where can i take all these cans to get some money? do they still do that?

7/31/2003 6:30:20 AM

I think so. See these listings:
http://phonebook.superpages.com/yellowpages/C-Recycling/S-NC/T-Raleigh/

7/31/2003 6:32:24 AM

that's alot of numbers to call

does anyone have EXPERIENCE turning in cans? i might be sitting on a gold mine over here on brent road ehe

7/31/2003 6:33:33 AM

i remember when I was a little kid and would collect bags full of the damn things. I think $100 was the most I ever received, and that was with a trailer full of the bags.

7/31/2003 6:34:53 AM

well ok i'm not looking to turn it into a job or anything but between my sunkist and my roomate's pbr, we go through lots of cans

and i kinda want to use the crusher thats out on the deck!!1

7/31/2003 6:37:15 AM

i used to do it at home
we'd get anywhere from $40-$80 for a compact pickup truck load ('88 mazda b2200)

we'd get closer to $40 for a full load of uncrushed, and closer to $80+ for a crushed load. we also had to drive about 45 min to get to the place that paid for them. this was all in the marion area, NC.

it won't support you unless you are hardcore about collecting and storing, but it's good for some extra spending money. it's best to save up a bunch and have a pickup truck to haul them all at once. otherwise, you spend more in gas and time than is worth it.

we used to have a local chineese restaurant save cans for us (my mom tutored the owner's kids). we'd collect from them whenever they had a can full, then we'd wash and crush them (chineese trash is nasty shit), then we'd store them under the deck and take off a load ever month or two.

7/31/2003 6:53:57 AM

hahaha i waited tables at a chinese place for a while (mom was friends w/ the 0\/\/n3rs)

the trash is nasty

how many bags would you estimate = a truckload?

there used to be a machine at the corner of holly springs / sunset lake road that paid you change when you threw cans in it, it was awesome

7/31/2003 6:57:21 AM

hmmm, we used trash bags that would fit in those huge trashcans they use at high schools...i guess they're like 50 gallons?? we'd fill them about halfway with crushed cans (any more and the bags start to tear when you lift them). we could fit about 2 rows of 3 bags each in the truck that would go up a little past the rail, then pile 3 or more bags on top of that depending on what we had.

using big bags is best cause you don't really have to tie anything down if they all weigh themselves down and you have it packed in there. just throw a few straps over the bags on top and you're set to go...no tarps to deal with.

7/31/2003 7:02:38 AM

think you're gonna get rich

can't do it

7/31/2003 7:08:08 AM

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"i'm not looking to turn it into a job or anything "

7/31/2003 7:34:17 AM

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"i like cheese"

7/31/2003 7:35:52 AM

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"omfg urkel"

7/31/2003 7:37:47 AM

SEAL OF APPROVAL

7/31/2003 7:40:22 AM

the place i used to go was on capital blvd near that flea market, way down by atlantic ave and wake forest rd.

7/31/2003 9:45:57 AM

7/31/2003 10:06:29 AM

don't suppose you remember the name of said place?

7/31/2003 12:00:31 PM

http://www.beerforthehomeless.com/

7/31/2003 12:07:31 PM

michigan

7/31/2003 12:40:45 PM

jackleg u are one penny pinching motherfucker


seems like it pays off though, does it

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7/31/2003 12:59:23 PM

[yes]

8/1/2003 12:49:34 AM

take them up to massachusetts. you get 5 cents per can.

8/1/2003 12:51:04 AM

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"think you're gonna get rich can't do it"

8/1/2003 8:43:25 AM

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"there used to be a machine at the corner of holly springs / sunset lake road that paid you change when you threw cans in it, it was awesome"

sams club in greensboro has/had that.

when i took a caravan full of cans, i got about $100, but prices have gone down A LOT lately.

8/1/2003 9:28:05 AM

the trick is to put a little pebble in the can before you crush it so it weighs more....

8/1/2003 1:40:07 PM

and then, grasshopper, the key is to get the pebble out of the crushed can without disturbing it.

8/1/2003 1:41:16 PM

mmmmmk

8/1/2003 1:43:08 PM

that was the laugh of the night

8/1/2003 11:58:13 PM

I dunno but when my brother and I were in CT we brought back $10.35 worth of cans

(.05 cents each)

8/2/2003 11:52:17 AM

bttt

2/20/2006 2:50:35 AM

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"bums"

2/20/2006 2:52:21 AM

TT&E will take the aluminum. In Garner.
Right now, the rate is $.65 a pound. Probably 20 cans a pound, maybe?
It will take a lot.

2/20/2006 3:04:34 AM

what about other states? crazybenni is always talking about how they pay mad loot for cans up north... but is there a state nearby that pays? anyone know of a website about this?

2/20/2006 3:06:56 AM

http://www.seinfeldscripts.com/TheBottleDeposit1.html
http://www.seinfeldscripts.com/TheBottleDeposit2.html

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". . . KRAMER: What're you doing. (fetching the bottle from the trash) Don't throw that away. NEWMAN: Well, I'm not paying the five cents for that stupid recycling thing. KRAMER: You don't pay five cents, you get five cents back. Here, read the label here. (reads from bottle) Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York. Refund, (brings bottle up close to Newman's eyes) vrrup, five cents. NEWMAN: (taking bottle) Refund? KRAMER: Yes. JERRY: Well, what d'you think the hoboes are doing? NEWMAN: I don't know, they're deranged. . . . NEWMAN: (peering at bottle label) What is this 'MI, ten cents'? KRAMER: That's Michigan. In Michigan you get ten cents. NEWMAN: Ten cents!? KRAMER: Yeah. NEWMAN: Wait a minute. You mean you get five cents here, and ten cents there. You could round up bottles here and run 'em out to Michigan for the difference. KRAMER: No, it doesn't work. NEWMAN: What d'you mean it doesn't work? You get enough bottles together... KRAMER: Yeah, you overload your inventory and you blow your margins on gasoline. Trust me, it doesn't work. JERRY: (re-entering) Hey, you're not talking that Michigan deposit bottle scam again, are you? KRAMER: No, no, I'm off that. NEWMAN: You tried it? KRAMER: Oh yeah. Every which way. Couldn't crunch the numbers. It drove me crazy. . . . NEWMAN: I don't understand. You fill an eighteen-wheeler? KRAMER: No, an eighteen-wheeler's no good. Too much overhead. You got permits, weigh-stations, tolls... Look, you're way outta your league. NEWMAN: I wanna learn. I want to know why. . . . NEWMAN: So we could put the bottles in a U-haul. You know, go lean and mean? KRAMER: Newman, it's a dead-end, c'mon. . . . [Newman's Apartment] Newman sits on his couch. He's using an old mechanical adding machine and a pad to work on permutations for the 'Michigan deposit bottle scam'. There are spools of used paper from the adding machine all over the table and maps of the northeastern states of the US pinned up on the wall. He taps out a series of number, pulls the handle and reads the result, then looks at what he's written on his pad. NEWMAN: Damn! Frustrated, he sits back. He notices a framed photograph of his mother. A thought occurs. NEWMAN (V.O.): Oh, Mother's Day. (inspiration strikes) Wait a second. Mother's Day?! He starts typing figures into the adding machine rapidly. He mouths numbers to himself, shrugging as he makes estimates. When he finishes he tears the paper strip from the machine, compares it to figures on his pad. NEWMAN: (triumphant) Yessss! In celebration he swigs from a bottle of soda. NEWMAN: Ahaha! [Hallway] Newman hurries up to Kramer's door and hammers on it with his fist. He waits a few seconds, then impatiently hammers agin. NEWMAN: Come on Kramer! The door opens to reveal Kramer midway through a shave, holding a razor, with foam on his face. KRAMER: Wha...? NEWMAN: It's the truck, Kramer. The truck! KRAMER: Look, Newman, I told you to let this thing go. NEWMAN: No, no, no, no no. Listen to me. Most days, the post office sends one truckload of mail to the second domestic regional sorting facility in Saginaw, Michigan. KRAMER: (interested) Uh-huh. NEWMAN: But, on the week before holidays, we see a surge. On Valentine's Day, we send two trucks. On Christmas, four, packed to the brim. And tomorrow, if history is any guide, will see some spillover into a fifth truck. KRAMER: (realisation) Mother's Day. NEWMAN: The mother of all mail days. And guess who signed up for the truck. KRAMER: A free truck? Oh boy, that completely changes our cost structure. Our G and A goes down fifty percent. NEWMAN: (excited) We carry a coupla bags of mail, and the rest is ours! KRAMER: Newman, you magnificent bastard, you did it! NEWMAN: (triumph) Let the collecting begin! They embrace joyfully."

. . . PROFIT

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2/20/2006 8:44:48 AM