offer them cash? if you think you can make money on it, buy it. lets say an old cast iron stove weighs 600 pounds.. the yard (right now, here) is paying 0.13 cents a pound, so i will times 600x0.13 or sometimes i go a few cents less... and then id offer them $40. sometimes "can i have your metal for free" wont work. and ALWAYS be polite, being an a$$ will get you no where.
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