It Pays to Shop Around

Originally Posted by recyclersteve

Fast forward to today. I checked another part of town that is ~8-10 miles further away. I was in line with a guy behind me who appeared to be homeless (he had a grocery cart with clothing on it and no vehicle). When I was at the cashier, he was again right behind me. He asked how much I got- I told him I got $47 and he said he got about double that with just what was in his shopping cart. I drive an SUV.



I was curious and we struck up a conversation. He said he once made $5k in a week, which sounded beyond believable. He said he knew of a business and when their fiscal year ended they threw out a bunch of brass. I wonder if he struck up a deal with someone else to use their truck or something. Who knows.

If there was $5,000 worth of free brass somewhere, I would do whatever it took to get it.