Re: 3¢ Per Pound

[James B <denco2@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday, June 12, 2014 10:43:04 PM UTC-6, John Sowden wrote:
> On 06/07/2014 11:46 AM, Bob La Londe wrote:
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> > In the past I've always had the vendor take care of my spent alarm
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> > batteries.  No return, but no headache either.  The last couple years I
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> > have not been able to do that so the pile is getting pretty big.  I
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> > stopped by a local recycler and asked if they were interested in paying
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> > for them.  Yep. 3=EF=BF=BD per pound.  That won't pay for the fuel in m=
y truck
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> > to take them over there much less my time.  What got me was the guy was
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per
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> > pound.  So how do the rest of you guys get rid of your old batteries?
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> > There used to be a guy who would pickup car batteries listed on
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> > Craigslist, but I haven't seen him on for a while.  Still, figured it
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> > couldn't hurt to post an add to unload them on Craigslist see if one of
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> > the scrappers would be interested in them and would pickup.  Atleast if
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> > they pickup when they pay next to nothing it won't cost me money to
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> > dispose of them.
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> re: the craigslist guy, I called him (same guy?).  he is in Sacramento.=
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>   he pays 1.00 for a 12v 7ah bat
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> John

We get about 1.25 per 7ah battery (in utah)