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Old Apr 11, 2009 | 07:22 PM
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anyone know what the prices are like at the moment for scrap cats and batteries ?
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Old Apr 11, 2009 | 07:26 PM
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crap, having trouble giving away batteries, cats are about £10 here in sussex
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Old Apr 11, 2009 | 08:13 PM
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oh well , looks like i going sit on them a bit longer

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Old Apr 11, 2009 | 09:19 PM
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Cats in glasgow are going for £16 atm depending on where you go, up here batteries are going for fuck all, like 3 quid each, a few months ago i was getting 10 quid a battery, iv got alod stockpiled up for when the prices go back up
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 10:40 AM
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Couple of weeks ago I got £25 a cat and £7.50 for 5 car batterys.
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 11:02 AM
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Got £25 a cat yesterday in suffolk and £156 for a old mazda pick up it was full of scrap weighed just over 2 ton, I wieghed in at nearly 5 and half ton i think that was my range rover towing my heavy duty trailer with the mazda on the back.
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 11:13 AM
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like said suffolk/norfolk is about £25-30 for cat and about £4 for battery

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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 11:16 AM
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Was talking to someone fri,scraps going up £20 next week,and will be higher than last year before christmas
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 11:27 AM
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Anyone know if GEL type batterys are wanted by scrap yards too?
I dont care if i get anything at all for them.. just want them gone!
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 11:47 AM
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Anybody know what scrap prices are around London?
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 11:58 AM
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£35 a cat round here. Batteries, not a lot.

Before the crash you could get upto £70 a cat. They did go right down to about £15, but starting to rise again now. I've got about 15 of them, but gonna hold fire a bit longer before I weigh them in
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