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    Price update, which is the worst?

    needed space so cleaned out the garage of what little hoard I have, some of this stuff I haven't sold before, just curious what you guys think is the worse part of this price list?



    Batteries 0.25/lb
    Sheet Al 0.42/lb
    yellow brass 1.10/lb
    dirty brass 0.46/lb
    #1- 1.72/lb
    #2 1.62/lb
    low grade (spaghetti) insulated wire 0.50/lb
    electric motors 0.10/lb
    cu bearing motors .05/lb
    die cast/0.18 lb
    304 stainless 0.22/lb

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    All of it, but it is still better than I can get.
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    Quote Originally Posted by andyheim View Post
    needed space so cleaned out the garage of what little hoard I have, some of this stuff I haven't sold before, just curious what you guys think is the worse part of this price list?

    Batteries 0.25/lb
    Sheet Al 0.42/lb
    yellow brass 1.10/lb
    dirty brass 0.46/lb
    #1- 1.72/lb
    #2 1.62/lb
    low grade (spaghetti) insulated wire 0.50/lb
    electric motors 0.10/lb
    cu bearing motors .05/lb
    die cast/0.18 lb
    304 stainless 0.22/lb
    The motors, unless the batteries were Li-Ion.

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    I just got 10c lb for 78 lbs of wire all because they wanted the plugs cut off......if i knew that I would have cut the plugs off since they are 1.00 or so for gold ends.

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    Unfortunately it's about inline with what prices are here in CT too. I just cleared out my steel at 2 cents a pound. I am holding everything else ( copper, brass, insulated wire, batteries ) in hopes the market turns around.
    I can wait till spring if need be.
    Ozzy , I learned to cut the ends off all my wire to get more for it.
    If they have gold ends ( monitor, printer, computer wire ) I throw the ends in the gold connector bin and get 70 cents a lb from a buyer on here. The wire with ends off I can get a better price that way. If it is wire with plug ends I cut those off and put them in a bin to take to the yard and the last time I went I got a few cents a pound for the ends ( I forget what they called it)

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    Its hard to judge since market ever changing. For a good year it was same price as gold ends so not worth the labor. Now it changed and wire less if ends not cut off. Used to be same either/or and wire was worth more than gold ends.

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    Andyheim- That's about what non-fer is around here except electric motors too a dump again down to 6 cents a pound. Ozzy- I've always cut of the ends of insulated wire. Not that much more work in my opinion...

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    Quote Originally Posted by mthomasdev View Post
    The motors, unless the batteries were Li-Ion.
    I have to agree. That's a very low price on motors.

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    Quote Originally Posted by junkfreak View Post
    That's a very low price on motors.
    Last load of motors I cashed in yielded $0.18 a pound ( $0.07 for compressors motors ).
    Last I looked, #2 is $1.48 to $1.58 at thee local yards, and shred is $0.02 to $0.03 .

    I wonder why they are buying for only $0.05 a pound ...
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