I promise I am not crazy.....

G2SoccerTaz

I know I may sound crazy and redneckish/countrish, but I promise I am neither. But on Saturday, FI and I went to the 12 acres he inherited from his dad. We picked up a bunch of scrap metal to turn into cash to use as spending money for our honeymoon. We picked up scrap metal for about 2 hours. Yesterday we turned the scrap metal in , and were surprised on how much it was going for. We had dirty tin and it was $12/100 pound. We came away with $125 to put toward our honeymoon. We probably will do this a few more times before it gets really hot here in Texas.

I just had to share this cause what someone else thinks is trash can be turned into cash

chelseakopperud

That is AWESOME!!!

acaponi87

So jealous! Lol I don't think that's redneck or country.. Its smart! You better believe i'd be doing that if I had access to it!

gregamywedding

That is awesome.

ncd5015

That's great!

sleblanc72

I don't think that's crazy, I think that's awesome!

julianahenao881

thats great!!! good for u guys u should deff do it again u can always use the money.

midgetthemighty

Getting money (in legal ways) is never crazy! That's awesome!

Zimsgirl26

I don't think that's crazy. That's extra money in your pocket!

Olliee1607

Smart idea for easy cash! Love it

Shelly527IN

Great idea!

Ash61612

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[QUOTE]Getting money (in legal ways) is never crazy! That's awesome!
Posted by midgetthemighty[/QUOTE]
haha! agree. congrats

laurabub

That's awesome   Plus I'm sure you got a good work out!!

KrisKenny

I think it's great.

I just went to a vendor fundraiser and there was a cash-4-gold rep there. I brought some of my OLD jewelry (from prior exes) that FI didn't know I had. I ended up getting $485 for a ring, a bracklet, and 2 necklaces (that were already broken). Still deciding on what to do with the money and if I should let FI know or not tell him and surprise him with something for his 40th b-day in April.

DrPB2b13

That's AMAZING!  So much better than just paying a company to haul it all away - and it serves a great secondary purpose, which is cleaning up the land to be useful and safe later, either to build a house, or sell, or whatever else you're planning to do with it!

MMRoberts11

You are defnitely not crazy!  I think it's a great idea to get some extra cash.  I'd love to do it myself but way too many people do it around here already for it to be worth it.

G2SoccerTaz

We usually do it before we take trips. We went to Montana a few years ago, and was able to get $500 for scrap metal. We took our time and separated out the cooper, tin, steel, and aluminum.

Stuff just shows up on the front porch. Also neighbors drop things off into the trailer because they just don't want to deal with it themselves.

Now if only I could get money somehow for all the tires we have been finding burried on the land.

Megbo2012

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[QUOTE]Getting money (in legal ways) is never crazy! That's awesome!
Posted by midgetthemighty[/QUOTE]

<div>Exactly what I was going to say. :)</div>

tyleet87

That is smart! Congrats!

hlzander

That is great! FI works for a landfill and he is constantly finding stuff that is perfectly fine that people throw. He also collects strap metal and takes it in and usually gets at least $100 for it.

doeie04

I don't think that is crazy! My mom actually has a daycare parent who does that for a living.