500# of scrap

An old friend asked me to haul away some scrap iron. He doesn't have a truck, just wanted to clean up his shop. He said it probably wasn't worth the gas to take it to the recyclers. He had many old engine parts, brake rotors, the good stuff. Well it was just over 500# and worth $41. I was going past the recyclers, so it really didn't cost me anything to take it there, just my time.

Should I tell him what's it's worth or just buy him breakfast for a week?

Breakfast 2 days sounds right

$41 is really not all that much if you figure in your time. Guesing you loaded/unloaded. Sounds like he just wanted it gone and you helped it disappear. I would say 1 or 2 breakfests tops. Hard for me to eat breakfest out anymore for under $10 dollars. But I don't cut corners on breakfest. Ya know, the hash browns and the whole works.

That is only $160.00 a ton or so. You got took good clean short iron is $315.00 a ton here at the semelter and local mom and pop scrap yards pay $250 a ton and up.

A friend asked you for a favor, and you helped him out. Breakfast was your idea and something that I didn't think of. Not a bad idea, since you asked, because you know what? You may just ask your friend for a favor onr day, and if you do, hopefully he returns the favor. Thats kind of how its supposed to work.

Good luck with your decision, whatever it may be.

Mark

"Should I tell him what"s it"s worth"

ABSOLUTELY NOT!

LIE to him! He is your "old friend" after all.

Isn"t that how friends treat each other?

(This has GOT to be a new LOW on here from a long-time poster!)

You must be having a bad day. It didn't read like George was planning to cheat anyone, just which would be better. Chill out.

I did NOT suggest he was cheating anyone.

I guess I'm kinda WEIRD, 'cuz I would have ENJOYED telling my "old friend" what his scrap sold for.

But that's just me. YAMMV!

And I'm glad you and George are not my "friends"!

Short iron in Arkansas is $220 per ton.

He was too busy worrying about the $2 he lost on the key machine yesterday.

(quoted from post at 02:45:26 05/23/14) A friend asked you for a favor, and you helped him out. Breakfast was your idea and something that I didn't think of. Not a bad idea, since you asked, because you know what? You may just ask your friend for a favor onr day, and if you do, hopefully he returns the favor. Thats kind of how its supposed to work.

Good luck with your decision, whatever it may be.

Mark

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elping a friend out,that's how it's suppose to work? Yes.Bravo and ditto to all of the above!

Scrap price must vary with the area (and maybe the amount of competition for it). Its only about 160 around here (Pacific northwest), too.

To set the record straight. I got a $2 refund. I put old key on top of new key and discovered the blank for the new key was too long. Yesterday, I filed the end off new key, it now works. So I called Minute Key and told them to keep their $2. After another 10 minutes on the phone, They said they couldn't do that.

Is there a target on my back? What did I do to Iss people off? SORRY EVERYONE!!!!!!!

I have done that very same thing for a friend. I cashed the check and gave the friend the cash. Made me feel good and the friend was more willing to help me in a pinch later on. Jim

Dollar menu and senior coffee.

No, give him his 41 bucks. He might buy you breakfast or hand you back some gas money.Otherwise you kinda look like a weasel.

Now makes me wonder if I should give you part of my masters degree for helping me with course work those many years ago LOL Whats funny about this is if youall knew george you would know he would help anybody without any though of pay!!!

(quoted from post at 03:44:36 05/23/14) To set the record straight. I got a $2 refund. I put old key on top of new key and discovered the blank for the new key was too long. Yesterday, I filed the end off new key, it now works. So I called Minute Key and told them to keep their $2. After another 10 minutes on the phone, They said they couldn't do that.

Is there a target on my back? What did I do to Iss people off? SORRY EVERYONE!!!!!!!

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I think you're mistaking a good rib-poking for people being pi$$ed off at you.

Frankly the defective key was still defective. You shouldn't feel obligated to pay for it!

Wild Bill, Good to hear from you. I just finished helping a Neighbor split his Massey 35. He just had an operation on his right arm, going to be layed up for 8 weeks. Neighbor had to put a new seal on tranny. When He put it back together he got the throw out bearing reversed and another part in backward.

I rewired it for him. Started at 9:30, split the tractor, reversed the parts and had it back together at 3:30.

Neighbor is happy, but his hand was swelling and turning black. He tried to help. I kept telling his to sit and watch. Hard to tell an old tart to sit and watch.

I don't understand the people on YT. Friend, 78, asked me to come over and clean out his garage. He didn't want anything for his scrap. Said it wasn't worth it for him to haul it to the recycler. He didn't have a truck. He was happy I cleaned his garage. You would think I robbed him over $41 of scrap. Recycler was very busy. Took me an hour for them to unload it and get weighed. It wasn't too much out or my way, so not a major fuel expense.

I asked here if I should tell him how much it was worth or just buy him breakfast. He is part of the ROMEO club, retired old men who eat out.

He got to breakfast before I did, so I gave him $20. He said I didn't have to pay him. I told him to put the 20 towards his VW 3 wheeler he is making.

There sure are a lot of people on YT who seem to hate what I do for friends and neighbors.

As for your Masters, are you going to send me part of your pension? Did you save me new email address? BTW, I've never told anyone what I did for a living for 31 years, so please keep it that way.
George

Your friend isn't worried about it so you shouldn't either. If you want, file away the $41 dollars in the back of your mind and sometime yall can go eat or go to the tractor show or something. He knew you were putting time and fuel into it and wasn't going to sweat it.

Actually, I do many things for friends and neighbors for free, I won't take their money. This was just his way of paying me back. Guess you can call it paying it forward.

Some here seem to blow this out of proportion trying to make me a villian.

(quoted from post at 19:23:44 05/23/14) Actually, [b:cfa0e9a663]I do many things for friends and neighbors for free,[/b:cfa0e9a663] I won't take their money. This was just his way of paying me back. Guess you can call it paying it forward.

Some here seem to blow this out of proportion trying to make me a villian.

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I used to do that too till i found out i was traveling a one way street when i needed favors back. :roll:

As for the scrap,..he just wanted it gone, you agreed to load it on your truck and took it to the scrapyard, you spend time waiting and unloading it.
You owe your friend nothing.

Yeah, I don't know what everyone is flipping out about.

We have an older neighbor that I help out frequently. I work on his pickup from time to time as he has gotten to where he can't crawl under it; getting limited mobility. I do it just to help him out, don't ask for any payment, but he brings me things from time to time. I think he feels better about it that way. Nobody worried about keeping score.

I have older neighbors who pay me with food. Last payment was a bowl of ham and beans. She thought I worked so hard, gave me a second bowl.

The beans were so good, they talked to me for 2 days.

Good food is priceless.

I wouldn't give it a second thought.
I don't scrap much, save most, but when I have scrap,
I call my son and he, or one of his (trusted) friends that need $
comes and gets it and takes it in.
I don't have to do anything, and I don't care a bit how much they get for it. $40 or some valuable metal mixed in and they get $400? I don't care at all, and never ask. Junk is gone.
And no way, no how, would I let a real 'scrapper' get a look at my place................

like to add, that my son and his friends are very proud men,
that would never take any $ help from me, even when they need it badly.
But, 'helping me out' with my junk gets a few dollars in their pocket with pride intact.