Thread Number: 17493
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Post# 286512 , Reply# 1   6/22/2008 at 09:26 (5,779 days old) by kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC)   |   | |
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I had to go to one of Charlotte's city-run recycling centers to retrieve two 1973 built Kenmore washers that were taken there inadvertently. As I was driving to the facility called "the Fox Hole", I was talking to their staff on the phone "Sir, even if we ain't uncrushed em yet, you cain't take nothin outta heah!". A plea for her supervisor yielded someone with some authority...I explained my situation and he said "no problem". When I got in there mine were the only two washers, along with a 7-8 year old Kitchen Aid WP dishwasher, and a couple water heaters and a 1970s fridge. Many of the workers there, who were all working off community service sentences, were curious as to why I'd want these old things. "You like to restore them!!! Cool hobby..." Before I found the machines I called several steel processing centers - they're paying upwards of 6 to 8.5 cents per pound now for appliances. So, my 250lb. 1972 Lady K would have fetched some decent change for someone in need. That's why there's more stuff going to the dumps. It's a bleak picture for auto enthusiasts (another hobby of mine) too because a discarded car, regardless of it restoration potential, can bring several hundred dollars just for scrap. |
Post# 286558 , Reply# 2   6/22/2008 at 15:08 (5,779 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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About 9 months ago, I dropped off a load of scrap appliances at the local scrapyard, and saw a coppertone mid 60's Kenmore washer, and a similar, but not matching dryer. Asked about them, and they said "Sure, you can have 'em, at .30 a lb." After loading them in my truck, and crossing the scale, it figured out to about $100.00 for the pair! They went back on the pile.....
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