Catalytic converter

I live in Southern California. I replaced the catalytic converters on my tr uck and have been looking for a place to sell the old ones to compensate my cost of $800.00 I paid for the new one. If I can?t find a place wi lling to give me some money for it I will be trashing it. Can anyone give m e some advice?

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Molly Brown
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Read article on issue here. It's long but you need to know the ins and outs of how to get best price. It says the average is about $100, but could be more depending on specifics.

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Some specific pricing ranges here:

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Good Luck.......

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Retired

Thank you for the information. Unfortunately Rockaway Recycling is located in New Jersey. In order to sell it to them I would have to cut out my catalytic converters from the rest of the tubing, package them, and then ship them to New Jerse y in order to get paid. After the time spent and the postage paid, it would not be worth it to me to sell it to them. I find it hard to believe that t here isn?t a similar place here in the South West but I have called dozens of places including:

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but have failed to find anyplace that is willing to buy them.

Reply to
Molly Brown

quick web search results:

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"WE BUY USED CONVERTERS ! Call 423-926-3699 Today ! "

I do not know this guy but we have similar metal recyclers in WI so I know it's an actual industry.

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AMuzi

Sorry. Rockaway was only meant as an example of value difference by model

RE SW Cali, have you tried this outfit ?

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Reply to
Retired

Maybe call a few muffler places and ask them who comes and gets their old ones.

Reply to
Paul in Houston TX

I just called them and they said that I have to have some kind of special business license to sell it to them. So much for my effort to protect the environment and getting back some of the money that I paid for the new ones I bought. In to the trash it will go.

Reply to
Molly Brown

You might not be able to sell it to them, but you could give it to them.

That would fulfill one of your two goals.

My uncle and my cousin have a junk yard, that is a scrap metal business. For a while 30 years ago my cousin was collecting converters, waiting for someone who would buy them, to recycle the platinum, to arise. He showed me a pile of converters, but I don't know what happened after that.

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micky

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