Man...........I just went to turn in some scrap copper and the price has plummeted to 90c for number 1 and 70c a lb for number two...........WTF! seven or eight mths ago I got over 3 bucks>>>
sounds about right, I got $1.80/lb last week>>>
When the price of scrap copper goes up, so does the price of all the new metals we use. Not a good thing if you are in the "buying' mode.>>>
The last time I took copper in I got $3.30 a pound, about a year ago. I here it's about $2.00 for clean and bright now. I HAD 250 LBS. that was nice>>>
When the price of scrap was at $2.70 # the price of sheet copper was at about $6.00 a #. I like it like it is right now. I have a big pile of scrap that is going to get bigger as I wait for the price to go back up. It will, trust me. The election is o>>>
oh....well I brought it back to the yard, I'll try somewhere else today....cool.>>>
I had some cans and called around. It's down around here. Never have any copper scrap. I recycle it 'in shop'.:)>>>
Jedd - I agree w/ Copperman. You got screwed.>>>
I think you got screwed. I went a week ago and got $2.70 I don't think it went down 2 bucks in a week.>>>
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