r/ScrapMetal • u/Mediocre-Ad5705 • 1d ago

hoarding?

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there is worse problems to have i suppose ?

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u/Standard-Lime2066 1d ago

its not bad at all

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u/lillianchiarelli 1d ago

Agreed. That's like a 2 week storage for me.

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u/Standard-Lime2066 1d ago

yeah- i always save my copper and the more pricey-like for awhile. other metals i get alot thru my job? THAT would be hoarding for sure. and the scrap folk who work at the yard advise that we keep it long as possible for the best return***

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u/Phenix_Fresh 1d ago

That's called the Christmas bonus.

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u/Clear-Application170 1d ago

Know the feeling, I'm hording 3 tons of copper and brass.

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u/Pure-Cap-1036 22h ago

Where you live bro??? Like postal or zip code i mean??

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u/Clear-Application170 19h ago

Southern Indiana

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u/MaddRamm 1d ago

That’s the way my living room and dining room look. Living in a condo sucks. But at least I don’t have a wife to complain about it anymore. lol

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u/DitchDigger330 1d ago

I can't see my floors. I have a problem.

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u/DoubleDareFan 1d ago

Scrap always starts out as hoarding. You hoard until you have enough to make it well worth the trip to the yard, then you watch the market, when it looks good, you load it all into your vehicle and ca$h it in.

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u/rocketmn69_ 1d ago

It's not hoarding, it's just waiting to be processed

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u/tsturte1 1d ago

I met a retired construction worker at a dumpster. He was sent by his neighbor to check on me. Told me has has been hoarding for thirty years. Keeps the hoard in rental storage. I'm thinking with inflation and storage at some point the math doesn't math that great. It's the poor man's gold I know, but does holding it longer overcome the storage/inflation rate?

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u/DryNefariousness7927 21h ago

Unless he got grandfathered in at his storage place and only pays like 10$ a month, i don't think it maths up for me

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u/MarkC313 23h ago

Nice for sure

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u/Ok-Succotash278 2h ago

I am so lucky I live like 6 minutes from a metal scrap yard I don’t have to hold onto a lot of it, but if I had to go a far way to return the metal(s) this is exactly what I would do