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Selling scrap metal after plumbing job

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  • 30-03-2013 7:39am
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    mrcheez
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    Got new boiler setup recently and I made sure to keep all the scrap metal... Copper cylinder, old steel pipes, rads, etc

    Recommend a place in north dublin that'll give me a good price? ;)


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    Joey the lips
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    Because of the amount you have and the fact you wont be a regular i would go to the nearest place to you. However bring your driving licence. There is now regulations about ID due. i am not too sure if the industry is working it already.

    TBH and just my opinion. i would have left it to the plumber to take away. But each to there own i suppose.


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    mrcheez
    Registered Users Posts: 13,657 ✭✭✭✭mrcheez


    Joey the lips wrote: »
    TBH and just my opinion. i would have left it to the plumber to take away. But each to there own i suppose.

    Well it's not taking up space and i'm sure there's a few bob in it, so definitely worth keeping

    Know anything about O'Reilly Scrap Metal Recycling? http://www.scrap-metal.ie/


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    doctorchopper
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    its well worth selling, i did the same recently, cylinder and some pipes and got 200 euro for it. took it to a scrap yard in harolds cross south dublin right by the canal


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    mrcheez
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    Finally got around to doing this, the total weight came up as around 3.2 stone (approx 20 kg to the rest of us) for copper and a bit of brass. Got 90 euro for it after hagglin a bit, probably wouldn't have got more than 95 if I'd kept pushing. Reckon that price was reasonable?

    I was chuffed with the 90 anyway. That'll go toward some garden plants :)


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    sullzz
    Registered Users Posts: 2,409 ✭✭✭sullzz


    mrcheez wrote: »
    Finally got around to doing this, the total weight came up as around 3.2 stone (approx 20 kg to the rest of us) for copper and a bit of brass. Got 90 euro for it after hagglin a bit, probably wouldn't have got more than 95 if I'd kept pushing. Reckon that price was reasonable?

    I was chuffed with the 90 anyway. That'll go toward some garden plants :)

    A couple of things here ..... you dont haggle with the scrap yard , if you used them before you would know this , its a fixed price , you wouldnt haggle over a pint of milk in the shop , but the main thing I would say is ..I cant believe you took the scrap from the plumber , I would be shocked if a customer asked me to leave the scrap behind , it would leave a very sour taste.


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    stephendevlin
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    sullzz wrote: »
    I would be shocked if a customer asked me to leave the scrap behind , it would leave a very sour taste.

    Why? because the plumber can profit from it and not the owner of the materials?


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    sullzz
    Registered Users Posts: 2,409 ✭✭✭sullzz


    stephendevlin wrote: »
    Why? because the plumber can profit from it and not the owner of the materials?

    Its just my opinion , you dont have to like it , whatever about the cylinder , but the pipe and fittings


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    bhamsteve
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    sullzz wrote: »
    A couple of things here ..... you dont haggle with the scrap yard , if you used them before you would know this , its a fixed price , you wouldnt haggle over a pint of milk in the shop , but the main thing I would say is ..I cant believe you took the scrap from the plumber , I would be shocked if a customer asked me to leave the scrap behind , it would leave a very sour taste.

    ??? Maybe he doesn't want to give the plumber a €90 tip, or maybe he needs the money. I'm sure it would leave a sour taste if you are used to €90 cash in hand after every job.


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    stephendevlin
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    sullzz wrote: »
    Its just my opinion , you dont have to like it , whatever about the cylinder , but the pipe and fittings

    So you would have a bad taste in your mouth because you would be entitled to this persons left over property?


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    sullzz
    Registered Users Posts: 2,409 ✭✭✭sullzz


    stephendevlin wrote: »
    So you would have a bad taste in your mouth because you would be entitled to this persons left over property?

    Yes thats it exactly !!


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    stephendevlin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,307 ✭✭✭stephendevlin


    sullzz wrote: »
    Yes thats it exactly !!

    Thought thats what your problem was.


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    sullzz
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    But still if I was to remove an old bathroom or including tiles , or a galvanised storage tank etc , they would expect me to dump them for free.


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    stephendevlin
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    sullzz wrote: »
    But still if I was to remove an old bathroom or including tiles , or a galvanised storage tank etc , they would expect me to dump them for free.

    Why would you need to worry about that when you are entitled to them?


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    sullzz
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    stephendevlin wrote: »
    Why would you need to worry about that when you are entitled to them?

    Its swings and roundabouts .


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    bhamsteve
    Closed Accounts Posts: 451 ✭✭bhamsteve


    sullzz wrote: »
    But still if I was to remove an old bathroom or including tiles , or a galvanised storage tank etc , they would expect me to dump them for free.

    That would be included in the quote, would it not?


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    stephendevlin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,307 ✭✭✭stephendevlin


    sullzz wrote: »
    Its swings and roundabouts .

    Sure they have scrap value too


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    sullzz
    Registered Users Posts: 2,409 ✭✭✭sullzz


    bhamsteve wrote: »
    That would be included in the quote, would it not?

    No


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    sullzz
    Registered Users Posts: 2,409 ✭✭✭sullzz


    stephendevlin wrote: »
    Sure they have scrap value too

    Lol


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    bhamsteve
    Closed Accounts Posts: 451 ✭✭bhamsteve


    sullzz wrote: »
    No

    Then it should be. Do you not agree at the outset what the job entails?


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    sullzz
    Registered Users Posts: 2,409 ✭✭✭sullzz


    bhamsteve wrote: »
    Then it should be. Do you not agree at the outset what the job entails?

    As I said you some jobs you get the likes of a cylinder to take away , others your left to take away an old suite or the likes ,
    As I also said its just my opinion .


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    bhamsteve
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    sullzz wrote: »
    As I said you some jobs you get the likes of a cylinder to take away , others your left to take away an old suite or the likes ,
    As I also said its just my opinion .

    That's fair enough, and I wouldn't begrudge you any perks but you seem to be demanding them. Time's have changed, people are more frugal now, often because they need to be


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    sullzz
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    bhamsteve wrote: »
    That's fair enough, and I wouldn't begrudge you any perks but you seem to be demanding them. Time's have changed, people are more frugal now, often because they need to be

    I absolutely never demand anything , if a customer asked me to leave a cylinder or anything behind I would do so with a smile , I dont take it for granted that I am getting it , when removed I ask them what they want me to do with it , its just 99.9% of the time they leave it for me to take away , the same goes for the rubbish on a job like old suites, I understand that times have changed, my prices have dropped drastically with the times , im not a big bad plumber out to rip anyone off and steal their property like what was said about me.


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    stephendevlin
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    sullzz wrote: »
    rip anyone off and steal their property like what was said about me.

    You came across as demanding as said before and now your coming across as defensive.

    Nobody said you ripped anyone off or stole anything


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    bhamsteve
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    sullzz wrote: »
    I absolutely never demand anything , if a customer asked me to leave a cylinder or anything behind I would do so with a smile , I dont take it for granted that I am getting it , when removed I ask them what they want me to do with it , its just 99.9% of the time they leave it for me to take away , the same goes for the rubbish on a job like old suites, I understand that times have changed, my prices have dropped drastically with the times , im not a big bad plumber out to rip anyone off and steal their property like what was said about me.

    I'm not sure anyone implied you are ripping people off, it was just the 'sour taste' comment that didn't go down too well. Anyway, good luck with business :)


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    sullzz
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    stephendevlin wrote: »
    You came across as demanding as said before and now your coming across as defensive.

    Nobody said you ripped anyone off or stole anything

    Nobody said but YOU implied


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    sullzz
    Registered Users Posts: 2,409 ✭✭✭sullzz


    bhamsteve wrote: »
    I'm not sure anyone implied you are ripping people off, it was just the 'sour taste' comment that didn't go down too well. Anyway, good luck with business :)

    I suppose I could have picked betfer words:o ah well the can of worms are open now


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    stephendevlin
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    sullzz wrote: »
    Nobody said but YOU implied

    Exactly where now. Only thing I implied is that your not entitled to take anything and its not a given that you get to take the scrap with you. I nowhere stated that you take it without the owners permission.


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    ZETOR_IS_BETTER
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    sullzz wrote: »
    Nobody said but YOU implied

    To be honest you came across as if you had a right to take the scrap.
    As another poster said why dont you price it into the job where you take scrap or dont take it so you and the customer know where ye both stand?


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    sullzz
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    stephendevlin wrote: »
    Why? because the plumber can profit from it and not the owner of the materials?

    Sounds like your calling me a rip off to me .
    Also read your other posts plenty of rip off refferences in them too.
    Whats your problem anyway , did someone take a cylinder on you , or have you just got something against plumbers , or mabey just me


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    mrcheez
    Registered Users Posts: 13,657 ✭✭✭✭mrcheez


    This thread is hilarious :)

    The cylinder and pipes are my property, not the plumbers. The plumbers job is to manipulate existing or add new pipes, not to take my property and profit from it. :)


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