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GTO
10-04-2011, 03:00 PM
Where in the Meredith area can I take copper and sell it for a good price?

birchhaven
10-05-2011, 10:43 AM
where did you come across the copper to sell?

fatlazyless
10-05-2011, 11:08 AM
Laconia has a couple or a few pawn shops; one's across from Irwin Ford on Union Ave, and my favorite one, Curbside Treasure's, is close to the Lakeport fire station and the Lakeport dam. I would just walk into Curbside Treasures with a container of used copper fittings; let them take a look-see, and see what they's have to say?

Saturday is 40% off day at Curbside if you need any power tools, or stereo electronics items, and they have so much inventory upstairs and downstairs that they's run out of space to store it all.

jmen24
10-05-2011, 11:25 AM
You have to be kidding me! Folks aquire copper from all kinds of places. It is not some rare metal that can only be aquired by stealing or smuggling, like uranium.

I have a 20 foot length of 3" that I removed from my house that was the stink pipe, when I renovated my bath 2 years ago.

GTO, I would take it directly to Advanced Recycling (though I think the name has changed) in Concord off Hall st. That will be the best price you could get for it. Cut off all fittings and weigh them seperate from clean. The price difference is worth the time.

Trust me, if someone shows up with 4 and 5 foot lengths of supply wire (6 gauge or larger) or long lengths of pipe. They are going to need to explain its origin. People are steeling far more worthwhile things than copper. This spring a group of people took a section of railroad track from the small section at the end of our road. Think about how they explained that one to the recycling center. Each section is 30 feet long and apparently weighs over a ton.

GTO
10-05-2011, 02:04 PM
where did you come across the copper to sell?

Great question Columbo. Well you can go and unlock your doors again because I think I have a pretty good explanation and an alibi for any any night you want to question. My father in law was a pipe fitter and when he sold us the house, there have been some copper pipes and rolled up copper tubing there for years. When I decided to clean out the basement a few weeks ago, I decided to get rid of it instead of just moving it around like I usually do.
Wow....did I actually just answer that

birchhaven
10-05-2011, 03:18 PM
It was a pretty simple question, I did not mean anything by it, it just peaked my interest, I am sorry you took it that way, you should know that when you go to scrap it they will ask, so you will have to tell them the story too, Laconia PD is on the look out for copper being scrapped at the moment, FYI (recent robberies of copper and fittings)

GTO
10-05-2011, 03:33 PM
It was a pretty simple question, I did not mean anything by it, it just peaked my interest, I am sorry you took it that way, you should know that when you go to scrap it they will ask, so you will have to tell them the story too, Laconia PD is on the look out for copper being scrapped at the moment, FYI (recent robberies of copper and fittings)

Maybe they will ask me at the scrap yard, but here on the Forum?
I am glad LPD is not looking for water skiis because I was going to go take my posting off of Craigslist

Rattlesnake Gal
10-05-2011, 03:37 PM
This place isn't close to Meredith, but they buy all sorts of scraps and they are on the way to the lake or on the way home... sort of. ;)

Granite State Salvage (http://www.granitestatesalvage.com/metals.nxg)
31 Dracut Road
Hudson, NH 03051
603-882-9325

GTO, I would take it directly to Advanced Recycling (though I think the name has changed) in Concord off Hall Street.
You're right jmen, Advanced Recycling (http://www.advancedrecycling.com/) is now part of Schnitzer Northeast, part of Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc.

ACutAbove
10-09-2011, 08:38 PM
Gilpatric metal recycleing in Bristol. should be able to get the number online somewhere

fatlazyless
10-12-2011, 06:32 AM
Laconia has a couple or a few pawn shops; one's across from Irwin Ford on Union Ave, and my favorite one, Curbside Treasure's, is close to the Lakeport fire station and the Lakeport dam. I would just walk into Curbside Treasures with a container of used copper fittings; let them take a look-see, and see what they's have to say?

Saturday is 40% off day at Curbside if you need any power tools, or stereo electronics items, and they have so much inventory upstairs and downstairs that they's run out of space to store it all.

And from today's newspaper, comes this article:

www.laconiadailysun.com/story/small-business-job-creator-busted

which is probably not too much of a surprise to anyone who has been in the store there. It has a really big inventory of great quality items that totally fills up the space, including their "bargain basement," which they try to sell off at some very reasonable prices. Plus, as mentioned above, Saturday is the big discount day!

One item that had me scratching my head was a working parking meter and steel pole for sixty dollars? A parking meter like that just had to belong to a parking space somewhere, so is there any local parking spaces that are missing their meter? For 25-cents you got to park for one hour.

Oh well....I have nothing intelligent to say here?:rolleye2:

jmen24
10-13-2011, 06:20 PM
One item that had me scratching my head was a working parking meter and steel pole for sixty dollars? A parking meter like that just had to belong to a parking space somewhere, so is there any local parking spaces that are missing their meter? For 25-cents you got to park for one hour.



Yup, Concord is missing every parking meter they had in the entire city. If you have any information, you should contact the Concord PD and tell them what you know.