David93561
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If you’ve lost the receipt on your lead acid batteries and want the core money back, any input on who will give you the most money for them?
So I am going to try my hand at reconditioning lead acid batteries...
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Most scrap yards will give about .02 a pound.
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sunshine_eggo
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Yeah, I'm not buying this. EVERYWHERE I look shows scrap prices for lead acid batteries on the order of $0.10-0.20/lb.
I'm looking at an 83# battery that I have a hard time believing I could get $160 for when they go for about $400 new.
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Auto parts stores give about $15.00 a typical car battery.
sunshine_eggo
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That's a typical core charge, but I don't think they'll give you $15 for a used battery.
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For store credit.
My bad for not specifying. I think its $10.00 if you want cashola. Can verify tommorrow.
They pay even more for optimas and old aircraft batteries.
Yeah, .02... phone typing sucks. I will edit.
Partimewages
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And I was all ready to load and leave for Carolina! 
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I too once though lead-acid batteries could be saved...but then I switched to Lithium when I learned better.
Any car broken down gets the window smashed, and the battery removed. Cables get cut, it is very annoying...And I was all ready to load and leave for Carolina!
JBertok
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DXHum
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Yes... it took about 5 pounds of baking soda and a gallon of water before it was safe to dispose of.
