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Re: Fair market value for scrap

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Originally Posted by MechEng83 View Post
Our local metal vendors will sell cuts of extrusion and sheet at a pro-rated price, generally by the foot. For example, if I wanted a 1' piece off a 25' extrusion that costs $50, I'd pay 2 bucks and walk out of there.
We get our sheet aluminum for free from an awesome local sponsor (a small machine shop), so have the great burden of having to figure out what we'd have paid for it had we paid for it.
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