Whats the scrap prices in your area ?

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I have got to get around to doing another scrap run soon as it did not get done before Christmas because of the price drop !
The trouble is finding the best price , I find if you phone around they can vary by as much as ££££s per ton for bright within a 10 - 20 mile radius ?
And how one yard will give £££s per ton more for house hold but £££s per ton less for swa and bright compared to the one literally next door to it .
What are others finding the price's like for bright and house hold around the county ?
 
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I got £1.45 per kg yesterday for household in Leeds.

Wish I was the plumber infront of me, should have seen the back of his van, it was like Steptoe & son. He got £2600, not bad for a man in a council van cough cough.
 
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paul.m said:
I got £1.45 per kg yesterday for household in Leeds.

Wish I was the plumber infront of me, should have seen the back of his van, it was like Steptoe & son. He got £2600, not bad for a man in a council van cough cough.
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Council Van - I wonder if he gave the cash to the accounts department????????
 
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Murdoch said:
Council Van - I wonder if he gave the cash to the accounts department????????
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Not a chance Murdoch. Looks like he did the same as us and waited after Xmas to weigh in. Think he may have been storing it for a few months, the amount of copper heaters and pipes that he had.

I'm not knocking the guy, I'm just jealous.
 
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paul.m said:
I got £1.45 per kg yesterday for household in Leeds.

Wish I was the plumber infront of me, should have seen the back of his van, it was like Steptoe & son. He got £2600, not bad for a man in a council van cough cough.
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Was it Bramalls in Leeds? they always give the best prices around there. We tried Eric France once, he offered us 70p a Kg, went to Bramalls, they gave us £1.30 a KG and the bloke at Bramalls said Mr France weighs all his scrap in there. No wonder he could afford to plaster half naked girls all over advertisements around Wakefield.
 
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If you are near to sheffield, emrltd. com give the best prices, thats where all local scrap dealers sell theirs to. The site is huge, Looks like they have one in Leeds too
 
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J&M Electrical said:
Was it Bramalls in Leeds? they always give the best prices around there. We tried Eric France once, he offered us 70p a Kg, went to Bramalls, they gave us £1.30 a KG and the bloke at Bramalls said Mr France weighs all his scrap in there. No wonder he could afford to plaster half naked girls all over advertisements around Wakefield.
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I go to European metal recycling Pontefract road (yellow building left hand side just after the BP station).
 
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I collect a few Kebabs from the healthy eating shop tonight :-)
and the scrap man followed me in
His price is
Unstriped £1700 ton
high grade £2000 ton (I think he means plumbers pipe)
Bright wire £4650 ton

apparently the price went down today but will be going back up over the next few days

apparently the cash payment for scrap is being stopped in April, and his industry thinks the bottom will fall out of his business as we don't want to pay tax on our scrap money
 
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Its true regarding cash payments. It's supposed to stop the amount of metal thefts there is at the moment. With recession folks are nipping down the railway line and throwing some swa over the tracks for a quick buck and kebab. I think there has been some fires caused in the old mills too with people thieving and burning cable in the buildings. Its going to be hard to do though as scrap men have always dealt in cash, they cannnot just walk into the bank with it can they.
 
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brooky25 said:
Its true regarding cash payments. It's supposed to stop the amount of metal thefts there is at the moment. With recession folks are nipping down the railway line and throwing some swa over the tracks for a quick buck and kebab. I think there has been some fires caused in the old mills too with people thieving and burning cable in the buildings. Its going to be hard to do though as scrap men have always dealt in cash, they cannnot just walk into the bank with it can they.
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If they have a shotgun under their arm they might get a decent price for it though.:gunsmilie:
 
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I don't know what you are all giving to the scrapman but I just found a docket from a year ago and for 92kg of burnt wire they gave me 419 quid,so 4.55 a kilo.Dunno why yis are all getting such bad prices.
 
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Did a scrap run on Friday ,
Bright - £4900 a ton
House hold - £1750 a ton
Swa from £800 a ton
Burnt £4000 a ton but will be stopped from 1st April
No more cash from 1st April , they will only pay into a bank account !
And before i went I phoned several yards just to check prices and like I have said before two different yards with the same surnames not more than 20 miles apart ,one paying £4900 a ton for bright the other £3000 !?????
 
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do i need a waste carriers license to drive my car 1 mile or less
for old coloured T/E on the drum as i have loads lol
or should i just get stripping it and park round corner lol and walk in like the scallys do before april the 1st

i have been meaning to take it as i last took some bright copper from some swa i had and stripped
for 15 kilo i got £55
 
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Phone around mate , it is well worth the trouble if you have any decent quantity .
And let the buggers know that you phoned first when you get there or you will get a different price to the one quoted , it has happened twice to me now !
 
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The best price I ever seen around London:
EMR
They have a lot of branches in UK.

I get about £1.60 per kilo for household cables and £2.00-2.10 for singles, but is was few months ago.
Worth to check prices before go anywhere as they have phone numbers on their website.
 
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unstripped 1.50 stripped 3.75

try this tool [video=youtube;BEHG3f0QI7s]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BEHG3f0QI7s[/video]
 
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