scrap metal collection, does this sound right?

[misdee]

i phoned the council yesterday about collecting a washing machine and tumble dryerm, and they wanted to charge me £30 per item so i said no and i'd get them to the tip somehow. but just now, a young-ish lad knocked on the door and asked if i'd let them take them Free Of Charge.

do places still pay for scrap metal and things like this? i cant see why someone would want to take a knackered old washing machine and dryer away FOC.

should i be worried? will they be fly-tipping? the back of the truck is full of scrap metal.

blimey no let them take it!! our council charge £50 to take away an old fridge, i was livid, in the end i just used the work van to take it to the tip (no charge) it's a blinkin disgrace

I think you can still 'sell' scrap metal...there is a chap who lives on our street who seems do this...

you certainly can still sell scrap metal

dp works in rubbish

they've taken them. saved me 670quid or a whole lot of lifting.

was just surprised that scrap metal was still going!

60quid even.

good! there is a lucrative business for some people out there! councils really take the p

was it a rag and bone man? we had one up to a few years ago, he still rang a bell

nah, just two young-ish topless lads in a small open back truck. havent seen the rag and bone man for years which is why it shocked me really.

well good for them!