Re: 3¢ Per Pound

[Jim <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday, June 10, 2014 12:24:27 PM UTC-4, Bob La Londe wrote:
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> > On Saturday, June 7, 2014 2:46:55 PM UTC-4, 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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> >> local recycler and asked if they were interested in paying for them.=
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> >> Yep.
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> >> 3=EF=BF=BD per pound.  That won't pay for the fuel in my truck to take=
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> >> There used to be a guy who would pickup car batteries listed on=20
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> >> post an add to unload them on Craigslist see if one of the scrappers=
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> >> pay next to nothing it won't cost me money to dispose of them.
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> > ADI and Alarmax will take batteries back no charge I drop mine off when=
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> If I actually drove the 200 miles to ADI or Alarmax to pick up supplies t=
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Bob, if you have a local Sears Automotive or some chain auto parts store th=
at sells batteries, just bring them there, I think they'll take them.