Forest Cobbler Posted March 8, 2013 Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 Hi Do any of you get your scrap or obsolete keys recycled for cash? I assume it's possible, just don't know who we might sell them to. Thanks, Valerie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted March 8, 2013 Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 your local scrap metal man.... but don't expect much for the effort. I loaded my car up with a boot full of metal a few months ago, car was sitting low & filled a skip at the merchants & got about £40 so a few keys ain't going to be worth a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forest Cobbler Posted March 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 We got more than a few, Lee. And anything's better than having them hanging around taking up valuable space. V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted March 8, 2013 Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 How much are scrap watch batteries worth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simes Posted March 8, 2013 Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 I was quoted £70 per kilo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul_ Posted March 8, 2013 Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 I agree with Lee, your local scrap metal merchant will pay you for your old keys and other metal but don't expect much. The old batteries are a different matter, there is something in them that is quite valuable. There are companies out there that come around and weigh old batteries and pay quite a handsome Sum. If you can't find one then please remind me next week and I will get the company details of the people who call into my dads shop and take his old batteries. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forest Cobbler Posted March 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2013 We've been paid £30 a kilo from two different companies, but they're only interested in the 'SR' batteries because of the silver in them. One company is Exmet in Fareham 02392 321465, the other is Crown Refining (Gary Hoffman) 07576 505070. Not come across anyone paying as much as £70 a kilo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k4mrc Posted March 9, 2013 Report Share Posted March 9, 2013 we sell to local guys who call in and collect quite regularly 'Brass' keys etc and we haggle each time to get a bit more, Also watch batteries almost collected every two months, hope it carries on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forest Cobbler Posted March 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2013 Following your advice I've found someone locally to take the brass keys now, thanks, but there's a heck of a lot of steel ones. Do people pay for steel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted March 9, 2013 Report Share Posted March 9, 2013 Do people pay for steel? thanks to our Chinese friends expanding, the worlds short on all metals & yes people pay for steel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamparker Posted March 9, 2013 Report Share Posted March 9, 2013 If you have that many i would suggest you invest the money raised in buying new machines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forest Cobbler Posted March 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2013 None taken Been in business for 30 years, these things build up. Quite a lot of obsolete stock as well, that I can't see will ever be used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamparker Posted March 9, 2013 Report Share Posted March 9, 2013 I never throw out keyblanks, only yesterday did a 30 year old fiat that i had a blank for it was very discoloured and covered in dust but did the job and another happy customer who had been all over the place trying to get one cut. Silca AM2R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted March 9, 2013 Report Share Posted March 9, 2013 i concur its the obsolete stuff (in your view) that builds reputations long term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forest Cobbler Posted March 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2013 Well I wasn't suggesting that we throw out every last obsolete blank. But when there's 30 of something that you haven't used in the last 20 odd years, is there really any point in keeping more than 5 of them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted March 9, 2013 Report Share Posted March 9, 2013 Well I wasn't suggesting that we throw out every last obsolete blank. But when there's 30 of something that you haven't used in the last 20 odd years, is there really any point in keeping more than 5 of them? Phone call today (true story, just happened) Q. do you cut keys? A. Yes sir Q. forklift truck A. Yes sir anyway in he comes' key said "nissan" on it & was an old school DT17 Q. how many would you like, sir? A. how many you got? \:D/ \:D/ \:D/ \:D/ \:D/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forest Cobbler Posted March 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2013 That's great, and I'm happy for you. I really am. But I still cannot imagine that anyone is going to come in for 30 Wellington nightlatch keys. To be honest, I think my real problem is that I've spent a lot of time over these last quiet weeks, going through box after box of old and new keys, sorting out the ones that have got misplaced, reorganising and relabelling a lot of it, and I'm sick of the sight of them. Yours, from key hell, Valerie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenB Posted March 9, 2013 Report Share Posted March 9, 2013 I know where you're coming from Valerie. Without wanting to generalise too much, I think there are a lot of hoarders in this trade. Myself included. Getting rid of some of the accumulated clutter is a fantastic thing to do, and something that can't be done too often IMO. If there is a way to get some cash back on some of this clutter, so much the better! Right, off to do some tidying up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Friend Posted March 10, 2013 Report Share Posted March 10, 2013 Im fairly sure I wrote this before - I had a shop for 20 years - I bought keyboards when I opened - populated with 10 of each 'Popular' blank. At the end of year one before the stock check I counted 10 then placed a bit of paper on the hook, then 10 etc - when I sold up - about 40 hooks still had the original 10 blanks and the bit of paper a few more had 10 paper plus a few - WTF. Valerie I also had a guy give me his sweepings a large supplier - it was cheaper for him to chuck the odd blank dropped and take another from the bin than find it and repatriate it - so I go those - spent hours sorting them - making hooks for them and rarely sold one - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingkey Posted March 11, 2013 Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 we have a brass recycling box , you must make sure only brass is in it , or you only get a mixed metal price at the scrappies,which is less than a third of pure brass alone, so we break euro cylinders apart in a vice to get rid of the steel middle section , as a rough guide the last time i weighed in , 2 euros were worth 1 pound, last year though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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