard for example pays (#2 Ins. Low Grade) $0.73 a pound for christmas lights .
How about 80 cents pound for the mini bulbs, then you can sell your copper wire at a higher grade. I could use about 50 pounds of mini bulbs mixed or preferably sorted by color.
That time of year again. The first set I found was elaborately wrapped around and through an artificial tree. The untangling process left a mess of green plastic confetti on my floor.
I always clip the bulbs off on mine, usually do it while watching tv
The buyer I was referring to has gone AWOL. I haven't noticed anyone taking his place, but I haven't been looking for one either. Probably a good item for obne of our ebayers to add to thier buy lists, there have been a few people asking about it in the last couple months.Quote:
Originally Posted by MattInTheHat
That was some tremendously wasted effort. Most of the string is synthetic fiber or something like that instead of wire.
Were I work we buy X-mas lights as grease wire .15 a pound. The recovery of X-mas lights with bulbs is about 21 percent, without bulbs maybe 30 percent, you need a least a 45 to 55 percent recovery for #2 insulted. So we just bale them with our com. wire and export.