Month: August 2019

A Test of Integrity

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The Situation

Today we went to the scrap metal yard, as we usually do.   The process there is simple:

  1. Enter the yard and pull up on the scale with your truckload of metal.
  2. Get weighed.
  3. Drive around the yard to the scrap metal pile and throw your metal off.
  4. Get back on the scale and get weighed again.
  5. Go to the cashier’s window and get paid.

The Test of Integrity

Today everything was normal here until we got to step #5.  That’s when they gave us $250 we shouldn’t have gotten.  When the lady behind the cashier’s window entered our “empty” weight, she entered it as “640” instead of “6440.”  With an initial weight of 6,660 pounds, it means she credited us with dropping off over 6,000 pounds of metal that we didn’t drop off.  We received $288 from the window when it should have been $34.

Scrap metal integrity ticket

My corrected scrap metal ticket, down $250 from what it was at first.

I could have driven off and no one would have known.  After all, it was there mistake, right?  But I knew, and I knew that God knew, and I had to make it right.  I contacted a supervisor before leaving the yard and showed him the mistake.  I gave him all the money back then received in return my $34.

The Joy I Felt

When I pulled out of the yard with the correct amount of cash in my hand, I knew I had passed the “test of integrity.”  It felt right.  I was happy.  What’s more, my credibility with the scrap metal people took an upward jump.

I was much happier knowing I had done the right thing than I would have been with the extra $250.  My integrity is worth more than that.  Today I was able to prove it.

 

From Arcade to Money Made!

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I love to haul away vintage arcade machines.  They’re popular among collectors as long as they work.

More than that, I love to make money for our clients when we sell their good stuff and give them money back.  That’s popular among everybody, as long as they work.

The Popeye Arcade Machine Job

A nice lady in Great Falls, Virginia contacted us to haul away some of her stuff.  Among that stuff was a vintage Popeye Nintendo arcade machine.  She paid us $250 to haul away two pickup truck loads of stuff, using our Speedpass link on our website.  The normal price for this amount of hauling is $350…

So on the first visit we hauled away some junk, including some carpet, a chair, and some miscellaneous stuff.  We left the arcade machine to haul away on the next visit but we did take some photos of it so we could put it up for sale.

Thank You Facebook Marketplace!

I checked online and found this same machine selling for about $400.  One guy was asking $2,450, but no one went after it.  So I listed her machine on Facebook Marketplace for $795 after plugging the machine in and verifying that it worked.  Within 48 hours I had sold it for my asking price.

Cash Back for the Customer on the Arcade Machine

Women with cash back from arcade sale

She got $280 back within 48 hours after only spending $250 on her junk removal job!

Whenever we sell something that we’re hauling away for a customer, they get 35 percent of the sales price as long as we sell it for more than $20.  Our client’s share on this one sale was $280!  She was thrilled to get the money plus we still have other items to sell!

Welcome to the next generation of junk removal–cash back when we sell your good stuff!  (We must be eating our spinach…)