Everyone knows I’m all about reducing clutter. As a matter fact I may have vowed on this very blog that I wouldn’t bring anything new into the house without getting rid of something.
I could just picture this monstrosity in the driveway for a few months.
Imagine my horror when Charlie loaded into the car and brought home the above enormous, non-working air conditioner!!! He assured me “it’s worth something.”
A few days later he had it all apart and loaded the parts back into the car.
The top 2 items are worth something, the bottom 2 not so much.
We drove the constituent pieces down the road a few miles to our local non-ferrous recycling business. (For some reason they did not want their name in the photos so I blocked it out. They have 6 locations throughout Maryland.)
They open for business early.
Charlie unloaded the various parts: a motor, some aluminum, some wires. The recycler’s agent weighed each different thing.
The recycling operation is compact and well-organized.
When everything was weighed and counted Charlie went to the cashier.
Some bins are kept inside a large garage.
He was presented with $35.65. (I had guessed about $35 although I had no basis whatsoever for my guess.)
We have proof that an old air conditioner is worth over $35.
It just goes to prove one man’s junk is another man’s trip to his favorite Mexican restaurant.
Do you deal in old junk?
Sidebar: Apparently on Wednesdays Senior Citizens get an additional premium.
Seniors get a bonus on Wednesday.
When questioned the agent said it really only applied to aluminum cans. We were there on Thursday and weren’t cashing in cans.
