wow yeah it cant hurt to ask=) the most they will say is no. but yeah with the low prices they jsut might give me some thats what im hoping for anyway=) i took in some bb copper and got 2.00lb i dont get loads of copper just small amounts so i had 14 dollars not bad plus the other copper was #1 and i got 1.90lb and i got 19 dollars for that. i did quit taking cans they dont break down very well and they take up loads of space. anything else i can make smaller and cans have there limits to how small they will go lol. even car radiators i can make smaller and even big things of ali extrusion you can cut down with a hack saw lol. most of my work is labor intensive given that i use manual tools for most of it takes forever but when you have nothing but time=) i dont count my time as a factor=) took me 4 days to strip ten pounds of wire lol.