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Re: Going Rate for Aluminum Cans?
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Sun Oct 16, 2011 2:43 pmby hobo finds
cwgii wrote:seems like all the can buyers in tucson are in cahoots. one drops a couple cents and they all rush to lower their offer. so , now the one place that has not dropped. is so swamped, it is hard to get in .
bring them to a guy who matches the add + 1 cent. That's how I got .81 per pound last time
Re: Going Rate for Aluminum Cans?
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Sun Oct 16, 2011 4:58 pmby Treasurekidd
I crush my cans and store them in yard waste bags in my garage until I have enough to bring in. Luckily, I've got plenty of room for them, so I let them build up to a good amount before cashing them in.
Re: Going Rate for Aluminum Cans?
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Sat Oct 22, 2011 9:08 amby AGgressive Metal
$0.55 Cincinnati
Re: Going Rate for Aluminum Cans?
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Wed Nov 02, 2011 10:42 amby 01GTB
70 cents per pound in Deland, Florida.
Re: Going Rate for Aluminum Cans?
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Sat Dec 03, 2011 12:05 amby GA-Silver
$.60 a lb in NW GA.
Re: Going Rate for Aluminum Cans?
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Sun Dec 11, 2011 6:01 pmby GA-Silver
$.63 a lb in NW GA.
Re: Going Rate for Aluminum Cans?
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Mon Dec 12, 2011 11:58 pmby spjegues
.50 a lb in South Salt lake UT
Re: Going Rate for Aluminum Cans?
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Tue Dec 13, 2011 11:31 amby purple and gold
.45 cents here in La..i know a guy who knows exactly how m any cans he has to collect to have enought to buy a six pack..lol
Re: Going Rate for Aluminum Cans?
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Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:22 pmby sparechange
I've often wondered what the ratio is--- #empties to purchase one full?
Re: Going Rate for Aluminum Cans?
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Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:26 pmby hobo finds
I think it would be 35.5 cans to equal 1- 12 oz beer
Re: Going Rate for Aluminum Cans?
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Tue Dec 13, 2011 7:24 pmby sparechange
Thanks hobo, I guess I may have to cut back a little or find more empties.
Re: Going Rate for Aluminum Cans?
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Fri Dec 16, 2011 8:38 pmby hobo finds
.74 in So.AZ
Re: Going Rate for Aluminum Cans?
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Sat Dec 17, 2011 3:29 pmby aussamdad
crap man our Al cans is down...$0.45 but on an up note steel is $14 a hundred...instead of getting 60 bucks I am getting 160 bucks...
Re: Going Rate for Aluminum Cans?
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Wed Dec 21, 2011 10:39 pmby AGgressive Metal
Still 0.55 in Cincinnati - LAME!!! I still save them all though - metal is money, even if only a very small amount, haha.
Re: Going Rate for Aluminum Cans?
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Sun Jan 15, 2012 8:20 pmby GA-Silver
$.60 a lb in NW GA
Re: Going Rate for Aluminum Cans?
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Sun Jan 15, 2012 8:44 pmby Neckro
2.10 Cali
Re: Going Rate for Aluminum Cans?
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Wed Jan 18, 2012 2:14 pmby hobo finds
Neckro wrote:2.10 Cali
Thats at .05 a can, correct?
Re: Going Rate for Aluminum Cans?
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Thu Jan 19, 2012 7:57 amby MetalMan
And these cans have to be in excellent condition right? What is the rate for beat-up and crushed cans (i.e. "scrap aluminum cans")? TIA
Re: Going Rate for Aluminum Cans?
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Thu Jan 19, 2012 11:28 amby Neckro
hobo finds wrote:Neckro wrote:2.10 Cali
Thats at .05 a can, correct?
CRV plus Scrap value
Re: Going Rate for Aluminum Cans?
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Thu Jan 19, 2012 4:09 pmby hobo finds
Neckro wrote:hobo finds wrote:Neckro wrote:2.10 Cali
Thats at .05 a can, correct?
CRV plus Scrap value
So you double dip! 34 or so cans to a pound x .05 CRV = $1.70 + .40 a pound for the alum?
Thats great!
Re: Going Rate for Aluminum Cans?
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Fri Jan 20, 2012 2:13 amby everything
I would like to find a way to crush these into a tighter space. That way I figured I could store more, and wait out the price flux.
Re: Going Rate for Aluminum Cans?
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Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:28 pmby MetalMan
everything wrote:I would like to find a way to crush these into a tighter space. That way I figured I could store more, and wait out the price flux.
There are expensive machines like this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXC9IG9TbGU) that are able to crush your cans into very small 22 pound cubes about 10 inch cubed. If you do it manually like me, which is time consuming, you can still achieve great storage compactness.
Re: Going Rate for Aluminum Cans?
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Wed Jan 25, 2012 9:52 amby sparechange
Try and find an old kitchen trash compactor. They seem to work well for crushing.
Re: Going Rate for Aluminum Cans?
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Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:49 pmby giddyup99
sparechange wrote:Try and find an old kitchen trash compactor. They seem to work well for crushing.
I work in a construction business and one of our clients was remodeling their kitchen and tossing out their trash compactor - I snagged it just for this reason, but it never worked like I expected it too. Didn't have enough force to compact it fully.
Re: Going Rate for Aluminum Cans?
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Thu Feb 02, 2012 1:19 pmby aussamdad
sucking right now here in Houston its at $0.60 lb.