Seller questions
Questions sellers ask before sending a reel list.
The questions that come up before a first lot: what it is worth, who collects it, when payment lands and what paperwork follows.
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Minimum lotNo hard minimum
PaymentOn agreed terms
PickupArranged by the desk
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Send the reel list. A buyer reads it.
Six details are enough to start. Tags and photos can follow by text or email once a buyer has looked at the basics.
- A buyer reviews the lot: construction, footage and condition, not only metal weight
- Copper and aluminium, 600 V building wire through 345 kV cable
- Full reels, partial reels, cut lengths, pallets and truckloads
- No fee, no obligation, and no automatic pickup
Reel list · FAQ
Reviewed by a buyerTell us what you have and where it sits. Nothing is moved until written lot terms are agreed.
These are the answers we give on the phone, written down so you can check them before you call. Where the answer depends on the lot, we say so instead of quoting a number that would not survive the scale.
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Valuation questions
The recurring question is why two lots of the same wire get different numbers. The answer is almost always footage certainty and jacket condition. A tagged reel with known footage is valued on material. An untagged reel is valued on a weighing estimate with a margin for error, and the margin costs money.
The second recurring question is whether the copper content sets the price. It sets a floor, not the price. Construction, voltage rating and condition decide whether a lot is bought as material or as scrap.
- Footage: known from the tag beats estimated from weight
- Conductor: size, strand and whether it is copper or aluminium
- Insulation: thermoplastic, cross-linked, EPR, paper-lead, fire-rated
- Condition: jacket intact, no UV chalking, no water ingress, reel sound
- Documentation: mill tag, submittal reference, de-energisation record
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Logistics questions
Who loads, who drives and who pays for freight are settled per lot. On agreed pickups the desk arranges the truck. The seller provides safe access and, where one exists, a forklift or a loading dock. Where neither exists, we bring people and equipment and the plan changes.
Reel weight matters more than people expect. A full reel of 500 kcmil copper is not something two people walk onto a lift gate. Tell us the reel diameter if you know it; we will size the truck to it.
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Payment and paperwork questions
Payment terms are agreed in writing before pickup and settled against the weight ticket, not against the estimate. A bill of sale transfers title. Facilities and utilities usually need a vendor form, a W-9 or a disposal approval as well, and those are handled alongside the lot rather than after it.
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Questions about condition and safety
Removed cable must be de-energised, discharged and released by your crew before anyone handles it. Medium voltage cable holds a charge after isolation, which is why the safety page exists and why we ask for the release before scheduling.
Fire-damaged, flood-soaked and crushed cable is bought as scrap or declined. There is no version of this where a jacket that has been through a fire is treated as sound insulation.
Questions
Answers before you send anything.
If your question is not here, call the desk. A buyer answers, not a call centre.
How do you price a lot without seeing it?
From the tag and photographs, using conductor weight per thousand feet for that construction. The number is confirmed at the scale, and the confirmation is what gets paid.
What is the smallest lot worth collecting?
It depends on the conductor, not the reel count. A single reel of large copper feeder can justify a truck; a pallet of 14 AWG offcuts usually does not. Ask and we will tell you plainly.
Do you charge for a site visit or a quote?
No. Reviewing a lot and quoting it costs nothing, and there is no obligation to accept the number.
Can you take cable that is still installed?
No. We buy material that has been removed and released. Removal is your scope, or your electrical contractor's, and it has to happen before the cable is sold.
What happens to the cable after you buy it?
Sound material is returned to industrial use. Damaged and offcut material goes to recovery, where the copper and aluminium are separated. Either way it leaves your yard and stops occupying space.
Do you buy reels with no tag at all?
Yes, at a lower number, because footage has to be estimated and construction has to be identified from the jacket. If the print on the jacket is readable, the lot is still straightforward.
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No fee · no obligation
You have the cable. We have a scale and a check.
Send the reel list, the tags or a photograph of the pallet. A buyer comes back with what the lot is worth and how pickup would work, before anything is moved.
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- Reel tags, or the print on the jacket
- Reel count and footage, even roughly
- Where it sits and what can reach it
- Whether the cable is still energised