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Sorry for the absence but I've been pretty busy lately the past few months. Hopefully, I'll get back to attending to this post in a week or two.

I appreciate all the responses and tomorrow I'll be starting my full-time scrapping endeavour with a bike and a trailer. I do have saddlebags that I can put on the bike also if need be. But I'm going...

This is true but having some features on the search would help narrow down the search time when looking for something specific such as that. Like wildcards, exact phrase match, or at least booleans...

These answers are exactly what I figured. But I'm going to focus on those who don't have a vehicle and have never scrapped before.

I make a living from home and mostly with my computer and online....

I'm curious, how many full-time scrappers are there on this forum?

Also are there any scrappers that go out using a shopping cart, bike, moped, etc. NO TRUCK OR VEHICLES?

Yes, I mean if you're buying them for $1.15/lb and taking them someplace else and getting .10 a can that's pretty money right there.

Yes we have buys driving around town buying cans off homeless canners for $1.15/lb and there's plenty of competition among them. It's only cans though. None of them buy metals, etc

hobo finds, that is about exactly the numbers I come up with. I also have the numbers for plastic. I did plastic for a bit here because prices was pretty good and there's a **** load of plastic that...

Hello HipoGear

It's actually a longer story than I'll present here but I'll try and break it down the best I can. I have a number of things going usually at once. Most everything I do is about...

Hello All,

Yes, I've been absent for a big. You know life changes sometimes.

I started out this diary awhile back and didn't get into it full-time, but that has changed. I got let go from my...

I get $1/lb but I sell to a private buyer. Our local yards pay .65/lb though

Just seen a neighbor yesterday throwing out a 30 gallon bag of assorted plastic bottles she's been keeping for a few months. I said you throwing that is trash? She said yes! Hell I'll take them.
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I wouldn't mind Chicago. Never been there so it would be cool!

Well I don't know DakotaRog,

These guys have been doing this for years now. Your first article is from 2010 and the last one 2013 and more targeted toward SF.

I think the guys that are going to...

Sorry, my bad,

Either way I don't mind sharing.

For those interested my specialty in security research is malware and finding vulnerabilities in software to exploit. Understanding malware helps...

I would be willing to put together one for Las Vegas depending on how many are interested.

After this is a PARTY TOWN!

CyberScrapper

Job? Long story which will be explained on my YouTube channel but long story short I'm an independent security researcher with a felony from years ago that make it REALLY difficult to get hired.
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Well I haven't really went out on the bike and trailer. I have canned before with a shopping cart years ago and that was a slow process.

With the bike I'm assuming I'll get able to cover more...

Well I guess you always have to be ready for unexpected changes in plans.

A couple things came up so looks like the start date will be Friday night. A graveyard shift for scrapping. Should be...

As for that I have no idea. These guys have been doing for sometime now. Nothing new and I don't believe there are any border stops between here and Vegas. For semi-trucks yes, but cars and pickup...

The corners are fasten by self-locking C-clip type fasteners. The front and back rails come out and the sides fold up. Basically you can slide it right under the bed or anywhere else you like.
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Yea armstrt8, there is a licensing fee and a couple other fees the peddlers have to pay to the city to get a license to either sell products on strip or be one of those people that dress up as...

Thanks pjost,

Well I'll also be collecting items that I believe I'll be able to sell on eBay too. Right now the wife is selling old purses and stuff she doesn't need anymore on my account. But...

Yea all the remote buyers are paying $1/lb for cans. One is paying $1.10/lb to try and steal business. They take them to California where they get $1.80/lb

The scrapyards only pay .38/lb but...

Hello Scrappers,

Sense a couple others have started a diary on here I figured why not. I believe I'll have information beneficial to the community so here goes. First don't know how many others...