Scrap pricing for complete laptop batteries

ad8mustanggt

ad8mustanggt

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Hey guys - I have an opportunity to possibly buy a gaylord that's somewherebetween 1/2 - 3/4 full of laptop batteries from a local recycler. He's offering to sell them to me at the same price he can scrap them for but he's (so far)been unable to tell me what that price is. I don't think he's trying to hide it, I just think he's unsure without making some calls on his end.

So - Having said that, I want to make sure I'm paying a fair price once he lets me know.I'm in Pennsylvania and was wondering if there were any othersin the USA that knew what the local scrap yardswere paying per poundfor laptop batteries? I realize it can and will vary across the country andI need to make some calls locally as well but it's a little tough having a day job so the bigger sample size I can get the better.

I have to imagine it'll come out to less than the $1-$3 per pack I see a lot of people paying so I'm pretty happy about that. I won't be able to see the packs in real detail until they arrive at my door so it's a little bit of a gamble but I feel like it's worth the risk. Total worst case they seem somewhat easy to flip on eBay if it comes to it...
 
His recycler is going to pay by the pound. So ultimately, if the price is about $1/lb, your good to go. Cheaper is better, obviously. But I wouldn't go much higher than that. $1.25 is the max I'd pay and that'd need to be 9cell packs to get a good deal.

There's another thread that talks a lot about pack pricing that was discussed recently "How much is too much for laptop packs" or something like that.
 
I am paying $0.90 per pound and those are not bulk prices... if I was buying in serious quantity, I expect better prices.

Edit... well today I just ate my own words above and paid more than I usually would for laptop packs, but that was only because I have been striking out at most places I was trying the past few days. I paid $1.80/lb today. It really is more than I would like, but I needed something to keep my busy!

That said, I picked up about 80 pounds of packs. If the yield is good that would be about 22-25 cents per cell. Still better than what I was paying some eBay sellers.
 
It really depends on your local ....I wish I could buy around here for what everyone else is stating ....but as I referenced in a previous post the prices are now double or more than that around here at this time ...and they seem to be going higher. If you can get them for a $1 lb and can afford it...buy them IMO if you are wanting to harvest cells.
 
ad8mustanggt said:
Hey guys - I have an opportunity to possibly buy a gaylord that's somewherebetween 1/2 - 3/4 full of laptop batteries from a local recycler. He's offering to sell them to me at the same price he can scrap them for but he's (so far)been unable to tell me what that price is. I don't think he's trying to hide it, I just think he's unsure without making some calls on his end.

So - Having said that, I want to make sure I'm paying a fair price once he lets me know.I'm in Pennsylvania and was wondering if there were any othersin the USA that knew what the local scrap yardswere paying per poundfor laptop batteries? I realize it can and will vary across the country andI need to make some calls locally as well but it's a little tough having a day job so the bigger sample size I can get the better.

I have to imagine it'll come out to less than the $1-$3 per pack I see a lot of people paying so I'm pretty happy about that. I won't be able to see the packs in real detail until they arrive at my door so it's a little bit of a gamble but I feel like it's worth the risk. Total worst case they seem somewhat easy to flip on eBay if it comes to it...
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Offer $1 a pound and go up to $2 as necessary. Roughly 9 cells to a pound including plastic btw. Figure at least one of out 6 cells are DOA and another 1 out of 6 won't test over 2000mAh (the lowest capacity cell used in many of the big powerwalls).
 
Price is dictated by a market. I am in large urban area and no one was interested to even start the conversation below $2 per pound. Me and the powerwall builder friend end up paying $2.50 per pound of mixed (18650 and pouches) laptop batteries. So far we got 1000 pounds, but we are looking to get 1000 more to satisfy our needs. Only 10% or so ware pouches.
There is lot of interest in the area we are in, and there are regulations preventing e-recyclers from selling lithium batteries to the public.
 
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