Simple, transparent pickup
Selling scrap well is mostly about two things: knowing roughly what you have, and not letting the good material get graded down by the bad. Neither requires expertise. A few minutes of separation before the vehicle arrives is usually worth more than any amount of negotiating at the gate.
This page covers the sequence, then the specific mistakes that cost people money. If you only take one thing from it: keep copper, brass and aluminium out of your iron pile.
Material, rough quantity, location
Photos beat descriptions. Send a picture of the pile on WhatsApp with an approximate weight and your area — that is enough for us to identify grades and confirm whether free pickup applies.
Rates move, so we quote today's
We explain the expected rate for the grades visible and what would change it. For larger lots we visit and quote the job. Our published board gives you the current range up front, and the firm figure follows inspection.
Usually within a day or two
For eligible quantities we come to your home, shop, office, workshop or factory at an agreed time, with the vehicle and labour sized to the load.
Grade by grade, on a digital scale
The load is separated into its real grades and each is weighed with the reading visible to you. Tare for attached wood, rubber or concrete is shown, not assumed.
Cash or UPI, once you accept
The arithmetic is done in front of you. When you accept the total, payment is immediate, the material is loaded, and the area is left tidy.
Simple, practical, and worth real money on a mixed load.
Copper, brass and aluminium are worth many times iron per kilogram. Sold inside an iron pile they are paid at iron rates. This is the single biggest and most common loss.
Wood, rubber, concrete, glass and heavy plastic are deducted as tare. Removing what comes away easily converts dead weight into paid weight.
Damp paper is discounted or refused outright. Store bundles indoors and off the floor — never on an open terrace.
SS 304 sold with SS 202, or clean copper with insulated cable, gets graded at the weaker level unless it can be separated.
Bigger single lots cost us less to handle, and that shows up in the rate. Two months of cardboard beats four separate small pickups.
For stainless, brass and anything you are unsure of, ask us to test before quoting. It takes a minute and protects you from being paid at the wrong grade.
The ones we see most often, and what to do instead.
Illegal, dangerous, and it downgrades the copper anyway. Strip mechanically if the volume justifies it, or sell the cable as it is.
Batteries are bought whole by weight. Draining acid removes weight you would have been paid for and leaves you with a disposal problem.
Refrigerant must be recovered by a technician. Venting it is illegal, and a cut-open unit is worth less, not more.
CI has its own rate and its own buyers. Keep pump bodies, engine blocks and pulleys in a separate pile.
A working recent appliance or machine is often worth more repaired or resold. We will tell you when that is the case rather than buying it at scrap weight.
Any firm price given without seeing the material is a guess that gets renegotiated at your gate. Expect a range, then a firm number after inspection.
Send photos with your material type, approximate quantity and location. Free pickup for eligible loads, weighed in front of you, paid by cash or UPI.