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CTscrapman
Hi im just checking to see if anyone on SMF has used this company before? Im approaching thier min weight of 3000#'s, and was planning on driving the load down to them just to see actual results versus selling to secondary, Thoughts?
I haven't used or heard of them but they are not BBB accredited, they do however get an A+ rating. However, I personally am not a big fan of the 'refining' route, where you give a company boards, wait for them to process the lot, then get the money. Years ago my dad tried this with a company in Massachusetts and had a horrible experience. I don't like that they charge to refine the material either and have a lot fee of $350. To me it is just too risky and requires an awfully significant amount of trust and if the minimum weight is 3000lbs+ it only adds to the risk, that is a lot of material to risk/wager. Also, their wait period seems to be a while, 25-35 days from the day of receipt, so I don't think you would leave that day with a check. They seem to be in the same state as you so no doubt that is a plus.
Do they buy boards by the pound? Such as, "fingercards= 4.60/lb, motherboards = x/lb" etc.... From their website it doesn't seem like it. I think you would be better off going with a buyer from the forums, at least that way you can read the reviews and see what people say. With the amount of weight you have you could very well be better off spending the extra money finding someone out of state, I think there are some decent buyers in New York, but I would check out the buyers/sellers thread because there are some people on the forum that pay pretty well.
I just sent about 2500+lbs to Ewasted, my first load. He is the longest standing and most reputable buyer on the forum, having literally hundreds of positive reviews. I can't find hardly any reviews on Specialty Metals Smelters & Refiners LLC. I, like most people, sold by the lb, this will clarify what I mean:
http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/scrap...tal-scrap.html I took the freight route and, though I now know I have more, I put 2000lbs down and with me loading it the total cost was $233 and there are no other fees whatsoever.
You can find plenty of buyers here:
Scrap Buyers & Sellers
That's just my two cents, do you know what kind of material you have? Such as motherboards, backplanes, telecom, ram, cpu's, etc? Going by the price/lb method you could leave the same day with the check if you drove it somewhere or get a check in the mail should you freight your material to a differnt buyer.
Good luck
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