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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Thu Mar 05, 2015 3:35 pm

fickle woman, 2 weeks of NO, today, ok..at half the price. not sure I want to , other than the cases I have in my hands
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Thu Mar 05, 2015 6:47 pm

cwgii wrote:fickle woman, 2 weeks of NO, today, ok..at half the price. not sure I want to , other than the cases I have in my hands


I would think that you provide her with more than half of all the cardboard she takes in. She needs your cardboard so she can finish her bales to send out. The other cardboard she gets is free, but it will take her a lot longer to get enough to ship out!
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Fri Mar 06, 2015 9:27 am

There were 3 of us that she would buy from. a furniture store that gave the cb to her. and yes. part of why they decided to take it from me again. was the 'large boxes' that I bring from the flower shop. they get used on the outside of the bales to 'hold ' the others in,
also to 'repair' some of the ripped bags that they send the broken glass out inside.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Sat Mar 07, 2015 6:00 pm

roadside pickup... office chair.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Mon Mar 09, 2015 4:05 pm

200 lbs sheet iron $45 a net ton so $.0225 a pound
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Thu Mar 12, 2015 11:26 am

220 lbs sheet iron $45 a net ton. Punch card full so +$.10 a pound on next items :clap:
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Thu Mar 12, 2015 12:29 pm

last week

glass 2703 lb
cardboard 221
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Recyclersteve » Sat Mar 14, 2015 1:52 am

Roadside pickup last week- two wooden bookcases with removable shelves. Also three large rolls of thick fabric- the kind you would use to upholster a sofa or something like that.
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Tue Mar 17, 2015 8:55 am

weekly report
glass 2898
cardboard 434
paper 124
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Tue Mar 17, 2015 12:50 pm

28 lbs auto batteries @ $.30
87 lbs sealed units @ $.18
9 lbs brown boards @ $.20
11 lbs green boards @ $.22
74 lbs electric motors (paid me for copper content! Fn sucks) @ $.15 lb
9 lbs yellow brass @ $1.48
2 lbs #1 ins wire @ $1.53
5 lbs #2 copper @ $2.20
31 lbs copper content @ $.15 lb
29 lbs #2 ins wire @ $.85 lb
180 lbs dirty alum @ $.30 lb
4 lbs lead @ $.55 lb

All prices have the bonus $.10 lb pricing The bonus is nice but they take SO Long to figure out the load....

Extra $46.90 with the + $.10 pricing! Total $152.26
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Fri Mar 20, 2015 4:47 pm

520 lbs prepared steel $.04 lb
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Sat Mar 21, 2015 10:01 am

360 lbs sheet iron @ $.0225 (a fridge, toaster oven and a push lawn mower). $8.10
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Sun Mar 22, 2015 10:27 am

week ending 3-22
glass 2023
cardboard 423
paper 32

hurt that she was closed wens fri sat
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Wed Apr 01, 2015 10:02 am

260 lbs sheet iron $.0225 lb a whopping $5.85
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Mon Apr 06, 2015 9:44 am

months total

glass==11296
cardboard == 1500
paper ==222
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Mon Apr 06, 2015 9:45 am

2 day week

glass= 960
cb=547
paper 170
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Thu Apr 09, 2015 11:44 am

140 lbs. clean sheet iron up to $.04 lb. = $5.60
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Thu Apr 09, 2015 12:25 pm

171 lb of plastic==86.40
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Thu Apr 09, 2015 12:49 pm

cwgii wrote:171 lb of plastic==86.40


good price!
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Thu Apr 09, 2015 8:06 pm

lol opps a little bit of a transposition. at .40 is 68. neyt to the 86.. is wish. they are loading the truck tomorrow.. don't go in the am. ... taking in al cans sat.

sucks .. someone stole the cans put out for me at the vfw.. stealing from vets is as low as a human can go. hooorah
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Sat Apr 11, 2015 10:28 am

yesterday 200 lbs sheet iron $.0275
today 280 lbs prepared $.0475

Total $18.80
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby Recyclersteve » Sun Apr 12, 2015 1:28 am

Was headed by the scrapyard with my wife on our way to dinner tonight. Had just a few things in the car, so I thought I'd show her how the operation went. Got the following:

6# of 35% insulated copper wiring @ .35 = $2.10
1# clean aluminum @ .40 = .40
1# aluminum cans @ .60 = .60
TOTAL FOR ABOVE-- $3.10

By the way, she was pretty amazed at all the stuff they had. She even said "Look at all those wheelchairs!" (There was a pretty big pile of them)
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby cwgii » Mon Apr 13, 2015 10:11 am

weekly report

glass 1060
cardboard 130

plastic 171
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Wed Apr 15, 2015 10:29 am

140 lbs clean sheet iron (swamp cooler) $.04 lb = $5.60
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Re: What did you scrap?

Postby hobo finds » Sat Apr 18, 2015 9:41 am

220 lbs sheet iron $.0275 lb and she gave me an extra punch in the card so next time bonus pricing
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