Re: Brinks Home Security Fraud

[Frank Olson <use_the_email_links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

tourman wrote:
> That reminds me, I have been collecting old used alarm batteries from
> my service calls, as well as those of other small dealers who drop
> them off. I used to have a guy who worked at the monitoring centre,
> who came by periodically to pick them up for free, but he has somehow
> disappeared, leaving me with several hundred old batteries to dispose
> of......
>
> I haven't taken the time to call to see if they are worth anything to
> a metal recycler. But my wife is getting piss*d with the growing pile,
> so I have to do something with them, and soon. Seems to me, with the
> huge increase in demand for lead, they ought to be worth something.
> Anybody know ???
>
> R.H.Campbell
> www.homemetal.com
> Ottawa, Ontario, Canada


Batteries are worth money (even dead ones).  Contact your local
recycler.  They'll put you in touch with someone they know that will
come around on a regular basis and pick up your batteries.  That's how
we deal with ours.