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My husband and I went to Pheonix Recycling last week. We were more than satisfied with the courteous, professional service and prices!

A fellow scrapper mentioned them to me...

Hi Everyone,

Was just wondering if anyone has used this company before - they are out of Maine. Maybe it would be a good potential contact for someone?

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Hello Mech,

Thank you for the awesome idea...I will definitely be using that one!

How are you, Scrappette??

Just popping in to say hello - haven't been on in a while. How are you all??

Lady Scrappers

There is a buyer out there for everything and anything. I have a buyer that gives me $3-10 a piece for them, working or not, depending on age. That's a bit more than a penny, I'd say...

True, but what I learned is, am I REALLY putting food on my table if gas, time, dump costs, etc. eat up all my scrap profit? Just my thought...

We learned our lesson by doing this once - never again. A lot of hard work and we just broke even with the scrap, on an old mobile home. It was good experience as we had never done one before, but...

Do you have a computer sales/repair shop around you? I sell all my laptops, working or not, to a sales/repair guy for $5-20/laptop, depending on components missing and the age of the laptop.

Yeah, that's my thought, too. Someone who didn't have a truck since they left the stoves (and the fridge carcasses). They will be locking them up in a boiler room from now on.

Thanks, guys....I guess I shouldn't be surprised, with it happening all over the place. Just didn't expect it.

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My biggest client, a huge apartment complex, has a truckload of appliances every couple weeks for me. So I get a call that they have a load of 3 fridges, 2 air conditioners, 2 stoves and a...

The only zinc I have come across looked a lot like lead, except it wasn't as heavy and didn't bend like lead does. As someone else mentioned, it can also look like old aluminum.

Yes, exactly.

Yeah, I wasn't too clear, but that money that they are paying is the "donation" for the fundraiser, not for you. It will add up to quite a bit as it is, and your profit is what you make off the...

Just my .02..

Another scrapper recently gave me the idea of doing an escrap fundraiser in which people drop off their stuff and pay, for example, $2/item. You then haul away the items when the...

You're probably right, math is not my strong suit :)

My ABS buyer is in NH...a little far for you, I think :)

Ok, a lot of people on here ask how much a computer is worth in scrap, so I wanted to see for myself how much a "typical" computer is worth. Here is my breakdown based on Ewasted's pricing and/or my...

I heard this from other scrappers around here. I know why scrap would go down, but why would precious metals go up?

We do this with ABS plastic as we don't have a chipper or grinder. My son, age 8, likes to help...thinks it's a lot of fun!

Welcome from the Lakes Region of NH!

What kind of a shredder would you use for plastic?

Yeah, Mech is right, we bring it in. We can only fit two gaylord boxes in our pickup, otherwise we'd bring a lot more.